ABC WEDNESDAY--"Y" is for "yummy, youthful, Yugoslavia..."

All those words and more could describe a recent trip to Djerdap (JER-dap) National Park," located in Eastern Serbia about 3 hours from Belgrade.

I'd been there several times before, but never had seen the rock carving of Decebalus, which is not visible from the road, but only by boat. That's the photo in the middle of my 'postcard'. Decebalus was the last king of Dacia, who fought against the Roman emperors Domitian and Trajan to preserve the independence of his country, which corresponds to modern-day Romania. The carving is located on the Romanian side of the Danube.

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Go vegan!

I never thought I would live to see the day when veganism,  let alone vegetarianism, would be advertised, albeit on walls.

Serbia is meat-eaters' paradise. I hardly ever eat meat.  What about you?

MONDAY MURALS--horses

Caught this mural in the town of Pozarevac, a little over an hour from Belgrade. "Za" is "for" and the first letter below, that looks like an H with a small b attached represents the sound Nj (nyuh).  The other H is an N in Cyrillic.  The word for 'horse' is 'konj' , but I don't know what the H (N) would be...confusing!

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SKYWATCH--crescent moon a little star

Just what the title says:  crescent moon and little star....above a rooftop downtown.

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Proud

Caught this man sitting in Kalemegdan Park during a recent festival.  Somehow, he seemed very proud-looking.

UPDATE:  In response to William's comment, below, here is an explanation of his hat.

ABC WEDNESDAY "X" is for "kisses"

This pair of lovey-dovey pigeons were sighted smooching in a town in northern Serbia.

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Ever wonder....?

Ever wonder who does jobs that we never think about,,, like this fellow preparing Xs to be spray painted in this parking garage?

MONDAY MURALS---on a wall somewhere....

....but I've fogotten exactly where in town this is...

And technically it's not really a mural, but if I'd cropped it, you might have thought it was....;)

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SHADOW SHOT SUNDAY--fun car

This fun car stands in a gallery that sells wacky art.  Looks  like it might be fun if it were bigger and drivable.

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WEEKEND REFLECTIONS---linden tea

Linden tea is delicious; almost as delicious as the linden trees' blossoms are fragrant. The latter saturate the air with a heady, sweet fragrance anywhere from end of May through the beginning of June.
Linden trees are sometimes called lime tree or lime bush, but are not closely related to the trees that produce limes.

Here is a recipe for linden tea.

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SKYWATCH--'Walking home'

Nice moon, the last full one was, and I caught this while walking home. PLEASE enlarge the photo. Like the moon itself, it looks much better bigger.  And you'll see the bird  better.  How's that for an alliterative post?

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