THE BUREK PLACE

 Every city has some place where the whatever-it-is is better than the other shops. This is true of Belgrade. Burek is a baked, filled phyllo pasty (cheese, meat, cabbage, mushrooms....) and it has to be eaten hot!  This place not far from me consistently has the best burek. It's so filling that I personally cannot eat it often, but some do.....always a big line in the early morning.

MONDAYMURALS: tooooot!

 Large saxophone on the wall in front of Belgrade's Youth Center. You'd need really good lungs to toot that one.

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SHADOW SHOT SUNDAY--night bikers

 Taken rather late in poor light....but not so  bad on a street in the Skadarlija area of Belgrade.

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WEEKEND REFLECTIONS: BELGRADE'S NEW BABY HIPPO

 This blissfully happy little 'guy'(sex still unknown....) born mid-August in the Belgrade zoo is enjoying a snooze next to Mama.  Papa had to be moved out temporarily because he was jealous.

I'll keep you posted once we find out if it's a male or female.

See other reflections on James'  WEEKEND REFLECTIONS.

THEME DAY--WINNERS

 Back from a month's break. I didn't really intend not to post for a month, but one thing led to another and there you go.

Back for the Theme Day of Winners.  Here is a photo of my eldest granddaughter who has won third place in her tennis camp play-off.  This was last July and now here in Belgrade she has won first place, woo.  Hoping for another Djokovic...

She's posing here with her coach.  (Dad and grandfather were big tennis players, too.)

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 No photo today!  I know it has been a while, but I am trying to get my act together to travel....am fully vaccinated, but reluctant to sit in a plane. But I have to!

I have neglected my blog, but will be back on October 1st.

Many thanks to Judith K. who wrote to see if I was still here!  

PRETTY IN PINK?

 When I first moved here in 1977, many women this age dyed their hair a bright, bright,  orangey red.

Now it seems that there's a rush on pink, since I've seen many pink-haired women recently.

CYRIL, METHODIUS, AND A PIGEON TO BOOT

 Known for their work in evangelizing the Slavs, this statue o  Saint Cyril and Saint Methodius stands in a park downtown. Not sure what the pigeon did, though.

SLEEPING PRINCE

Maybe a prince weary of searching for his princess. His steed must have wandered off to graze while he is snoozing on a bench.
 

SAVE ME

 If and when the owner of this building for some unknown reason decides to put in a modern door, I hope they will save this one. At the very least the two halves could each become a table, overlaid with glass.

SMELLING THE ROSES

 It could appear that the lady's head on this facade would really like to smell those roses. She's been there since 1901...