Well, everyone else has, so thought we might as well...
Arrived here on Tuesday evening to a magnificent hotel (the Hyatt) where swimming, sauna and steam bath have rather preoccupied my time! Gavin and Tony joined others here on the project ( I will not even pretend to understand what it is) and we went out to eat on Wednesday evening to an Italian restaurant, after which we were tempted (not much arm-twisting required of us) into a local rakija bar (where the fiendish local brew is consumed). I am afraid I went for the less fiery Baileys instead...
Apart from swimming, sauna and steaming, I did venture into the centre of Belgrade a couple of times to see the Fortress in Old Belgrade and Princess Ljubica's house. Oh, and some boring designer shops...
Today (Saturday) Gavin took me to see the 'real' sights...the remains of the Police HQ and Ministry of Defence, which were bombed by NATO a few years ago. Precision bombing at its most strategic (apart from the accidentally bombed Chinese Embassy...). Amazing to see the buckled storeys of buildings, on either side of which stand other buildings, completely untouched.
We can recommend the Russian Tsar cafe/restaurant in the centre of town; the menu contains about 100 choices of pastry/cake/pancake/ice-cream...not to mention some very comfortable seating upstairs in leather Chesterfields, whilst admiring the many portraits of former Russian Tsars and the current one...
I've given up on pictures, but as ever, you can see everything you ever needed to see on Tony's blog...
The final round for me tomorrow as we head for Rome and I homewards (Weds) as Gavin continues on to the Ukraine...
It has been a wonderful trip; I would love to have uploaded more pics, but next time I'll get organised with phone camera...
I may continue the blog in the US, just in case anyone has followed it thus far.
Au revoir...
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