{"id":1447,"date":"2011-05-31T19:11:33","date_gmt":"2011-05-31T17:11:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onmytodd.org\/?p=1447"},"modified":"2015-03-10T15:38:27","modified_gmt":"2015-03-10T14:38:27","slug":"veliko-gradiste-donji-milanovac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onmytodd.org\/?p=1447","title":{"rendered":"Veliko Gradi\u0161te – Donji Milanovac"},"content":{"rendered":"

Not a successful day.<\/p>\n

The ride along the Danube was nice. Traffic was low, almost negligible, the road was often in the shade and in relatively good condition. Did a little detour on an old part of the road through a beautiful valley.<\/p>\n

The countryside is now almost mountainous and much more interesting. It is called the ‘Iron Gates’ Gorge and here the Danube marks the border between the Carpathian Mountains and the Balkans. I was riding on the southern bank of the river while Romania begins on the northern one.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, the head wind prevented me from setting new speed and distance records. Most of this road is also identical with the Eurovelo 6, a cycling trail that connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Black Sea.<\/p>\n

So I ended up in Donji Milanovac, a pretty touristy and comparatively expensive town.<\/p>\n

From here the Danube makes a short detour to the north, where the Iron Gates Gorge continues, while I had hoped to continue uphill to Negotin and Bulgaria. But it was too late to attempt the crossing today.<\/p>\n

Cycled: 79km<\/p>\n