“Serbia 🇷🇸 ~Scenic From Kursumlija to Despotovac”

This travel day would be a very full one! In the southern region, it is still taking much time to get from one site to the next, but the scenic beauty can’t be beat. The roads are pretty good, and we are delighted the Serbs stay on their side of the road, and reduce their speed much better than those in Montenegro. We are still on the defensive, because its only an improvement, but we are more relaxed driving here; well, till we get to a sizeable city, then all bets are off!

We ran out of daylight hours as usual, to see everything we came to see in this area, so we spent the night in rural Serbia, around the Despotovac area. (that’s another blog post with great story).

 

Today, we will finish exploring what is around here, then get back on the road for the next amazing place! After today, we will be done exploring the southern regions, and will slowly be making our way, North. So much to see there, too!

Serbia is defiantly the best kept secret, ever! Incidentally, we do get asked by the locals. “Why do you come to Serbia?” Interesting, because the only other country I every got that question from, was when I visited Romania 🇷🇴, which is right next door to Serbia. Eastern Europe travel may not be as popular to visit, as the rest of the European states, but it should be. We want to pop on over to Romania SO bad, but the rule for now is a 14-day quarantine, after crossing the border. This just isn’t feasible when paying, daily, for a rental car. We will get there, eventually, as I really want Daryl to see Western and Central Romania. It’s awesome!

We stopped at this Old Mill in Despotovac. It was here where Daryl got to speak with a local who spoke good English. He was in heaven, as the big guy is very social, but lacks the ability to carry on a normal conversation in most places, with the language barrier. In normal times, there would be other foreign travelers, who Daryl could converse with, to some degree. But, other than local travelers, its just us from foreign lands, far from Serbia.
By speaking with the local, it only spurred us on to visit all we came to visit in this remote place. She told us just how amazing the Monastery Fortress would be, the caves, the waterfall, and of course Krupaja Springs.
I wish I knew how old this Mill is, but I am unable to find any info on it. It has a Serbian name. While it is no longer in use, a lot of the old mechanics are housed inside the building. Im hoping one day the powers that be, will put it back in working order, to put this site more on display.
Not an uncommon site in Serbia. We even see road signs giving warning to horse and cart on the roadways
I could take a hundred phots, alone, of the beautiful display of hanging baskets and flower boxes, dressing up the homes in villages and towns of Serbia. With their short season of spring and summer, with very long winter months, it feels like they really celebrate their sunshine!
The village scenes really capture my heart
We do see plenty of churches, but we do not stop in at all of them. We feel so honored to be able to step inside these beautiful churches, especially when unlocked to the general population, with no keepers around.
We saw his Church, as we drove through a little village called Beljanicka. The name of the church is in Serbian

 

Leave a comment

Your email address will not be published.

Go To Home Page

Archive Blog Posts of Our Country Visits

About Us

About Us

Hello and Welcome to our Travel Blog Website, We enjoy writing about our experiences and taking photos of our adventuring along the way. Our names are: Daryl and Pen, but Daryl calls me “Bunny.” We met, quite randomly, whilst both… Read More