Friday, August 18
Beograd, Serbia
Contributions by Yoyi
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| Kalemegdan fortress in Belgrade |
Today we are in Belgrade Serbia. We spent the morning taking a bus tour of the city, including the Kalemegdan fortress and the surrounding city park. We passed a few important sites including Tito's residence. We spent our free time at the end of the tour walking in the very large pedestrian streets in the heart of the city. We loved Belgrade. What a party city! Bars all along the Danube and young people everywhere.
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| Biking through Belgrade |
Again, we were two of 8 brave souls that took a bike ride in Belgrade. It was 12 miles in 93 degree weather. It was lots of fun, and we kissed good-bye to the ice cream sundae we had the night before. We followed a tributary of the Danube on a bike path. There are paths that extend most of the length of the Danube river through Serbia. People have stationed rafts and houseboats along the tributary river for their homes and businesses. Apparently in the early years of independence there was no regulation and people could claim a spot on the riverbank for nothing and pay no taxes in addition.
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| Taking a break on bike tour |
We rode out to the end of a large park that surrounds an artificial lake. The lake is maintained as part of a set of natural filtration lakes that keep the quality of the water pristine. Typically 100,000 people come out to this lake on weekends in the summers and there have been occasions when 300,000 people have been at this lake.
We took a break and had something to drink at a concession stand off the beach. We sat and watched people walk and bike past. Yoyi took this opportunity to wade into the lake to cool off.
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| Serbian dance troupe |
At the end of the lake there is a mechanical waterskiing pulley that allowed people to ski around the end of the lake as if they were being pulled by a boat.
At night, a group of dancers from Belgrade came on board and danced for us. They were sooo good.
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