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SATURDAY: When we emerged from our room Saturday morning Bojana served us Serbian coffee and slatka, a traditional sweet welcoming offering, in this case made from quince and walnuts. For breakfast we had a delicious cheesy macaroni dish, more cheese, more bread, homemade pastry with spinach, tomatoes, cake, and homemade yogurt-milk eaten with a spoon.  After…

FRIDAY: The road from Bajina Bašta to Mojkovac is slow but extravagantly scenic, and the terrain varied.  Most of the way is over and around mountains and hills. Some areas are almost entirely forested with deciduous trees, some largely coniferous, and some are mixed. Some areas are nearly treeless with broad rolling fields of tall…

Wednesday we had a leisurely morning at home. Our hosts were away for the day celebrating an Orthodox holiday (of which there are many!). It was cool and foggy when we woke as it has been every morning but by 10 or so the skies cleared and we had another sunny day with temps in…

I’m sitting on the balcony at our apartment (Janovič) on the edge of Bajina Bašta just a hundred meters from the Drina river and the border crossing into Bosnia. It is chilly and damp from the low mist and fog but it’s predicted to be warm and sunny again today. A dog is making mournful…

We left the dirty house in Kruševac at about 10:30 and drove north on the little road on the west side of the Morava River for about 20 minutes until we reached the collection of houses that calls itself the village of Mrzenica. Artist Zoran Andjelovic was waiting for us in his old blue Renault…

Since we didn’t want to spend another night in our dirty apartment we booked a place for one night up the road about 45 minutes closer to our following destination. After I booked I realized it was a studio, not a one bedroom place. Because I’m a restless poor sleeper and Jim can be a…

We packed the car in Niš but before getting into the fray of traffic we paused to map out our directions on the phone, but Google maps was not responding. We were puzzled and hoped once we got into a different neighborhood the map would show up again. I was a little concerned that our…

After one last coffee with Dragan we set off for Niš at around noon. I would have happily stayed a couple more days but we wanted to fit in visits to a few more places before going to Mojkovac next Friday to see Kristina’s parents. This trip continues to be very people oriented. I’m grateful…

Saturday evening after our return from the fort in Golubac Jim developed a fever, fatigue, a headache and muscle aches and his g.i. tract continued to be unsettled, but luckily when he woke Sunday he felt well enough to drive us 2 hours to our next destination, the small city of Zajačar, Serbia. We are…

We were delighted that using our phone to buy tram tickets worked with no problem. The trams in Belgrade are heavily used and look old but we have no idea how old they actually are. They run frequently. And they cost less than 50 cents for 90 minutes of riding. We got off several stops…