Day 225 – EU – Serbia [Nis to Aleksinac]

04/10/20

33km

  From Nis (Serbia) to Aleksinac (Serbia)

Europe

Tranquil run on the plains of South Morava, low grey sky, warm temperatures and the irony of tonight’s hotel’s name

The past week had been quite harsh in terms of weather and there were a few days where I ran in less than 5 Celsius, with rain and wind or hail. It was a very brutal rupture with the balmy weather I had been enjoying earlier. The good thing is I’m now very clear it’s autumn! That made me even happier as it was so warm this morning I left in my shorts and t-shirt. That warm!

The landscapes were that of plains and fields, mostly corn, a little bit of vineyards too. The Morava river, a tributary of the Danube, flows through the valley, and it played hide and seek with me all morning. The next few days are gonna be long days of running, therefore I did not mind having a relatively short run today.

I arrived in Aleksinac and checked in at the only hotel available: the “Bosphorus”, coupled with its restaurant “Istanbul”. The irony is… if I had been able to follow my original plan from Thessaloniki (which I did reach on 15th September) and head East towards Turkey, today is the very day I would be concluding my European crossing in Istanbul, in front of the Bosphorus… How ironic!

Anyway this week I am heading towards Belgrade and I am really looking forward to revisiting the capital. I did spend about two months working there back in 2006 and I remember running on the beautiful Danube river banks every morning. I can’t wait to be there again!

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Here is the map of today’s run: