http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Serbia/North/Novi-Sad/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , Serbia , North , Novi Sad en-us Fri, 05 Dec 2008 03:59:36 UTC Fri, 05 Dec 2008 03:59:36 UTC The Old Serbian TrainThe train from Thessaloniki was stinking hot. The seat covers were a nice shade of brown so there was no telling how disgustingly dirty they really were. There was no air con just open windows and curtains that would flap in the wind. We had seats though. The 3 of us shared one cabin and thought we may even sleep that night. The cabin seats six so when you fold the seats dow http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Serbia/North/Novi-Sad/blog-315047.html Woke up at 0715 and stayed in my couch till 0730 until the alarm went. Thereafter took a shower and got ready. I left with Vesna Vecky she went to work and I went to the bus station to go to Novi Sad.Novi Sad is the capital city of an Autonomous Province in Northern Serbia called Vojvodina. Similar to Kosovo the difference being that in Vojvodina the people are not asking for an independent sta http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Serbia/North/Novi-Sad/blog-255883.html January 4th Me and Brian boarded a bus in Belgrade Serbia and headed off to Novi Sad which is the capital of the semiautonomous state of Vojvodina in Serbia. It is a smaller city about 300350 thousand people. We arrived there and called our friend Tammy who I'd met earlier in the trip and was supposed to let know if we were going to Novi Sad. She offered to show us around and hang ou http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Serbia/North/Novi-Sad/blog-233086.html I was never supposed to go to Serbia. Of course it was on the list of things to do with just about every other place on earth. But I had been bugging my Croatian friend to hook me up with a free place to stay with one of his friends in Zagreb. He emailed me one day and said his friend is going to Serbia and I should go with her. This was a Tuesday I left on Thursday. But on Wednesday I met http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Serbia/North/Novi-Sad/blog-201311.html Around June time last year I can remember telling people that I was about to go to EXIT Festival in Serbia. The typical reaction was ldquoyou are going whererdquo After telling them the line up their interest perked up a little but few people were envious. This year the reaction was completely different. They were either very jealous or they were coming too. Despite being seven years old http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Serbia/North/Novi-Sad/blog-201099.html On my bus ride to Novi Sad I met a lovely girl Jelana who told me all about living in Serbia they dont make much money there but the cost of living is low so actually they are generally quite well off. We met up with her boyfriend Nemanja for a beer and a chat they really are a friendly people and very hospitible and enjoy having guests. We ended up going out for dinner then having more beers http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Serbia/North/Novi-Sad/blog-184685.html So today took a day trip to the 2nd largest city in this country Novi Sad. It was further than I thought. On the bus along the way you can see the farms the lowlands....beautiful. At some point you can also see garbage dumps though..haaa Got there and it was so different from Belgrade....more laid back. However full of EXIT people.....which made it....umm....I just didnt like it with all http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Serbia/North/Novi-Sad/blog-180961.html The day started great. I went to the local swimming pool with my friend Srdjan. We enjoyed some well deserved cooling off as the temperatures went passed 30 degrees C. Around 3 pm the clouds appeared out of nowhere and the rain came down for 2030 minutes. It was a perfect time to take a nap and rest for the trip to Novi Sad in the evening. A short 1 hour drive from Belgrade is a beautiful city of http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Serbia/North/Novi-Sad/blog-168402.html