Serbia Entries
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Mud
Thursday, April 15th, 2010I spent the bulk of the morning giving our bikes a rare and thorough cleaning. The muddy excuse for a bicycle path we'd pushed and ridden along yesterday had left them several pounds heavier, compre...
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Rainy Riverside Ride
Wednesday, April 14th, 2010Getting out of large cities can sometimes be a pain. Thankfully, that was not the case today. After a quick, easy exit from Belgrade, we were back on the road once more. It felt so good to leave, ...
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Sleeping Mat Success
Tuesday, April 13th, 2010We picked up our replacement Therm-a-Rest ToughSkin sleeping mat today. As per usual, no shipments actually get delivered here in Europe. We had to fax a written letter (in Serbian), copies of our ...
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The Food Game: Serbia Edition
Monday, April 12th, 2010Unfortunately, the really good stuff we've had here, we have no photos of. There was Pljeskavica (grilled meat sandwich with many salads, slaws, and toppings), Ćevapčići (ground meat sticks, gril...
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Therm-a-Rest ToughSkin Failure
Sunday, April 11th, 2010About a week ago, one of our Therm-a-Rest Toughskin sleeping mats started failing. The outer fabric began to delaminate, pulling away from the foam inside creating a bulbous air pocket. When you la...
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Nikola Tesla Museum
Saturday, April 10th, 2010I've long been a fan of Nikola Tesla. When we were planning our route and I realized that it passed through his home country of Serbia, I was excited to learn there was a museum dedicated to his wor...
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Bad Day to Belgrade
Friday, April 9th, 2010While Tyler was completely zonkered out this morning, I cooked breakfast. It was a last-resort sort of meal, using the remains of an age-old bag of rice. While I cooked the white grains, he slept p...
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Strawberries
Thursday, April 8th, 2010Today was one of those days that went on a little too long. Though we enjoyed our flat ride, we were ready to be done after 60 kilometers (we are slow). Unfortunately, no good free camps were pre...
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Homesick
Wednesday, April 7th, 2010It being a sleepy, rainy morning, we almost succumbed to the desire to stay put for one more day. Thinking better of it, we slowly pushed ourselves to motion, dutifully packing our things in a half-...
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Sticky and Rainy
Monday, April 5th, 2010Rain this morning. We muttered something along the lines of "pshhh... forget this", rolled over, and slept through it. Around 11:30 the downpour let up and we roused ourselves from sleep feeling ve...
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Morning Has Broken
Sunday, April 4th, 20108:00 AM I wake up feeling happy and Easter-y with the Cat Steven's tune "Morning Has Broken" playing on repeat in my head. Birds are chirping, frogs continue their belchy song from last night, and t...
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Serbian Hospitality
Saturday, April 3rd, 2010Before we left, we received numerous warnings that Eastern Europe would be a dangerous, depressing, soul-suck full of steely thousand yard glares and ferocious dogs. So far, these stereotypes couldn...
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Hello Serbia
Thursday, April 1st, 2010Three hundred and sixty five days of travel. Nine countries and fifteen thousand kilometers covered by bicycle, foot, ferry, train, mobylette and camel. More than four hundred journal entries. Fas...