Blogs from Belgrade, West, Serbia, Europe - page 18

Journey and Arrival I wokeup in the train with an old Serbian couple in my car, and sleep wasn't coming back. The old lady seemed releived that I was alive and promptly forced me to eat lots of food, literally shoving it into my face. It was hard to complain, it's quite nice :D The highlight of this train journey was unquestionably pasing through Nis. The train passes along at the equivalent height level of a 2nd storey building across an ad-hoc Serbian city that's not so far removed from what one imagines of the favelas of South America, with buildings placed almost randomly and squadrons of old ladies which bags across their backs, carrying items across the town. Only 2 and a half hours late, we arrive in Belgrade, not quite as bad as Marija's ... read more

We debated to the very end whether or not it was a good idea to throw in one more day in Belgrade, but at least it gave us a day of rest and it allowed us to get some laundry done, clean up Milos' place, buy a sketch of Belgrade, and explore what would not normally be explored since Belgrade is a solid two-day type of place. Final Tourist Spots These were all starting to look the same at this point, but since we had a whole day ahead of us, we felt it would be much more satisfactory if we visited at least a couple more tourist hotspots. St. Mark's is quite large but ultimately it looks like most of the other Orthodox churches we have seen and the Serbian Assembly fell into that same ... read more

The Crazy Train Jumper Last night was the roughest train ride yet in the couchette, our cabin mates were friendly enough but their habits and monopolization of the breathable air (cigarette smoke, foot smell, and body odor) and space (everyone else in the car was settled in and twenty minutes later our babushkas were still shuffling around arranging their luggage and beds). Our cabin mates were a group of four - the two ladies barely said anything to us but were clearly upset we had the bottom bunks; the two guy were okay except that they both smelled, one like a** and the other like stank feet. Stinky feet kept striking up conversations with us in whatever language he was speaking to the point where we stopped telling him we didn't speak his language and would ... read more

Hi Everybody! Yesterday, we took a train ride from Sofia, Bulgaria to Belgrade, Serbia. We covered 200 miles in 11 hours on a train that had no air-conditioning. We bought the best available first class tickets which meant that we had white satin covers on our headrests. We did have assigned seats but no one seemed to pay attention to that. The train ride was long and hot! The good part was that we made a couple of excellent friends. One was a University student returning home to Belgrade from a 45 day trip to the Middle East. His name was Miklos, and he was extremely helpful. We thoroughly enjoyed his company. We met Miklos before we boarded the train. Our cabin mates were Serbians and consisted of Lily, the mother her daughter, Natasha age 12 ... read more

Adventures in Serbia Europe » Serbia » Belgrade By Dave090July 19th 2007David WeinsteinSo I have been in Belgrade for two days now and the first thing that comes to mind is the heat. Also, it is not as cheap as we expected. It is however, a very charming city with a lot of friendly people and nice sites. I would highly recommend it if you are in the area. I do not have time to type much but just know I am having a great time. We saw the fort, a few cool churches, walked through some great streets and experienced the great night life on the rivers. Till next time....bye... read more