REFLECTIONS WEEKEND--Eat here in confidence

I haven't tried this place yet, but the name sure intrigues me.... No health issues for sure; the pizzeria used to be a pharmacy!

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SKYWATCH FRIDAY--Sweet sky

Isn't this a great shot? No, not bragging, for this photo was not taken by yours truly. It's the work of my friend Nena's niece, Ema, who has just bought a Nikon D3100.

Judging by some of her other work I've seen, I think Ema has a good eye and lots of imagination.

You might remember this photo taken by Nena that I published a while back.

See other delicious skies at SKYWATCH.

Guess who's (not) coming to dinner....

I can't say I blame the passer-by for not wanting to come to dinner...the family looks quite bored and disinterested.

If you walk along Belgrade's pedestrian street, Knez Mihailova, and a few surrounding ones, you'll see reproductions of paintings from the city's National Museum, which, unfortunately has been closed for repairs for quite some time and is scheduled to reopen in 2012. If you'd like to read more about this (the translation isn't so good, but still...), click here. The article dates from 2009....

ABC WEDNESDAY "C" is for "cartoon"

A long line of big political cartoons! This post goes out to Daryl of Out and About in New York City and her husband, Toonman. I hope both she and he will enjoy this post. Marko Somborac has a daily comic strip in a popular newspaper here. I am not into politics at all, but even I 'get' what he writes. I took my good old time browsing and laughing at all these cartoons... What fun.

Note: These changing panel exhibits in Kalemegdan are extremely well-visited.... I took this photo in the very early a.m., walking Bibi! I revisited the same evening, but couldn't have gotten this shot because of the crowd.

See other C's at Mrs. Nesbitt's ABC WEDNESDAY.

Safe from the birdie...

Was sitting at a cafe with some friends the other day and looked up and saw this sparrow's feet. Good thing the canvas was between him and us...just in case he, uh, did something....

THEME DAY: postcard-worthy

HDR-ed this one, but since the Theme Day is 'postcard-worthy' and postcards are often retouched, so....

This is part of an outdoor museum in the small town of Sirogojno, a couple hours' drive south of Belgrade.


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Sunday Bridges--from my window

Sometimes you really don't have to go far for a photo. Yesterday I posted a Reflections Weekend photo from my window, and now, lo and behold, here is another of....a bridge! I had no idea I could see the Pančevo (PAHN-cheh-vo) Bridge from my window, until I peeked out with my 300mm. (You can just see its trestles.) The Pančevo Bridge is currently the only bridge over the Danube (the others are over the Sava). It was named after the northern Serbian city of Pančevo, which lies about 16 miles over the bridge. Vehicles and trains pass over this bridge, which is up for renovation soon.

I'm not sure if the building marked "Takovo" is for The Takovo Insurance Company or the SwissLion-Takovo food company.

See more bridges at Louis La Vache's SUNDAY BRIDGES.

REFLECTIONS WEEKEND--wet and slippery

It's raining! I'm not sorry either, for it had been really hot and now the air is cooler. Took this photo out my window with a long lens last evening....

See other reflections at James' WEEKEND REFLECTION.

SKYWATCH FRIDAY--traces...

A statue on the Republic of Serbia Government Building looks at the ruins of an army headquarters building, destroyed during the NATO bombing of 1999.

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Back to the kafana....

Been a while since my friend Olja and I visited one of Belgrade's kafanas, like the one back in February before my US trip, but we made up for that today. Zora, (Dawn) is an excellent place to sample good Serbian food, and it's located right downtown off the main square. My friend's dish was a "Hunter Steak" with mashed potatoes, and I had grilled chicken with oven-baked potatoes. We shared the fresh salad of cucumbers, tomatoes, and fresh shredded cabbage..

P.S. If this seems like deja vu, it is...I forgot ABC WEDNESDAY was yesterday, so I moved this photo to Thursday..

ABC WEDNESDAY-'B' is for 'Belgrade bovines'

It's Belgrade's turn to do cows. I like this cloudy cow that matches the sky.

(If you visited me earlier today, you saw another photo....I'd forgotten it was Wednesday--that photo will be back tomorrow!)

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