Day 64 A very slow day post the dramas!

Thursday 24/05/2018 Apartment Danube Tadeuša Košćuška 62b/1, Stari Grad, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia, Beograd, RS

Today after yesterday’s emotional roller coaster we are going slow... so as I have so many wonderful photos of Budapest and I am 4 days behind in my diary it’s catch up time....

So that’s exactly what we did or I did John played his silly game.... but at least he was happy while I caught up!

One done as much as my brain and finger could take it was after 1.45pm so we headed up the street to fund somewhere to eat... ohhh my glory what a mine field it is with rubbish everywhere and buildings literally crumbling around them..... it really does look worse than 3rd world in some ways, but then you look at how everyone is dressed, how they are all out eating and drinking on the street cafes, the children all seem happy and life is moving on normal for everyone here.... except us who are finding the degeneration of the city around everyone just awful..... it all comes down to perspective doesn’t it... what one person things of as hell on earth another can think of it as pure heaven.... so if you never know any different what you see is normal....

We have said it time and time again after travel... how blessed our nation is and what a fantastic way of life we have.... yes it has issues and if we just ignore some of those very important issues that are changing our way of life then maybe our fantastic life may we’ll be very different and not as valued as it is now..... complacency causes much sorrow in the long run... we have more of everting, food, homes, gardens, life style..... choices many other counties wouldn’t dream of. And so many take it for granted... these countries have known and still know to an extent hardship which does make them value what they have but so very different are those values.... ours is a materialistic life to a huge degree, but that’s not to be thought of in a hollow sense it is something we can be proud of.... we still value our materialism to a huge degree.... after look,ing around here today I feel so humbled yet again that Our Lord placed me in a country with so much to be thankful for and by golly I am.....

Ok been on my soap box again off I step....

As we hit the Main Street just up from us are little cafes on the corners, we pick one with Pizza on the menu thought it would be easy to order... and it was we discover so many speak fluent English unlike Germany 🇩🇪 where only a handful do, so bonus.... plus many of the signs are in both Serbian and English... fantastic... so we order the pizza it comes and as good as it looks it’s just devoid of flavour.... we hav found this time and time again .... when travelling, so many foods are flavourless... you would wonder how it could be when you have basically all the same topping as as home... anyway we were hungry so it was mostly eaten.... mainly by John... the staff we very nice to deal with so it made our lunch enjoyable just to be there...

Once we finished off we set to investigate the area more... and pretty much the same look as around us, most buildings have some form of graffiti on it.... there are bakeries nearly every 4-5 shop, chemists coming out your ears... plenty of small supermarkets, paper shops abounding and cafes everywhere all nicely set up...

We found a market place but it was just shutting up all the stalls... looks very big when it’s all open... I manage to buy an item there I have been looking for, for ages...

A bit more of a look and much the same over and over again, then we found a quite large modern supermarket much bigger than all the little ones... so we bought some items I will cook tonight, we have a full stove and full fridge, just no mircowave....

So get our goods head home, cook dinner... I do some more pics John has a 2 hr sleep... I don’t know how he does it... once we had dinner we had to sort out the accommodation for Montenegro 🇲🇪.... that we found by 11pm it’s a painful process, we have million tastes with a penny budget... so finding something g that’s nice, with all our wants and dirt cheap is a challenge but we found one... a bit Gordy and no pool, but hey under budget by a lot... let’s hope it’s as good as it looks....

Bed calls been a big day writing all the events from the last few days, an emotional process reliving it as I write...Read more