Sava temple
The big pink bus
Danger lol
Citroen rally
Belgrade and the Danube from the fortress
Storks above the monasteryThe heat at the exit camp finally got to us so we were thankful to move on to a hopefully cooler Belgrade, on the way we decided to visit a monastery as the area was renown for them as the Serbs had built lots in an 83km radius to try to protect their culture from the invading turks. When we arrived at the campsite in Belgrade a beaten up old Volkswagen camper pulled up behind us. We recognised the unmistakable van and when a French couple got out we realised the same couple were parked across from us at Exit. At night we were sat outside having dinner when Cass said to Bek “does that chair look familiar to you?” and pointed to the French couples camping chair. Turned out they too were Eco Warriors and had acquired the hazardous flowery camping chair which Bek had abandoned after the near impaling incident at Exits chill out area!
We were very tired when we arrived at Belgrade due to lack of sleep at Exit , we were looking forward to a nice quiet night with no loud music and were commenting how quiet it was at the campsite, just as we said that a huge pink bus full of Swedish travellers turned into the campsite. The bus left the next morning however that evening a convoy of Citroen 2cv cars arrived as they were taking part in a rally they were much quieter however than the bunch of Dutch boys we had next to us at Exit who had a generator and sound system pumping out trance music non stop lol
One day we ventured out to find a laundry which was 8km away from the campsite, after two hours we were still driving around (passing the same places on a few occasions) so opted to hand wash instead. Directions in Serbia are very hard as firstly our trusted sat nav doesn’t pick up roads (Cass still isn’t talking to him), secondly hardly any roads are sign posted and thirdly the writing is in Serbian Cyrillic (like Russian lettering).
One night we had a gorgeous dinner in a place called ‘Little Bay’ the interior of the restaurant resembled an opera seating gallery with royal boxes, staff dressed in 18th century costumes and a live pianist and violinist. This is much more up market than our usual travelling eateries; Bek ordered the recommended wine and thought she was going to have to perform CPR on Cass. Cass had got the currency conversion muddled and thought the wine was 167 euros a bottle! It was infact 16.70 euros which was the price of our two starters and two mains combined but was a treat from our usual 1.50 euro 2l bottle of beer. The meal didn’t contain any garlic so when we got back to the camper we each chopped a clove in half and downed them like a tablet with water. The mosquitoes were particularly viscous here as we have found them to be anywhere on the Danube, we were eating copious amounts of garlic with every meal (including breakfast) as a form of mozzie repellent along with the coils, candles, net, spray and it appeared every time we killed one a thousand took it’s place.
One day we were exploring Belgrade and were holding a map looking for The Republic Square, after 5 or so confused minutes we realised we were actually at the square! The fortress in Belgrade was nice and is situated on a hill over looking the Danube River, the local men were playing chess and one of the market stalls was selling a 500 billion note from the time of the largest hyperinflation in history in 1993. We also walked 7kms in sweltering temperature to Sava Temple which is the largest place of worship in Serbia and can hold up to 10,000 people; this was however being refurbished lol.
We were very tired when we arrived at Belgrade due to lack of sleep at Exit , we were looking forward to a nice quiet night with no loud music and were commenting how quiet it was at the campsite, just as we said that a huge pink bus full of Swedish travellers turned into the campsite. The bus left the next morning however that evening a convoy of Citroen 2cv cars arrived as they were taking part in a rally they were much quieter however than the bunch of Dutch boys we had next to us at Exit who had a generator and sound system pumping out trance music non stop lol
One day we ventured out to find a laundry which was 8km away from the campsite, after two hours we were still driving around (passing the same places on a few occasions) so opted to hand wash instead. Directions in Serbia are very hard as firstly our trusted sat nav doesn’t pick up roads (Cass still isn’t talking to him), secondly hardly any roads are sign posted and thirdly the writing is in Serbian Cyrillic (like Russian lettering).
One night we had a gorgeous dinner in a place called ‘Little Bay’ the interior of the restaurant resembled an opera seating gallery with royal boxes, staff dressed in 18th century costumes and a live pianist and violinist. This is much more up market than our usual travelling eateries; Bek ordered the recommended wine and thought she was going to have to perform CPR on Cass. Cass had got the currency conversion muddled and thought the wine was 167 euros a bottle! It was infact 16.70 euros which was the price of our two starters and two mains combined but was a treat from our usual 1.50 euro 2l bottle of beer. The meal didn’t contain any garlic so when we got back to the camper we each chopped a clove in half and downed them like a tablet with water. The mosquitoes were particularly viscous here as we have found them to be anywhere on the Danube, we were eating copious amounts of garlic with every meal (including breakfast) as a form of mozzie repellent along with the coils, candles, net, spray and it appeared every time we killed one a thousand took it’s place.
One day we were exploring Belgrade and were holding a map looking for The Republic Square, after 5 or so confused minutes we realised we were actually at the square! The fortress in Belgrade was nice and is situated on a hill over looking the Danube River, the local men were playing chess and one of the market stalls was selling a 500 billion note from the time of the largest hyperinflation in history in 1993. We also walked 7kms in sweltering temperature to Sava Temple which is the largest place of worship in Serbia and can hold up to 10,000 people; this was however being refurbished lol.
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