As one of Serbias most popular past times is smoking, the last few apartments we’ve stayed at have had that unmovable stale smoke smell to them and although they’ve been comfy enough, they’ve not been somewhere to linger in of a morning. Today, with blue skies and sunshine, we were keen to get going anyway,… Read more

After an absolutely massive feed and a few drinks in what is essentially our private hotel, we bid good night to the assembled staff and let them all go home! We not entirely sure if everyone went home and they just locked us in for the night, but it was a quiet one – the… Read more

A tough day of riding through a bleak Serbian winters day! It’s been lightly snowing all day and a stiff northerly breeze has kept the wind chill feeling below freezing. Not ideal conditions for cycling, especially with an unavoidable longest day of riding of the expedition! We set out early to make sure we had… Read more

After a fine few days of rest, relaxation and re-planning the next phase of the journey we cycled out of Sombor this morning. Use of the swimming pool, sauna, steam room and a day off the bikes has certainly been restorative for us both. The weather is still cold, but the snow storms have been… Read more

Porridge again for breakfast today, in our host’s kitchen… Today is the 10 year anniversary of our wedding day! A landmark occasion and a day to celebrate, but our enthusiasm for cycling was being dampened by the heavy rain outside! We lingered over breakfast and sat close to the warmth of the ceramic stove/oven in… Read more

Last nights sleep didn’t feel like long enough! Before we knew it, we were back downstairs having breakfast in the big hotel hall. It’s a huge hotel, which must have been very grand in its day. After eating in the formal hall, (nice, but a bit weird being the only people in there!), we took… Read more