Image source: Pinterest No blog post last week, but I promise not to lapse back into my non-communicative ways. In fact, I was exploring Belgrade on your behalf. I spent the evening at the opera. It was a spur of the moment decision. I was passing the National Theater when blood red banners with 'Turandot' … Continue reading Induction of a novitiate
In Belgrade
Visits to sites in Serbia’s capital city
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How do you like Belgrade?
I get asked this question a lot. A LOT. I should be prepared by now. But this is a hard question to answer. I don't feel the same way when someone asks me what I think of New York. "It's filthy. And it smells like urine." But Belgrade? This is more complex. Except for college, … Continue reading How do you like Belgrade?
Everyone in Serbia loves Nikola Tesla; you should too!
Beauty in everyday objects
We speak too little of beauty. Yet, time and again, the wealth of culture, and the creativity to embed that culture into things of beauty, has the power to surprise. - James Panero, "New Worlds" The New Criterion, September 2021 Dalmatian clothing: On the far left is a bride's wedding clothing. Serbian clothing draws from … Continue reading Beauty in everyday objects
Hotel life
This morning I watched a man rub butter from his breakfast plate onto his cuticles. He did not look Serbian. His face and features were dark, but I could not tell what place he represents. He is one of many nationalities represented in the hotel. I do not say that butter treatments are common in … Continue reading Hotel life
Day one
Until our permanent home is ready, we are staying in a hotel two blocks from Saint Sava Orthodox Church. We can see it from the hotel window. It is so close and is such an attraction that we should see it first. The hotel clerk provides a walking map and warns us to return by … Continue reading Day one
There, and Pack Again 