Day2 🇷🇸 part “Serbia - Nǐs - Belgrade”

So, after visiting Kosovo we headed back to N.Macedonia in order to cross the border into Serbia. Before that we bought a couple of coffees and continued the journey. The border control took at least 30 minutes because there were a lot of travellers wanting to get into Serbia. We haven’t come across any difficulty crossing boarders - and we’ve already crossed the boarders of 3 foreign countries!
Our first stop was the city of Nis, where emperor Constantine the Great was from. Emperor Constantine is best known for moving the capital of the Byzantine empire from Rome to Constantinople - also known as Istanbul. He obviously gave his name to the city he founded and, anyway, wherever the emperor lives, that’s where the capital is!
He is also known for the edict of Milan (διάταγμα των Μεδιολάνων) which is the agreement to treat Christians benevolently within the Roman Empire - everybody has the free power to follow the religion of their choice. Nis had a small monument for this edict from its 1700 year anniversary. We also walked around town, but since it is a Sunday everything was closed.
After our walk, on our way to the parking lot, we found a small shop what made traditional pljeskavica (it’s like a kebab/kefte in a burger bun with different spreads) which was just the right snack before our drive up to Belgrade.
This part of the journey I drove since it was an easy leg - very good roads, easy way to the capital. Arriving in Belgrade, we checked into our hotel and went out to walk around the city for the evening. It was very very hot, even after 21:30 at night and we needed a lot of water. We walked to a neighbourhood that has some bombarded buildings from the NATO attack in 1999, and then saw the largest Orthodox church in the Balkans, Agios Savvas, which is the Serbians patron (to be completely honest, the second largest Orthodox Church, saint Alexander Nevsky in Sofia, Bulgaria is much more fascinating..!). After that walk, we thought we would get a bite to eat and head to the hotel to get some rest. Lampros found a fantastic pljeskavica tavern and after we eat (two main courses and two bears for 13€), came back to the hotel for sleepskies. Goodnight from Belgrade, big day tomorrow! Czytaj więcej