Impressions of Belgrade and Serbia and maybe photos from an in-country trip by a long-term ex-pat.
Wednesday, May 28, 2025
SPEED KNITTING
The title I gave to this photo implies that it is some kind of race, but it is not. These are the hands of my 93-year-old Irish friend here in Belgrade (with whom I spent three + months during the pandemic. We had a ball. She knit then, too, and made me a scarf. She has so much yarn that now she's decided to knit more and more scarves....
Tuesday, May 27, 2025
44 LANGUAGES....
I'll be spending 10 days in Greece at the end of June. I don't swim nor do I enjoy just sitting on a beach, BUT I do like to relax (read: 'play') in the water. I like to don goggles and see what's below the surface. I bought a new pair today and it came with a two-sided sheet of a total of 44 languages explaining to readers of same how to put them on and take care of them.....
Monday, May 26, 2025
Sunday, May 25, 2025
DON'T STAND ON THE TOILET
Not a sign you see every day, though honestly I have seen quite a few of them here and there in Serbia, and elsewhere in the world. The international ( mixed country children) school where I taught here had one posted. I imagine this is to prevent persons from countries where they are used to using a SQUAT TOILET from climbing up on the seat.
Saturday, May 24, 2025
DON QUIXOTE ET AL. IN FOIL
While in Sremski Karlovci the other day, I passed by this window. I was intrigued by the foil figures. Sign says they're not for sale!
Friday, May 23, 2025
Thursday, May 22, 2025
HOME SWEET HOME
This is 'Home sweet home' if you are a sparrow. A bird lover who lives near me 'built' this home from branches and twigs, since apparently sparrows love such a construction. I was only able to photograph one sparrow who was sitting on a branch; the others darted in and out too quickly. If you can find it, you've got good eyes.
Wednesday, May 21, 2025
GOING UNDERGROUND
I had to take the bus today to a doctor's appointment (routine check-up; all well!) and got off at a station I was not familiar with. It was on the opposite side of the highway to the clinic, so I had to use the underground passage which, like many here, is decorated with grafitti and tags.
Tuesday, May 20, 2025
SWEET ABSTRACT
Always on the alert for photos....here's one that was in my line of view while at a cafe having coffee and a small (yes) dessert in Sremski Karlovci.
Monday, May 19, 2025
Sunday, May 18, 2025
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