Frugality is the mother of all virtues. Justinian I In a country where tradition, history and legend are so entangled with the past, present and probably future, you don’t have to dig deep to find a day trip out of the city. A few searches on the internet and Read more…
One of the fascinating ways to explore a country is by driving. The freedom of the open road gives you more possibilities to get to know the country. Right? Not in Serbia! Here is a real rant on driving in Serbia. 1) There are no traffic signs. If you Read more…
Its Monday and it’s a city quiz time! Can you guess what city this is without the help of Google? 1) The city is located on the confluence of the Danube and Sava rivers. Le Corbusier, architect, said “the ugliest city in the world in the most beautiful Read more…
As kids there were times when we were not allowed to go close to the Victor and enjoy the best views of Belgrade. The reasons were different – the landmark of Belgrade, was under conversations, the hills were crumbling into the Danube, the tiles were in need Read more…
In the Lower Town of Belgrade Fortress, just before the Sava River flows smoothly into the Danube, gracefully stands a 500 year old towerlooking towards New Belgrade. This is Nebojsa Tower, built around 1460 as part of the city’s defence system protecting the core of the city from the Ottomans and sometimes called ‘the last Read more…
I am sitting on the 3rd floor of my mum’s apartment in the city center of Belgrade and emailing all around the world wishing a Merry Christmas to all my friends scattered around the globe, from Rachel in Nepal who is doing charity work after being Read more…
It was cold but no snow and night was descending on us on the road to Sremski Karlovci. It was January, the second day of the Serbian Christmas when we decided to spend a day away from food, TV and the various sofas scattered around the Read more…
History of Belgrade Fortress Present-day Belgrade and its must-see fortress are located on the right bank of River Sava and was originally established as a Roman military camp to protect its eastern borders from the Barbarians. The IV legion, Flaviae, were based here and as they Read more…
Petrovadin Fortress, known for its “reverse clock” with the longer hand showing the hours instead of minutes in order to help local fisherman to see the time from a distance, is located on the Danube River, in Novi Sad. The construction of the Fortress was started in 1692 by Read more…
Zica Monastery is situated around 25 km outside of Vrnjacka Banja which is in central Serbia, 200 km south from Belgrade and the Monastery is an endowment of King Stefan the First Crowned and built between 1190 and 1124. Zica was the first seat of the autonomous Read more…
The three of us wanted to cancel a walking tour of subterranean Belgrade as it was cold and hadn’t stopped snowing since the night before, but idea of just the three of us going on the tour was very appealing. The meeting point in the city centre Read more…
This is really easy to find – it’s centrally located, just outside the main train station, with a big grey and green locomotive displayed outside, built in 1917 by Maschienenfabrik L Schwarzkopff in Berlin and it used to run between Gostivar and Ohrid in Macedonia until 1965. Today Macedonia is Read more…
The photographic icon of Belgrade is St Sava Temple which is still a “work in progress.” Its position, on the grounds of Vracar where the relics of Serbia’s first Archbishop, St Sava, were burned by the Ottoman Turks in the 16th century, is very impressive and is visible from every Read more…
Do you know what the White House in Washington, the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty in New York, the obelisk in the centre of Buenos Aires, the facades of the airport and museums in Cairo and Tokyo have in common with the St George Church Read more…
The First Serbian Uprising against the Ottoman Empire took place in a small village near Arandjelovac called Orasac on the 15th February 1804. On that date a local man, Karadjordje, was chosen to be the leader of the uprising, and after its success, the first Serbian Government and Parliament were established after a Read more…
Mathematical formulas are my forte, and I can solve most daily riddles with ease. The amount spent on my weekly shop are in my head before reaching the checkout desk, surprising the cashier with my accuracy. Numbers were my friends. Until now. Sitting in front of Read more…
“I was here, I saw this and it mattered to me.” Alain de Botton How many times have you been seduced by reading an article on the 10 best things to do at the destination you always wanted to see? The flawless writing full of Read more…