not feelin much better i thought i'ld face my sickness head on and decided to head to serbia. it was an interesting train ride. i arrived in novi sad which is 70km north of belgrade late at night but managed to find my hostel no worries.
i did my apprenticeship with a serbian named miklos who is from novi sad and happen to be there on holidays. it was great to catch with him and have a tour guide and experience the serbian culture. i kno i wee bit of serbian which i successfully used on a few occassion.
i caught up with miklos for a few beers and a walk thru town on the first day. shite weather, rained all day. met up with him later for dinner.
next day it was shite weather again. but always goin to be interesting when you start it with rakija(the traditional liquor).
we went to the beach on the danube where they hav an awesome set up for a great day. bars, restaurants, family areas, sporting areas etc. pity the rain kept the punters away.
we headed up to the fortress which is where the famous exit festival is held. exit was on my itenary but i couldnt get there in time without back tracking so i gave it a miss. now exit is definately a must on my next trip. to have music festival with 20 stages in a fortress like novi sads is unbelievable. i couldnt imagine it. it overlooks the city and the river.
when i was in serbia radovan got caught. he was an ex-general for serbia and had been one of the most wanted men in europe for his war crimes against the muslims 7years ago. its to hard to explain it in writing but it is a massive for serbia to give up an ex-general no matter wat the circumstances are. the nationalist felt betrayed.
had an interesting and enjoyable couple of days in serbia with plenty of pivo included. to hear serbians side of view on things is amazing in an area of europe thats has had conflict for wat seems like forever. surprisingly serbians are one of the most friendliest people i have met. i would have loved to hav stayed longer and headed to belgrade too.
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