Bzzz....

A large bee in search of nectar.....

ABC WEDNESDAY--V is for Vulkanizer

In English, there is no specific word for a person who repairs tires .  Vulcan was the god of fire in mythology, and fire of course is used to convert rubber into more durable materials by adding sulfur.  The process is known as vulcanization.

I'm sorry we don't have a word for this kind of repairman.  My friends and I simply say, when in need of one, that we're going to the vulkanizer!

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HOTEL BALKAN....no more....

Oh, this is a sad one for me. Hotel Balkan was one of Belgrade's oldest, and this part had been a cafe (and very nice restaurant waaay back there), called The Orient Express. I'd posted about this place before.

It seems it's going to  be revamped....one more piece of history may bite the dust. I took this photo through the front door window.

MONDAYMURALS--the rose wall

I really like this  house, an old one from 1910, whose garden in the summer turns into a cafe.

Oddly enough, I'd never noticed the mural  before...or maybe it wasn't there.

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Despair

A sad one today....this man seemed so miserable.  Wasn't crying; just down.....

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WEEKEND REFLECTIONS--Mais ou, c'est rafraîchissant!

A French bulldog cooling off in a fountain in Kalemegdan Park. I put Bibi in, but she didn't like it...

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SKYWATCH FRIDAY--at the confluence

Standard sunset seen from Kalemegdan Park, overlooking the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers.

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THEME DAY--Nature

I waited a long time for these flowers....spring came slowly this year.

The snail enjoyed all the rain....

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ABC WEDNESDAY--"U" is for "unaware"

Definitely unaware....I was close to these guys when I took the photo and stood there a few seconds to compose it. I think I could have taken a close-up of their faces, so absorbed they were in their 'conversations...'

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Cream puffs par excellence

Today would have been my late husband's 70th birthday.....  He would have loved to have one of these, though they weren't good for him, or for anybody for that matter.  But we could have shared one....

MONDAY MURALS--a foxy one

Another mural from Belgrade's old brick factory, now home to a number of funky artists' workshops.


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