From Novi Sad to the Petrovaradin Fortress - it's great to walk in good company

And in the company of no less than three other Hivers. 😃

When I remember that I advised my husband to remind those who promised to come to bring a hat or sun protection because we knew it would be hot... and do you know who didn't bring a hat to protect herself from the sun? Well, me, of course. That was a huge mistake on my part as I collapsed from all that heat and had headaches for the next two days. Having long, dark hair can have this effect, attracting even more heat. However, those who lack hair can have similar problems. Luckily, there is always a solution - you can use a T-shirt to protect your head from the sun. Creative! 💡

Yes, that was quite a smart move - fashion improvisation, but the little stops in cafes were also improvised (and very needed) moments on that day when this little Hive meetup happened.

If you missed the posts of @ph1102 and @bil.prag who already made their part of the work, you can check them here and also here. Those posts also contain some photos of me as I don't have any other photos of myself from that day. ^{(if you can't recognize me - I am the one with the red Hive bag)} I was busy taking pictures of these Hive friends, as you will be able to see. For example, here when Ph1102 and @ugochill hugged each other. It was in Zmaj Jovina Street when we met at the meeting point at 10:30 am.

A cup of coffee and water in Masha restaurant came in handy while we waited for our official photographer and fashion improviser designer, @bil.prag.

On that warm day, he had his old friend Mr. Canon with him. If you haven't opened the links I left up there yet, please do so, as he took some excellent photos that are worth checking out. However, his post makes me think: should I post these photos I took? 😂

One thing is certain - I recorded the parts of our meeting that they didn't - the Petrovaradin Fortress. After the first cups of coffee in Masha we walked through Zmaj Jovina Street and Danube Street and passed through the Danube Park.

In no time we found ourselves in front of the Varadin Bridge, which I crossed thousands of times while living here. Before '99 there was a different one... {sigh} which I also crossed thousands of times. That is a great feeling actually to have the River Danube under your feet and it is never boring - if you look to the left you can see Žeželjʼs Bridge:

...and looking to the right, there is the fortress which oversees the river Danube and the city of Novi Sad.

Petrovaradin is lying on the right bank of the river. It has much more history than the newly built city, Novi Sad, probably because of its strategic position. Everyone who lived here built their fortress, starting from the Celts.

From Petrovaradin, we climbed to the fortress. It is easier to write it down than to do it as we did it all on foot. The suffocating heat knocked me out; I didn't feel well after this effort but a cold lemonade and a lot of water in one cafe in the fortress gave me back some energy.

I left the boys (will not tag them again not to spam too much 😆) inside the air-conditioned cafe and went out to see the views and bring some here to Hive.

beware of the horse?

Views toward the red roofs of Petrovaradin.

The famous tower with the clock.

Views toward the Žeželjʼs Bridge.

Locked loves?

Views toward the Varadin Bridge.

Tree as part of art.

Oh, I think I missed saying that this little Hive meetup happened last Saturday, the seventeenth of August on the initiative of @ph1102. It was a really nice day which finished later in another town Sremski Karlovci but about that, I will write on another occasion. I hope that next year we can repeat something similar and that more Hivers from Serbia will be able to join. 😇