Day 236 – EU – Croatia [Vukovar to Osijek]

15/10/20

38km

  From Vukovar (Croatia) to Osijek (Croatia)

Europe

Rural run in the plains of the Slavonia region of Croatia, towards Osijek, home of the Osjecko beer!

The region I am crossing, Slavonia, is a bordering region to Serbia and has been the scene of many sieges and assaults during the independence war. Vukovar, where I stayed yesterday, was bearing raw scars of the conflicts, even 30 years on – as I described in yesterday’s blogspot. As I left this morning, I passed by many other monuments to the conflicts and to the dead.

It was strange to run through and out of the city, as I realised how beautiful and serene the whole environment is. It’s a fertile valley, rural and agricultural, with beautiful little villages lining it, by the side of the Danube river. It is hard, as you run through it, to imagine this place being at war. Really hard. Passing by the “tanks cemetery” these things looked so small. I took a picture with BoB the stroller as a comparison of size. But of course these things were equipped with so many shooting devices. Vukovar was hit up to 12,000 times a day at the height of the conflict… 12 thousands times a day…

Anyhow, I reached the city of Osijek, which is home to my favorite Croatian beer, Osjecko! Prior to the world run I used to be a wine drinker mostly. But… for whatever reason, I seem to enjoy my pint of beer at lunchtime more than I would wine! How strange for a French person 😉 The city is absolutely beautiful, with a cathedral, wide pedestrian streets, a very nice promenade by the Danube. I am staying near the Ante Starcevic Square and the Osijek Cathedral. I will go a for an evening stroll now that the rain has stopped.Check my daily run GPS data on Garmin or Strava (icons top right of your screen) – here is the map of today’s run:

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Here is the map of today’s run: