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?
A bowl of wheat grass, a tray of dried fruits, and the badnjak, sure signs of Christmas in Serbia! Image credit: https://voyages.ideoz.fr/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Srecan-Bozic.jpg Fireworks began weeks ago to mark 'Western Christmas' and 'Western New Year', but most Eastern Orthodox Churches follow the old Julian calendar, so today is Christmas in Serbia! For the last month, our … Continue reading Христос се Роди, Сређан Божиђ!
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 
