Today was another very interesting day of cycling. The weather was a perfect 45 to 70 during the day with light winds. We continue through south-central Serbia and are in a very rural area when we are not going through the villages. We rode 53 miles and ascended 2400 feet.
The first stop on the way out of town was to take a picture of a MIG fighter
We had a significant but very gradual climb and were treated to beautiful vistas
We started to see a litlle more Fall colors in the tree's. We are now in about the same latitude as home, but the climate is different (warmer)
This just does not get old from the seat of a bicycle
After a big climb, you expect a big downhill. We did not get that today. The trail turned to mud. There was 2-3 miles of these conditions. It was brutal and the mud between the tires and the fenders (call mudguards in many countries) made progress very slow.
Once we got out, we cleaned out the mud with fingers and sticks and headed to the car was
In our last town, I saw these Serbian lawn mowers in the middle of a small town. We stopped about noon and the children were getting out of school. We have not see any other long distance cyclists in 3 days, so I think we were an oddity. As we sat in the local baker and had our daily burek, several of the young boy's got up the courage to ask where we were from, where we were going, how far we had ridden and even how old are you. It was fun.
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