Here we go on an adventure!

Yesterday we started our road trip!  We drove to Golubac, Serbia for our first stop.  It was one of our longest car days that we will have, and the kids did amazingly well.

We drove for just under 500 km, and it took us 6 hours.

We drove to the border without stopping, then stopped in Drobeta-Turnu Severin where we saw some ruins of an ancient Roman Bridge.  It was a quick stop, as it turns out they are building a visitors center around it, so there was a lot of construction going on.  But it was good to stretch our legs.  We had lunch down the road before the border crossing, anticipating that the crossing might take a little time.  We are along the river, looking out at Serbia, the country we were about to enter.  The border runs right through the river Danube.  

 

   

The border crossing was very quick!  No lines at all.  It is right over a hydro damn, with 2 locks, one on the Romanian side and one on the Serbian side.  

 

 

And then we were in Serbia.  

When you enter Serbia here you are in the Djerdap National Park.  We should have turned left to stop and see some other ruins, but I forgot!  So we just went right and followed the river.  The river is very wide!  

A highlight was seeing the rock sculpture of Decebalus, which is on the Romanian side of the river so I wasn't sure if we would see it or not, but we did!  

 

One side is Romania and one side is Serbia!

 

We made it to our hotel spot, more of a B&B, in the forest just past Golubac Fortress, where we will go today.  It is a cool little spot, with hammocks and a frog pond (Oliver is determined to catch a frog).  Last night we had pizza along the river in the next town up, where we finally remembered to get local currency!  We walked along the river, let the kids play in a park, and had ice cream for dessert.  All in it was a great way for our road trip to start!

  

Stay tuned for more!