Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Theme Day--'Empty" and ABC Wednesday "X" is for 'xyloid'!

This future floating restaurant or cafe is pretty empty now, and I hope that it will be full when opened! I'm doing a double post today for ABC Wednesday's X and for Theme Day=Empty. "Xyloid" means "relating to wood."

More good stuff beginning tomorrow, as Bibi posts from the U.S., where she's visiting until August 18th.... Please continue to drop by to see how Bibi views her home turf.

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Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Roast pork!


Scroll back to see my 'roast meat' post on June 25th! Serbs are big, big meat eaters, and especially love roast meat. This pig on a skewer is (or rather was....) being roasted outside a restaurant. If you have a pig to roast, you can often pay a restaurant to roast it for you, since obviously city dwellers don't have the space to do this.

Monday, June 29, 2009

Zen in Zemun

A recent trip up a hill in Zemun yielded this 'Zen' shot. The pieces of bricks and concrete were placed there, and blend in nicely with the three different kinds of tile roofs in the background.

Sunday, June 28, 2009

Crossing to Kalemegdan

An elderly man takes advantage of the early Sunday morning hours to safely cross from Knez Mihailova street to Kalemegdan Park. Notice the decorated manhole cover that I showed you close-up right here.

Saturday, June 27, 2009

"Real Good for Free" Part II

The other day I showed you this musician playing another kind of instrument. Here we see a man with his grandson playing away, again not really for free, but in the hopes of earning a few dinars. I always thought learning to play the accordion must be really hard...


Friday, June 26, 2009

Skywatch Friday--Lookout below!

This is one of Belgrade's oldest department stores, but newly renovated. "Beogradjanka," as it is known, fell into disrepair during the latter socialist era when privatization came about. Now it's quite posh inside, and has had a facelift, too, including new panes of glass outside. About two weeks ago, one fell while it was being installed on the street that is on the left of this photo, but fortunately, no one was hurt.

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Thursday, June 25, 2009

How about a little roast meat?

This fellow on a floating club restaurant on the Sava river was happily roasting a lamb, most probably for an afternoon dinner/celebration with his friends. Nice size lamb.

The fellow in the photo below works for one of the larger floating restaurants nearby. That is one big young cow he is roasting. And yes, the white pieces in the two tubs are peeled garlic to be used for salads, soups, and meat!




Wednesday, June 24, 2009

ABC Wednesday "W" is for "weather-worn wood"

Isn't this a great mish-mash of wood and a bit of rusty fence, too? This was taken in southern Serbia last year, when my husband and I visited a small village in search of someone selling honey. We found someone, and I waited in the car while my husband bought the honey. This was what was in front of me.

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Tuesday, June 23, 2009

You know what they say....

...about owners and their dogs looking alike. These two have the same color hair and the dog is wearing a plaid harness and color to match 'mommy's' shirt. And no, I do not have the same underbite as Bibi does!

Monday, June 22, 2009

Old and crumbling...

Passed by these stairs downtown the other day, then returned to have a closer look. They 'spoke to me,' but not in color. I think black and white is best here.

Sunday, June 21, 2009

Red and Yellow


This is a yellow tarp-like material covering part of a children's ride (the red) in a little amusement park beside the Sava River. The colors reminded me of Tibetan Buddhist monks' garments, and so I did a little research to what these colors mean to them.
The color red is auspicious in Tibetan culture. It is a sacred color, one of the colors of a monk's garments. It is believed to have protective qualities and is therefore often used to paint sacred buildings.
Yellow is has the highest symbolic value in Buddhism through its link with the saffron robes of monks. This color was chosen by Buddha as a symbol of his humility and separation from materialist society. It thus signifies renunciation, desirelessness, and humility.
Yellow is the color of earth, and thus a symbol of rootedness and the equanimity of the earth.

BEARDED

Of course people can choose their hairstyle and in a man's case, beard style. Personally, I do not mind beards, but for me they have to ...