The Mountain Lifestyle Blog

  • Hungarian Highlights in Pictures

    A little summary of ‘part two’ of our Danube River explorations, through southern Hungary. A journey by bike that loosely followed the river in a southerly direction. Back home now at The Cottage, sorting kit, cleaning, relaxing and reviewing the travels – Here are a few of my favourite photos and moments… Liberty Bridge, Budapest Read more

  • A day in Belgrade

    Well after an epic journey through two countries and more than our fair share of crazy weather, we are finally at the target destination and back to travelling on foot, with a day set aside to explore Belgrade. It was actually a pretty nice looking morning, so after a good breakfast at the hotel, we Read more

  • The final few kilometres – Arriving in Belgrade

    We’ve arrived in Belgrade after just over 500km of peddle powered adventuring. The final piece in our travel puzzle was overcome thanks to the new train line from Novi Sad to the Serbian capital. It was only a short peddle to get to the enormous station hall. Inside there were equally long queues of people Read more

  • Novi Sad, Serbia

    A day off the bikes today, exploring the city of Novi Sad. After a really good sleep as a luxurious lie-in, we set out into the day on foot to find a cafe for some brunch. It felt like a December morning with rain in the air and the temperature only reaching a few degrees. Read more

  • Backa Palanka to Novi Sad

    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

  • Biking to Backa Palanka

    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

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