Banco pour les Balkans

First stop, Belgrade !

Capital of Serbia, where people fought an endless number of times (castle was rebuilt more than 40 times), Belgrade is a mixed city : some communist taste on the Novi side, some "ruin bar"-like atmosphere, some new looking-already-old parts, some Art Deco buildings 

 

2 mains attractions : chilling watching at a Danubian sunset at the fortress or at a Zemun cafe and cycling along the Sava to Ada Ciganlija to soak up the sun at the beaches, while gulping as much as you can of the famous Balkans grilled meat fest.

We also enjoyed the Holesterol restaurant and its neighboring bar (great food, great people, great local plum shots....) in a slightly off part of town (nearby the harbor) + a snack at the first of the bars along the Sava, in refurbished dock building. There is even instruments to play with !