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Moto trip Croatia - Belgrade

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          The next day we visited the city of Belgrade. To move around the city, we used public transport, and we paid through the Beograd Plus application. A daily ticket for all areas of the city costs 150 RSD ~ 1.3 € and is valid for 24 hours after purchase.           First stop was Belgrade Fortress (closed on Monday). Entry is free. The fortress is located on top of a hill, in the center of a huge park, Kalemegdan Park. From here you can admire the northern and western part of the city and the confluence of the Danube and Sava rivers. The fortress was built in 279 BC and represented the strongest stronghold in Europe, being used as a protective structure between the 2nd and 18th centuries. After World War II, the fortress was protected, being among the cultural monuments officially declared by Serbia.           The park has a lot of outdoor activities, from archery and go-karting, to sports fi...

Moto trip Croatia - from Bucharest to Belgrade

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          The Moto Adventure starts on May 18, in Bucharest, at 7 am. We equipped ourselves, attached the top box, the side cases and the bag with the documents, fueled up and hit the road. We had a long journey to Belgrade of 600 km, so we had prepared some sandwiches and something sweet the night before so that we wouldn't have to stop at a restaurant on the way.           We left Romania at the Portile de Fier 1 border, and continued the shortest way to Belgrade. We made several stops along the way to loosen our bones, to eat and to drink a clean-up coffee.          We  arrived in Belgrade at 7 o'clock in the evening, one hour behind the time zone, so we basically spent 11 hours on the road.            After we checked in, we went to have dinner at Smash Burgers where we ate, and I'm not exaggerating, one of the best burgers so far - easily in the top 3. To mak...