Serbia, a different destination

Around Serbia, this goal is not just tourism that surprises with its beauty

 

Napoli - Monaco - Belgrade

Prologue: As usual a few days before departure, I take the need for travel tickets, medical insurance, passports ... but where? you want to see them in your backpack, I left after the last trip to Turkey and Bulgaria? Manu and washed them .. noooooooooo! are exchanged and moldy and now !???. The day after we do a tour de force to the police headquarters in Naples and Caserta and thanks to their kindness and availability 'immense we have passports two days ... thank goodness !!!!. In the morning we wake up at 4:30, preparing the last things and quickly descend, the plane part at 8:00 from Naples and thanks to my sister get to save on parking ... thanks Dany!. The plane part delayed because of fog (but as we are in Naples), speriamo bene perche 'coinciding with the Belgrade and' close. Fortunately, everything is smooth and we row in Belgrade on time, to the customs office tipa passports we look with suspicion .. we have a passport issued on 12/10/06, the day before, we explain our problem and go with the stamp ( even if we asked the old man, and me because ... 'should I bring back?). After taking control of our luggage and get cash (up to 20,000 euro din, 1 din = 81) just outside there 'comodissimo the bus for 160 JAT din that brings us to the train station (20 mins) from here we decide stop to take a postal where double din in 3150 (the room 'rather simple but ok. Contrary to what is written on the beautiful guide Sebia (Bradt, better than lonely) recording to the police will still be made but not released a receipt. Go, buy a phone card and telephone in Italy, where you should do instead of 9939 'the 0039, the phone call with the card and' very economical. from the train station a few steps and we are in the bus (BAC) obviously all written in Cyrillic, we stop at a stop and ask any bus to Sarajevo .... despite only 340 KM bus takes about eight hours !!!!!!, departures are at 6:15, 7: 00, 8:00, 10:00, 11:30 and 13:15. From the station take a taxi that takes us into the center for only 170 din, we decide to go and eat at Big Bull under a butcher with a good restaurant (eat the usual soups, a beautiful mixed grilled meat and the typical Serbian Reney) where we spend 1270 dinars for two proseguimamo .. From here on the streets of the center, I have to say that Belgrade and 'beautiful city' full of parks and green areas in more 'and' clean!. At the end of the pedestrian street, near the main park there are stalls selling beautiful works of pottery, we bought some beautiful bells.

Belgrade

Today we slept a lot, we really need it, we descend into the hall where we make a lean-based breakfast omelette ... with a taxi back on the main road (Kneza Mihaila) pretty much where we stop in one of the many cafes' (path of taste, I think) where for 290 din take two cappuccino and a chocolate mint candy. Few steps from here and are beautiful Kalenegdam, the huge city park located on a hill overlooking the rivers Sava and Danubbio. Just entered the well-kept park (lawns and colorful flowers tantissimo. We stop near the statue dedicated to France, where there are stalls operated by street vendors who sell old beautiful crochet work., Manu meanwhile trying to photograph a squirrel busy in search of food. We go in the direction of the castle in the center of the hill, the front door you notice the clock tower, once there 'on-air military museum (free of charge as a whole here in Serbia) , where they are exposed tanks and guns. On entering the castle you come to a terrace where you can enjoy a fantastic view of the Sava and Danube, from here a few steps to visit the two Orthodox churches located on the east. Leaving the castle we go to visit the Ethnographic Museum (100 din), and then we head towards the path of the artists or Skadarsko, but definitely not 'spend hours in the evening. eat something along the way and we head to the church of St Sava, pretty much all white particolarita 'of this church and' seben construction that began around the middle 'of the century many wars have prevented implementation. Towards the end of 2005 and the outside world' was completed, the inside like that and 'being construction and I must say that visiting a church is not done by 'a strange feeling. After our trip we go back to the bus station to buy ticket to Sarajevo in 2750 din (two people), we leave tomorrow and arrive at 8:00 16:00 pm, and tickets' shown the gate and the seat in more 'is given a token to access the parking of coaches. When we go to the Orthodox Cathedral and from there back to Kalenegdam to admire a fantastic sunset on Danubbio, at some point we notice a crowd of people around a bench near us, they are all careful to observe a game of chess!. We decide to termite our day going to eat? (so called ') located in an old building we eat very well (1050 for a goulash, potatoes, lamb cooked in the oven).

Mostar (Bosnia Hercegovina) - Podgorica (Montenegro)

The journey from Nevesinje (Bosnia Hercegovina) lasts four hours, the border with Montenegro and 'peaceful and there are no problems, The landscape here changes dramatically, we have moved from the plains of Serbia, to the mountains of BiH until classimo Mediterranean landscape of Montenegro . The first big city 'of Montenegro and we meet' Niksic, but before lining a lake full of fantastic islands .. exceptionally unfortunate that we are just passing through. From Niksic Podgoriza use a 1h and arrive around 20:00. The bus station is located far from the center and we have the leadership, we decide to sleep near the train / bus, choosing the hotel Europe (35 euros per person) ... remember, in Montenegro the local currency and 'l' euro, and the difference (in price) we see very much. We decide to go around and after about 10 minutes we are in the center, I must say that Podgoriza and 'bad, personally I think its not worth the pain to stop here more' one night (even less). We ask the train to Belgrade, but we find that the 11:00 non c'e '(another note: unlike Serbia and BiH where the locals put the soul in order to understand and get help, you can see that Money and tourism have poisoned those people who do not strive to be minimally capiere or understand a guest .... and 'one thing I hate) and that his departure' to 14.30 (there are two nightclubs at 20:00 and at 22:00 I think), the trip takes 7 hours (by bus 10).

Podgorica (Montenegro) - Belgrade

Given that we have to start later we wake up calmly, so check out 'at 12:00. At 11:30 we leave and we go to the station where we buy the ticket (14 euro piu '1 euro for the reservation). The walk to the center confirms the impression of yesterday, finally starting in practice even though Montenegro has' recently separated with Serbia, there is no proper customs Veria then there will be checks for passaporti.Arriviamo in Belgrade at 22:20, descend by train and we head right to where Postal uncoupled the usual din 3150.

Belgrade - Golubac - Belgrade

Today we see the fortress of Golubac (the photo and 'cover of the Bradt guide), after a nice breakfast at the usual cappuccino basis, we go to the BAC to buy two tickets for Golubac (din 1000), the bus leaves at 9:00 (there are several) and in less than three hours we are at your destination. I ask the type of booking if there Golubac 'bus passing through the castle and he replied that I must go on foot and are only 5 km (!!!!). Ok, the small town of Golubac is located on the banks of the Danube and great in the distance we see the castle, but that 'disappears slowly as it approaches, the road is not' easily because there are many curves and of course non c'e 'il marciappiede . We arrive at the castle and that 'quite nice if only for the position, the main road goes in and (doing) you can focus where you want to climb perche' non c'e 'custody, and the beautiful' also fall along the River to admire the view. In return, we're pretty tired and we decide to do eutostop to return to town, we charge a Serb smpatico who speaks very good English and during the five minutes that separate us from the station a little talk 'of Serbia and its potential' tourist. The village we stop to eat to the restaurant, that's that for 1400 two abundant din eat grilled meat. At 15:20 we take the direct bus to Belgrade.