Belgrade, Serbia

Next stop......Belgrade, Serbia

Serbia is an Orthodox Christian country, but as we drove through southern Serbia, mosques were prevalent.  It's a sign of how mixed up, ethnically and religiously this part of the world is.

Belgrade, the capital of modern day Serbia and the former Yugoslavia.  I have met a friend who is Serbian who grew up here and longs for the days when Belgrade was a prosperous and cosmopolitan city.  When we visited it still had lots of people around and was modern, but I think he means that there was this air of invincibility that he misses.

There still is evidence of the bombing of 1999, when NATO bombed Belgrade in reaction to its actions in Kosovo.  My friend said that during the wars, his life was put on hold.  College was put on hold and he spent years just hiding and avoiding having to go to war.

Vienna, Budapest....Belgrade.  All European cities that lie on the banks of the Danube River.

High on a bluff above the river stands Kalemegdan, a fortress.  I've seen enough of those in my life, but the park surrounding it was beautiful and full of old men sitting around!

Tito's Home in Belgrade

As we approached, this old man was selling the book he authored.  I hoped it was a Tito biography.  It ended up being a survey of Tito's philosophy.  Too dense.

The Nikola Tesla Museum!

I seriously need/want to take a course on electricity.  This is the famous egg demonstration.  By sending current through the coil on the bottom, it creates a magnetic field that makes the egg spin on end.

All of a sudden people are holding light sabres (just florescent light bulbs).  This from the magnetism from the electric current.

Yes, there are still Yugo's around!!

Brian and I also stopped by this underground bar.  Started as a place to gather during the bombings of 1999.