Belgrade Bound

We’ve been really enjoying Serbia, with its friendly people and beautiful weather. Since our last update, we’ve had some luck with the trails improving. While we still ride on the roads or are greeted by the occasional dead end, we’ve had some nice relaxing river trails as well. These bits were made even better by the wild life! Among the little dung beetles hastily rolling along the path, we came across three big wild boars. They ran in front of us, and running behind them were their 10 little piglets. We’ve also loved that Serbia’s bike signs have consistently had neat little quotes on them.

On our way to Novi Sad, we happened to pull through a little festival happening in a town center. Traditional music played as people sold flowers, succulents, crocheted goods, and lots of ceramic yard ornaments. Kyle and I grabbed some langos and enjoyed the cheerful atmosphere. We even ran into a cyclist we passed earlier in the day, a young Australian man who was cycling from London To Istanbul. As we go further along our trip, we find more and more people on big cycling adventures. Kyle and I have agreed it’s much easier to tell people we’re headed to Hong Kong now that we’ve gone a good distance.

Yesterday afternoon, we were heading towards Belgrade but were unsure of if we would camp or grab a cheap room. Luckily we pulled through a little village right before the rain hit and found a home advertising rooms. When we knocked, a somewhat surprised older woman answered the gates and immediately lead us back to the quaint little cottage in the back, her chickens trotting closely behind us. We enjoyed the night cozied up with the giant painting of some saint overlooking our bed.

Today, we did an easy 45 km into Belgrade. We entered along the Danube and saw the almost endless line of river clubs and party barges that lined the coast. My favorite was the eerily half sunken one inconspicuously nestled among the rest…Tomorrow we’ll go and explore the city!

Bonus fez and a pot:

“They don’t make them like they used to”