Sunday Picnic at Avala mountain !!!!

Woke up around 11am and got dressed as some of Vesna’s couch surfing friends had organised a picnic in a nearby mountain called Avala.

Here's a short history of mount Avala from Wikipedia...

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Avala is the mountain overlooking the city of Belgrade, Serbia, situated in the south-eastern corner of the city and offering a great panoramic view. It stands at 511 metres (1,677 ft) above sea level.

The name "Avala" comes from the Arabic word havala, which means "pretty view". In the Middle Ages, the town of rnov was located on Avala. The mountain has been protected since 1859. The mineral avalite receives its name from this mountain in which it was found. A 205 m high Avala TV Tower was constructed on Avala in 1965, and destroyed during the NATO bombing campaign in Yugoslavia in 1999. Its reconstruction has begun as of 2006 and it is to be completed within a year.

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Many people from Belgrade go there as an outing and its a very pretty place....

I had a really nice time meeting so many people from Belgrade. Thanks to couchsurfing and Vesna’s friends.

Had a nice picnic, good conversation and then got back to Vesna’s place. Thereafter I left to the Belgrade bus station to take a bus to Ohrid, Macedonia.

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