We left Romania with the intention of heading for the shores of Croatia. Our plans changed as the trip we wanted to do in Croatia was not available until the 16th--but at a discount. So we spent a few days exploring Belgrade--it was nice to walk around after the train ride that was supposed to last 13 hours ended up lasting 18+ hours. We still aren't really sure why.
In Belgrade we learned that you are either a smoker, a future smoker, or a passive smoker. So smoke 'em if ya got 'em. No we didn't take up smoking but indulged in a few days of passive smoking.
We went to the fortress on the banks of the Sava and Danube. It has been attacked through the centuries about 140+ times and ravaged about 40 times--due to it being on the edge of the Byzantine/Roman Empire and the Ottoman/Austrian-Hungarian Empire. Even so the city has style, classic buildings and the most fashion conscious population we have noticed in Europe.
The day we left we went through the downtown area that formerly housed the Serbian Defense department. This was bombed by NATO in 1999. The bombed out shells of the buildings are still there.
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I have read about that castle before, has been some pretty grusome battles there over the centuries...another living in history moment for you..
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