Monthly Archives: November 2011

Rest, repairs, recuperation, relaxation in Belgrade

Snežana and I ended up spending over two weeks in Belgrade.  Eventually we just had to choose a day to leave since it became obvious that the list of things to do might never end.

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Tour de Karpaty ends in Beograd

Exactly three months after Snežana and I were in Bratislava, we crossed the Danube again on the nasty Pančevo Bridge and rolled into Belgrade.  Big city, big traffic.  The biggest city I’ve been in since Vienna and probably the poorest … Continue reading

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The Danube and mountains of east Serbia

We crossed the Danube for the first time since Bratislava, 2½ months earlier.  Bye, bye Romania.  The end of seven weeks of fantastic touring there.  Bye, bye the familiarity of a Romance language; back to Slavic-language land where, confusingly, malo … Continue reading

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