Blogs from North, Serbia, Europe - page 3

So not too much has happened since the last post. Biggest thing to happen was we went to Belgrade for a day of walking around and seeing the sites. I have to honestly say I like Novi Sad quite a bit more than Belgrade. It's just dirty, and too busy there for my liking. The sites are quite cool to see, but Novi Sad is a nicer city. Better views here in my opinion. We're also entering the last couple of days in lovely Serbia! It's sad to leave, but on the brighter side we're heading to Greece! We fly into Athens on the 6th. Our plans for the next couple of days? To party of course. Dusans birthday is on the 4th and we're planning on getting all of our new friends out to go ... read more

So We've been here in stara moravica no for about 5 days. Nothing too crazy has been happening. It's a pretty small town. We basically just garden and walk around lol. We'll probably be heading Back to Novi Sad in the next few days. One thing I would like to bring up is that some farmers still use horse and buggies here!!! How crazy is that!!! I attached a picture so you can see! Actually........We just go back from a little excursion to Subotica. Another town more North closer to Hungary. It was pretty awesome. Nice little sea wall out there, and some old buildings! A great day overall! Another Canuck game tonight? Go Canucks Go!... read more

The flat, black landscape of Hungary blared at me in vibrant stillness as Jitka slept, and I stood next to the open window accompanied by Lawrence's RA podcast (one of my deep house faves whose company on my travels last summer inspired nenahýbejte se z oken), as our decaying rychlík glided around the neverending plains, with the lights of Budapest still glaring at me 100 kilometers distant, and the faraway streetlights from the parallel motorway just seeming to stay as still as the many visible stars, like a backdrop to a SNES game. Momentarily we seemed to be stopping as the sooty Rothko painting was marred by a house or factory, a level crossing, a buzzing network of sidings and having cleared these, we sped up again, hurtling towards the Serbian border at the usual speed ... read more

I was flattered and happy that Rodica and Nelu asked me to stay for another night. The only downside was that I was expected to meet my next couchsurfing host two countries away the same day I left Oradea. So I was up early and after a tasty breakfast I was zooming down the backroads through Romania, then through a bit of Hungary on my way to Serbia. I was pretty darned proud of my navigation through the city of Szeged, Hungary until I got out of town a few miles and realized I was on the same road I came in on. But eventually I was on the right track, through another border and into Palic, Serbia. There were no house numbers so I drove around awhile and eventually asked a girl in a convenience ... read more

Novi Sad 2-3 (June 29-30) I met the rest of the group on the work to the train station. Our train trip was a warm but comfortable enough one on the way to Novi Sad, Serbia. The border crossing was pretty painless and we were soon there. We had lovely rooms in Novi Sad. The town had a very alive feeling and lots of cafes. Our orientation work took us past the local market and over the Danube to the local fortress. The interesting feature on the clock tower was that the hands were opposite to what you expected the long indication the hour and the short the minutes. Something to do with making it easier for boats on the river to tell the time. It was also interesting to learn that anyone with a view ... read more