Blogs from Serbia, Europe - page 10

There was a sleepy Sunday morning feel as we approached the ground at FK Zeleznicar – the railwayman. The ground had obviously been developed from old railway yards, although part of the original complex now seemed to have been taken over by a coach park. The transport theme continued under the “stand”, where a rusting car laid in a state of decay. The ground consisted of one side of terracing with the dugouts being opposite. A cinder training pitch lay beyond. The weeds in the dugouts and the state of the goals on the training pitch suggested a lack of practice at set pieces in the recent past. A stray dog woke from his Sunday slumber in the corner of the training pitch, attracted by the smell of a nearby resident cooking a spot of Sunday ... read more

New country! New red shape on the map! I definitely did not know what region Belgrade was in (the blog required me to pick a region rather than a city), so I guessed until I found Belgrade. Apparently it's west. So keep that in your pocket, because someday you'll need that information. Anyway, Belgrade. We made it! We almost didn't make it again. So on Friday Darcy and I made delicious food, drank a bunch of wine, and went back to the bus stop, determined to get on the first bus that said Belgrade or Beograd or something that seemed like Serbia. 11:00 came and went. And no bus. So we waited. And waited. At 11:45 we met a Serbian, which made us feel better. At 12:15 we met another Serbian, which made everyone feel better. ... read more

Hello my fellow travellers! After another great night's sleep at Nikola's place the two of us headed out together because he had to go to work today, Alex left us yesterday so it was just the two of us. I was planning on visiting the Museum of Yugoslavian History with the House of Flowers and then just spend the rest of the day walking around the pedestrian areas of Belgrade, trying to find something nice for Lisa. I liked the museum quite a lot, especially the House of Flowers where Tito is buried. It was a calm and serene place, very beautiful. The museum was also very nice with friendly guards, good information and a great layout/planning. I ended up spending quite some hours here, enjoying the various artefacts on display. It was very interesting to ... read more

Hello my fellow travellers! After a shaky, but eventually quite pleasant, day in Bucharest yesterday I was on the train bound for Belgrade with hopes of a relaxing stay with a confirmed and well recommended host. Things started off pretty poorly as I realized I'd forgotten to buy water for the eight hours train ride to Timisoara on the Romanian border. Things didn't exactly get better as the train was smacked completely full and was steaming hot. Even worse it left the station with roughly 40 minutes delay, which isn't a good thing when you have a transit time of 30 minutes in Timisoara. I wasn't exactly feeling to optimistic about it! Once we finally got rolling I actually did manage to get a little bit of sleep, but it was quite scarce as I spent ... read more

July 9, 2013 Initially I, of course, had great plans for a comprehensive Balkan trip, including the best places (mostly Unesco World Heritage Sites) in Serbia, Macedonia, Kotor, and Albania. The trip gradually boiled down to Serbia (Exit Festival in Novi Sad) and Kotor, with possible excursions to Dubrovnik in Croatia and Shkoder in Albania. Unlike the previous year, we’d not take the exhausting bus from Beograd to Montenegrin coast along the serpentine, but simply fly from Beograd to Kotor and back. Our (my and Vasily’s) second trip to Serbia and Montenegro was arranged somewhere in the end of March or beginning of April; we bought air tickets for a modest price and waited patiently. Alexey (my schoolmate) decided to join us later and would only stay with us in Serbia. This time we stayed one ... read more