Serbia and Montenegro 2024 Part 1, Belgrade, May 28th 2024

Tuesday May 28th 2024

Photo, National Museum, Trg Rupublike 

The Virtual Tourist Euromeet was held in Kotor, Montenegro during the weekend of May 30th to June 2nd 2024.

However as I wanted to have more time to explore the area, I took off two weeks from work and made a plan which included exploring the two capital cities, Belgrade and Podgorica.

The flights were booked by my work colleague Christophe. The price of the flights included the ability to check in a suitcase.

The flight BA0888 LHR to BEG leaves early in the morning at 07.50 but arrives at 11.35, which gave me some time to explore Belgrade. 

I left my home in Calcot around 3.15 am and I travelled by Reading bus route 26 to Reading station. I then caught the 3.50 Railair coach to Heathrow Airport.

I had plenty of time to check in and pass through security before the flight departed. I had some Pret coffee and a almond croissant in the departure lounge.

The flight left on time. I had a window seat. All passengers had a complimentary bottle of water and a biscuit. The flight was very smooth, there was no terbulence.

After landing in Belgrade, Nikola Tesla Airport, I had to collect my case and I caught the A1 shuttle bus to downtown Belgrade. 

I found Belgrade a difficult city to navigate, but I eventually found my apartment, Marcel, Karad'ord'eva 91.

Soon after I settled in to the apartment, I went to get some lunch at nearby Bistro Savska. I had a beer and a Srbska salad for my lunch. 

I returned to the apartment until about 5pm, when the weather was cooler and I met Allan Christensen and Karl Reinecker from Virtual Tourist. 

We explored the city including the Kalamegdan fortress and park. The city was named as White City (Beograd) after this fortress.

We also walked to Trg Rupublike (Republic Square) and found the Flamingo Bar. We had a beer, but as the cuisine was Chinese, we decided to find an alternative bar which served local (Serbian) food.

We had a cevapi in pitta bread with chips and salad in Walter's Bar-Restaurant a few blocks away from the centre.

I returned to the apartment around midnight.