Day 5 - Belgrade

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Day 5:
Stayed in the apartment most of the day. Read up on some Irish history, checked emails, posted some photos, etc.

About 4 pm, Dejan and I got some burek and then I caught a bus to downtown Belgrade to meet up with Ivan (he works downtown). We then walked to Knez Mihailova (a pedestrian street and very busy on the first nice, sunny day of the year) and toured around Kalemegdan (a massive fort overlooking where the Sava and Danube rivers meet... built around the 14th century).

Belgrade is definitely more modernized than when I was here last. There are ATMs everywhere (had trouble finding *one* the last time I was here), nice stores that you would see in Western malls, and so forth. Oh, and the government enforcing laws, such as that all people riding public transportation actually buy a ticket, and they've clamped down on J-walking. Also, there is some construction going on with the metro-train rails. However, they have a long way to go to catch up, and a lot of people in this country appear resistant and/or unhelpful to progress.

Later on, we walked to see one of the largest Serb Orthodox churches. After that, we headed back home on a bus and I hit the sack... exhausted from the walking, bus riding, and air pollution/diesel fumes.

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Photos

Duckie and Paddington
View from Ivan's apartment with Belgrade in the distance.

Comments

[Augusta]

Historical
What an interesting time to be in Belgrade, right? With Milosevic dying.