Bojan’s Base

This post is about a few lazy days at the Base Camp For Adventurers in Negotin. I hang out with Bojan and his family, and I play with Ralph.

I spent the whole day at Bojan’s place, the Base Camp For Adventurers. Well, actually I spent two days there. And I would have loved to stay longer.

the family

I knew Bojan through my friend Rajko the cyclist. He had set up the contact via another a mutual friend who was also a cycling enthusiast. It all reminded me of what Rajko had once told me: to him, all cyclists were brothers and sisters.

This was why Bojan had created the Base Camp for Adventurers in his family home in Negotin. The EuroVelo 6 – a cycling route that went from the French Atlantic coast all the way to the Black Sea in Romania – passed right by, and he had wanted to set up a place for the cycling community to come together and relax.

And now I was there, too.

the good tent

Bojan’s Base Camp was right in the center of Negotin, in an old family villa with a garden and a private tennis court. He offered rooms and permanent tents with comfy mattresses, or people could set up their own tents in the yard. There was a lot of good food and company, people could rent bikes, and every guest was greeted with a cold Zaječarsko.

I wasn’t a cycling tourist, but the Caboose had two wheels and a spare. So she went to the garage to hang out with the other bikes, while I got one of the permanent tents in the garden, a meal, and a beer.

Bojan showed me pictures of some of the travelers who had stayed with him over the years. He also had a collection of books about cycling.

Ralph

I ended up staying two full days at the Base Camp. I hung out with Bojan and his family and with a bunch of cyclists who were mostly from Germany and France. Bojan had a few cats and dogs, and whenever a tiny white terrier called Ralph came over to play, we rolled around on the ground for a little while.

It was fantastic.

pictures

dinner at the base camp

Base Camp for Adventurers in Negotin

Bojan

one of the rooms

Ralph

fun with Ralph

lunch

The Longest Way at the Base Camp For Adventurers in Negotin

German cyclists

Bojan’s family