May 2025 – Trums Travels

We went through the Iron Gates which refers to a gorge on the Danube river that forms a boundary between Serbia and Romania. The gorge is about 134 km long and there are lots of towering cliffs, narrow passages and two dams. We got up at 4:45 a.m. to go to the top deck and watch the boat go through the lock system which took about 1 1/2 hours.

We stayed up there to have a coffee and watch the sites as we went down the river.

Interesting carving into the side of the cliff
This was kind of cool to see
Not much to see as far as towns or people

Later on our boat docked at Donji Milanovac and we went to Lepenski Vir archaeological site for a tour. It was pretty amazing. It was beautiful weather that day and a nice walk to the site and then back where there was a small restaurant/bar conveniently located next to our bus. Clint and I sat with a couple of people to have a beer and try to chat with them, even though we didn’t know each others languages! It was a lot of fun.

Sign pointing the way
Inside, the archeological site
This caught my eye
Very old skeleton
Our resting spot for our beer and visit

When we left here, our bus took us to a castle right on the water, a beautiful spot. It was Golubac Fortress built in the early 14th century.

Visitor Centre
Golubac Castle
Inside

We did a tour of Belgrade the next day, it’s the capital of Serbia with a population of approximately 1.3 million people. Serbia has a population of about 6.6 million people. We went to the Museum of Yugoslavia which was quite interesting and they also had the grave site of President Tito.

Museum of Yugoslavia
The grounds
Tito
Tito’s desk

We saw quite a few other places and two churches, here are a few shots in Belgrade, Serbia. House of National Assembly, Church of Saint Sava , Victor Monument