Serbia Bike Trip, Day 8

Nice breakfast at the fancy hotel, omelets, yogurt, watermelon and bread. According to our driver, Zoran, everyone here has to work more than one job. His second job is selling Italian motorscooters. The Chinese scooters are cheaper, which makes his job hard. Today we had a nice ride stopping at an archeological reconstruction of a [...]

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Serbia Bike Trip, Day 7

Roosters sure do get up early. I also heard a beautiful birdsong outside the window this morning, like a canary, but I couldn’t see it. We are sharing bathrooms this morning. The hot water leaves a bit to be desired. Breakfast at the guest house: scrambled eggs, french bread with honey, and the nice lady [...]

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Serbia Bike Trip Day 6: A break from riding

We got off late today, but we were riding in the van as we had to travel through busy Novi Sad and some other non-bike-friendly places. But I think we were all ready for a break. Our first stop was in the picturesque town of Sremski Karlovci. We did a lightning quick walk through town, [...]

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Day 5, Serbia bike trip

The trip was in August. It’s now November. I need to finish this up! Breakfast was another huge feast of eggs, something that looked a lot like raw bacon, bread, tomatoes and peppers (picked fresh), cheese, very small amounts of coffee, and a weird sausage. I ate some of everything; you never know when you’ll [...]

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