Europe

There simply is no way to tour Europe and not be awestruck by its scenic beauty, epic history and dazzling artistic and culinary diversity.

SREBRNO JEZERO (Сребрно језеро)

Evocatively named after its shimmering surface, Silver Lake in Serbia’s east was for us a good stop on the way to Đerdap National Park. The 14 kilometers long and 13 meters deep, oxbow-shaped lake was created by damming (1971) an arm of the Danube and is well-populated with fish. It...

BELGRADE (Београд)

We have crossed borders to Serbia like a Speedy Gonzales, we made it through both immigration and customs controls within 10 minutes. After the border, we stopped at Vršac to buy the diesel (162,90 RSD / liter), Telenor sim cards (500 RSD / 10 GB / 15 days), and some food. Later, in the...

BANAT VILLAGE MUSEUM

We made a short stop on the outskirts of Timișoara, where on a 17 hectares area lies the Banat Village Museum (entrance 5 ROL). The richness and diversity of rural civilization in the region had been noted ever since the eighteenth century by Western travelers. Multiculturalism is one of...

TIMIȘOARA

Timișoara, the largest city in western Romania, lies along the canalized Bega River. Over the years, Timișoara has been influenced by many cultures. The Romans used it as an important crossroads fortress until the Tatars destroyed it in the 13th century. Conquered by Turkish armies in...

BANAT – SFÂNTA ELENA

We have parked on the banks of Danube in the village Coronini, from where it took us just a few minutes ride on our scooter on a good paved road to reach Sfânta Elena, which is the best known of the six Czech villages in the Banat region (could be easily reached also by truck). About...

BANAT – RAVENSCA

Today we planned to visit Ravensca – one of six Czech-inhabited villages in Romania’s Banat. We have parked near the gasoline station at Liubcova, where according to Google starts the unpaved road to the village. We took our scooter, the first few kilometers we drove on an...