Read more about the restaurant here, and see some more pictures in addition to the vintage one posted above right here.
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Impressions of Belgrade and Serbia and maybe photos from an in-country trip by a long-term ex-pat.
Read more about the restaurant here, and see some more pictures in addition to the vintage one posted above right here.
Also, see more reflections on James' WEEKEND REFLECTIONS.
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This beautiful pillow was HAND-EMBROIDERED for me (except the bands on the top and bottom) by my soon-to-be 89 year-old Irish former colleague and India travel buddy, who's lived in 'Yugoslavia' since 1958. This woman is amazing in many, many respects, and this pillow is only a small proof.
Many thanks, Gillian. I love it.
But pretty to look at from the comfort of your own home computer screen!
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Tadija Sondermajer (the J is pronounced as a Y) was born on February 19th 1892 and died on October 10, 1967. He was a Serbian and Yugoslav Royal Air Force Reserve Colonel, a decorated fighter pilot in WW I, and one of the founders of the first civil aviation company inn the then-Yugoslavia, Aeroput.
Here's a cut and paste from Wiki: "Born in Belgrade, he was the first engineer of aeronautics in the country and the only fighter plane pilot from the Kingdom of Yugoslavia to fight in the French Air Force during World War, I on the Western Front, most notably against the German squadron of Manfred von Richthofen. In between the wars he flew a record intercontinental flight between Paris and Bombay, India, and back to Belgrade. He received the highest, Serbian, Yugoslav and French decorations for his war service and numerous peacetime decorations. Sondermajer is undoubtedly one of the most striking figures in Yugoslav civil aviation and a major contributor to the development of civil aviation in the region."
Thought it fitting I should post this today on his birthday.
Madhu was sympathetic, I think, but imagine she was just interested in a tidbit.
Trying again today with a peaceful mind.
Belgrade was liberated at the end of WWII through a military operation from the German Wehrmacht through the joint efforts of the Soviet Red Army, Yugoslav Partisans, and the Bulgarian Army. Above you see the eternal flame.
This fellow didn't have a chance. The top part of this pole is wedged under part of his rear bumper. Try as he might, he couldn't get the bumper to give a little, nor of course could he do much about the pole, which has been leaned forward a bit.
This is right downstairs from me and I was in the parking walking my dog. Heard the screech.... I'll go back later and see if he managed to get loose.
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Kolarac (KO-lahr-ahts) Restaurant is one of the oldest restaurants in Belgrade, established in 1870. I like to go there but of course have n...