Stari Slankamen to Belgrade

We made it! In the end our last day was pretty easy, with a flat ride into Belgrade (ignoring the big hill out of our accommodation...). We started the day with breakfast, of course. James, having done the shopping the previous evening had kind of forgotten that breakfast was a thing, so you can see our "breakfast" of champions for the last day's ride below.

With that taken care of we were on our way. We had a short day and a relaxed schedule, which meant we could (and did) stop for a coffee break after the first hour or so. The way into Belgrade was pretty unremarkable for the most part, passing through increasingly dense towns until we hit Belgrade proper. James had somehow managed to arrange the navigation to go past the Institute of Physics (no surprise, really), where we were able to catch up with our friends Dragana and Vlad before heading to lunch at a lovely restaurant overlooking the Danube.

From there it was a short ride across the river (actually, the Sava river, Belgrade being on the confluence of the Danube and the Sava), to our accommodation in the middle of the old section of Belgrade. The apartment is lovely, and very conveniently located. It has a washing machine, which was greeted by rapture-like delight as we took the advantage to properly clean clothes that had (at best) only a rinse since Budapest. Relaxation was the order of the afternoon, while we waited for Kate and Colleen to arrive after their big Persian adventure. Vlad had kindly volunteered to take James to pick them up from the airport in the evening, and once back to the apartment we headed out for a late dinner.

We're all looking forward to exploring Belgrade and catching up with our Serbian friends over the next few days, if only to stop hearing James tell everyone how much he loves it here...

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