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Europe » Serbia » East September 5th 2023

We had an early breakfast and were able to get away by 8:00am. A good distance today of 63kms, right in our sweet spot. We left the chaotic drivers of Jagodina behind and on to the same side road we were on yesterday. Again, mostly local traffic, but it does get a bit busier in the small towns we go through. We had another tail wind today which make the riding all the more easier. We have been making much better time than previously with it's help. The morning is mostly uninspiring again, not much to see up close but we can see the surrounding hills coming into focus, one of which we need to climb. By our morning break we have covered 40kms, just 23kms to go and we are at the base of today's ... read more

Day 65 - Flying, Mangy Dogs and Cancellations

Europe » Serbia » East September 4th 2023

Biological Break

Mark63

We had to delay dinner for a while as the heavens opened just as we were about to leave. There was plenty of thunder and lightening to accompany the rain as well. Dinner was Italian. Jeff and Tom ordered medium pizzas that would have had to be 45cm in diameter and there was a size bigger than that! I settled for the Chef's Burger which was delicious. (And yes, Tom finished his and Jeff battled manfully leaving one piece which he took away in a doggy bag). We left at 7:30am today as we had 89kms to travel. Getting out of Smederevo required concentration as the traffic was very busy and the drivers quite aggressive. We were on a side road to the main highway going south, so while there was traffic, once we got out ... read more

Day 64 - No Good Way

Europe » Serbia » East » Smederevo September 3rd 2023

A marina on a small off-shoot of the Danube

Mark63

Our last day on the Danube and as has been the case for the last week, even though we've ridden by the Danube we rarely saw it. A bit sad really. To leave today, we had to ride our way across the very big city of Belgrade. It was mostly up the side of a very big hill. We had climbed a good way before descending to cross the bridge over the Danube and I pulled over nervously looking ahead. It looked like a freeway entrance to the bridge. I thought maybe I had routed as a car instead of a bike, but no, we were meant to ride on the bridge with all of that traffic. We nervously entered and then just rode as fast as we could across the bridge which was almost two ... read more

Stunning Serbia

Europe » Serbia » East » Zajecar May 1st 2013

The white bridge in the white chity

LeahEric

We already had a woofing place organized for Greece starting on the 9th of may and seeing as it was only mid April we thought it would be good to find a place to go for a week in either Bulgaria or Serbia. We were conflicted between two places, a hippy hostel in Bulgaria or a family in Serbia. At the last minute the Bulgarian place cancelled so Serbia it would be! We asked about the easiest way to get to Belgrade from Timisoara and it seemed the only option would be a train that strangely went all the way back to Budapest before heading to Serbia. It seemed the only way would be to hitchhike. We had no trouble flagging down a car as there was a Ramstein gig that night in Belgrade and we ... read more

Center of Belgrade - buildings of Police and Army Headquarters, after NATO bombing

The house of friends we made in the vilage.

Whatever Floats Your Boat

Europe » Serbia » East » Smederevo March 20th 2012

Republic Square

John Miranda

There was a day to kill before the Eternal Derby. I needed an adventure out of Belgrade for the day. The bus station is an adventure of sorts in it’s own way. It turned out to be the wrong one. The helpful locals eventually got it through to me that all buses to Smederevo depart from the Lasta bus depot across the road. Time to take my life in my hands again. The delay in finding the correct departure point was a minor inconvenience, as buses go evry ½ hour or so. I settled down for a trip through the Belgrade suburbs and soon found myself recognising the floodlights of FK Obilic and FK Sindelic. The bus was pretty empty – perhaps Smederevo wasn’t much of a draw after all. The suburbs soon gave way to ... read more

Serbia: castles or alike

Europe » Serbia » East » Smederevo April 29th 2010

Castle in Futog

Isidora

This wasn't a tour of the "castles" is Serbia, and those aren't Neuschwanstein type of castles but rather fortresses/palaces/mansions, and we weren't planning on visiting just those old manors, but rather decided to spend a weekend just driving around Novi Sad and through Vojvodina (province) and visiting some historic places we knew about, but never had time to see. It just happened that we saw a few "castles" in which, once upon a time, some important people lived. Some of these houses are now museums, hotels, some are in good condition, some are dilapidated. I wanted to see Fantast, a castle near Becej (town in Vojvodina) built in late 19th century by a wealthy Serbian family who also owned a few other mansions, which we also visited on our way there. Aleks wanted to visit a ... read more

Serbia, Oplenac, September 2005

Europe » Serbia » East October 21st 2009

Church exterior in white marble from Vencac

Nela J

Oplenac is located 80km south-east from Belgrade. It is the historic place of the mausoleum of the Serbian Karađorđević Royal Family. It is known for the St. George Church. Karađorđe had settled here in 19st century, built vineyards and orchards, and established the defence of the nearby Topola town. The church interior is decorated with mosaics, which depict reproductions of the prettiest frescoes of the Serbian medieval arts. The entire mosaic has 725 painted compositions (in the temple and in the crypt), on which there are 1500 figures. The entire area of the mosaic is 3,500 square metres; with 40 million various coloured pieces of glass, making the most vivid artistic impression. ... read more

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