Tuesday, April 25, 2006

What can You Do in Belgrade when You're Alone


What could you do in Belgrade while being alone? Really? What am I doing these days, these few days of sunny weather, after a month of raining?
Not much... Sitting on the balcony and watching the River, one of two big rivers that meet right here. Or yesterday, I went in park - the oldest and biggest one in Belgrade, the core of the city called Kalemegdan. I was sitting there for hours, like some lizard at the sun.

What else could some do?
Belgrade people like a lot sitting in cafes, maybe just drinking some coffee but sitting and watching other passengers. But Belgrade people do not sit alone often. We always have some reason to go somewhere with friends or family. To talk, to chat, to smile, to enjoy. To have fun everywhere.
Shiny happy people...





Šta sve može da se radu u Beogradu kad je neko sam? Zaista, šta radim ovih dana, ovih nekoliko dana lepog vremena, posle mesec dana kiše?
Ništa posebno...Sedim na terasi i posmatram reku, jednu od dve velike reke koje se ovde susreću. Ili juče, otišla sam do parka - najstarijeg i najvećeg u Beogradu, u srcu grada, poznatog i kao Kalemegdan. Sedela sam tamo satima, kao neki gušter upijajući sunce.
Šta još može da se radi?
Ljudi u Beogradu vole da sede u kafićima, možda samo pijući kafu, ali sede i posmatraju druge prolaznike. Ali beogradski ljudi ne sede često sami. Uvek imamo razlog da negde odemo sa prijateljima ili porodicom. Da razgovaramo, da se smejemo, da uživamo. I da nam svuda bude zabavno. Shiny happy people...



Tuesday, April 18, 2006

Skiing on Deluge


While the Danube River or Sava River are getting out from the riverbends to the streets of Belgrade in this biggest floods in last hundered years, some people make fun of it. Three surfers from some Belgrade wakeboarding club made few days ago an interesting and funny happening. Car has a role of the boat and streets under water were wakeboarding place. Three surfers were atraction to everybody that has seen them, even the police.
There is no place like Belgrade, really...


Dok reke Dunav i Sava izlaze iz svojih korita na ulice Beograda u ovoj poplavi najvećoj u poslednjih sto godina, neki su u tome pronašli zabavu. Tri surfera iz jejdnog beogradskog kluba skijaša na vodi pre nekoliko dana su priredili veseo hepening. Kola ovde imaju ulogu čamca a ulice pod vodom su bile mesto skijanja na vodi. Tri surfera su izazvala pažnju svih koji su ih videli, čak i policije.
Zaista ne postoji mesto ko što je Beograd...