Coin Toss - Belgrade!

So Chris and I flipped a coin the other night and decided Belgrade would be the next stop. Although a little apprehensive about going to the capital of a country on the verge of breakup (which it did Sunday night when Montenegro voted in a referendum for independence), and still was recovering from NATO bombing from 5 years ago and also UN sanctions, we jumped on the train in Budapest and arrived in Belgrade 6 hours later. On the train we met Jellena was who was returning to Serbia after finishing her Masters in Hungary. The casual indifference of Budapestians to tourists was in stark contrast to the welcome of Belgradians. Jellena and her sister, as well as a handful of taxi drivers, spent about 45 minutes or more looking at maps and making telephone calls to help us find our obsure accomodation. With their help we arrived at our hostel and after a beer with the owner headed out to hang out with Jellena and her sister. We went to the Danube River where there are dozens of barges with popular bars and clubs on them. We must have been the only tourists around and the place was blocked with locals partying to Serbian pop music and living it up. Although we expected things to be a little quieter due to the Montenegran referendum Belgradians were in high spirits and considered the split to be better for both countries. Our first night in Belgrade was a very warm welcome to Serbia.