Weekend in Beograd

This past weekend was a ton of fun. Susie and I went down to Beograd (AKA Belgrade) for the weekend and stayed with our two classmates, Amanda and Amber. We had a blast! After a short bus ride to Beograd, we dropped off our bags at the girls' flat and went down by the river to get some dinner. We decided to be a little daring and went to a Thai restaurant (ethnic restaurants here are all owned, operated, and run by native Serbs). Thankfully, it was good, but it was definitely different than Thai food in the US.

After dinner, we went into the city center and checked out the fortress. The views were beautiful...we were there at a good time and got to see the sunset. Then Amanda and Amber introduced us to dark chocolate Serbian ice cream....HEAVENLY! We ended up at a couple of cafes until the very early hours of Sunday morning and got back to the flat and crashed. French toast and hash browns were on the menu Sunday afternoon (a late brunch) and it was off to the city center again.



Sunday afternoon and evening included a series of random events. We met some Slovenian guys who invited us to stay with them if we visited Slovenia and then listened to a jazz/blues band in the fortress. When we heard the woman singing, I thought it had to be a black singer from the states. I was so wrong! It was a little, white, Serbian girl with a very soulful voice. I seriously felt as though I had been transported to New Orleans if I just listened to the band and didn't look around...it was kind of strange, but fun.

Dinner was at a little Italian restaurant. There was an American at the next table who we thought sounded like a bit of a jerk. Boy, were we wrong! This guy heard we were Americans and paid for our dinner. The waiter told us after the man had left. The four of us were speechless! Maybe he wasn't such a jerk afterall.



After an enjoyable day we headed back to the flat and went to bed. The next morning Susie and I caught a bus back to Novi Sad and got to be lazy for the rest of the day.