Belgrade, Serbia

Heyya :)

Just a brief introduction to travelling around Serbia, Kosovo and Macedonia in which I will be writing in my upcoming posts. These countries are sort of known as war-torn countries. Thus, they are filled with historical places to visit rather than the urbanized sort of culture you would expect whilst travelling in Western Europe.

This area was also known as Yugoslavia, that broke up into their own parts in 2001 and is currently known well as the Balkans ! Sounds barbaric eyy ? But its quite a nice place to travel to ! 

Anyways, 

The currency they use here is Serbian Dinar ! Although Euros are accepted, it is well known that they will charge you at a higher price if you pay in Euro, in most parts of Europe that has their own currency, so it is definitely advisable to change :)

Booked a place to stay in for the night at the Belgrade Modern Hostel, which I personally highly recommend ! They've got part of the hostel just for girls so its definitely convenient in that sense. Beyond that, its only a 5 minutes walk to the central and costs me only about 10Euros a night. 

Tried out some Pastries for breakfast earlier that day and that's a selfie infront of the hostel. Pretty much a safe place :)

Really gotta love the architecture here in Belgrade. Due to the occupation of the Roman Empire, Ottoman Empire and the Soviets mainly. 

Republic Square 

There's a few free tours and some paid for which you can find out more on; http://www.belgradewalkingtours.com/#_=_ . I decided to go for the 'Free Walking Tour' as I thought it'd be a great insight to this historical city ! The meeting point was behind the monument in the Republic Square and it was definitely worth it !

 The tour guide offered us 'Rakya' - the famous alcohol in Serbia and offered us some homemade 'Agvar' - the local pepper jam usually eaten with bread by the Serbians. I gotta admit, agvar was really delicious and it was not as spicy as it looks ! But cause I don't drink, I wouldn't be able to tell you precisely how Rakya tastes like. Haha. Most old men here sips a shot of Rakya every day as they believe it's good for their health. 

Yummy Delicious Agvar ..... 

The tour guide brought us around the important places in Belgrade. I even managed to cover most parts of the 'Top Things to do in Belgrade' through this tour such as ; 

 

The Bajrakli Mosque; the only mosque preserved under the law of the Serbian Government

The Skadarlija ; a street preserved with the Serbian Culture 

The Belgrade Fortress

The tour was about 3 hours so be mentally prepared to take in as many info as you can throughout the whole 3 hours haha. Anyways, met up with other solo travellers during the free walking tour and we decided to eat somewhere nearby which was highly recommended. Food here is quite cheap and is definitely worth. If you're a vegetarian, Serbia would definitely be a struggle for you to eat as they enjoy meat ! As it was nearly impossible to find Halal meat, I walked around eating vegetarian or seafood which was not so bad here at Belgrade .