Friday, October 23, 2009

Railroad station and kiosk--Skywatch

Here's the top of Belgrade's main train station, finished in 1884, when the very first train to leave the station departed for Niš (NEESH), Serbia, on August 23rd, 1884.

It was at this station that I first arrived in Belgrade in 1976 to attend a friend's wedding, after a two-day trip from Paris.

Near the entrance now stands the locomotive of Tito's Blue Train, which you can read more about by clicking on the link.

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(Happy birthday to my newlywed daughter today!!! Mama loves you.)

LA DÉESSE

There is an old-time car museum located not far from this café where I was sitting. I imagine this  Citroën DS  is one of the museum's d...