Beograd! *UPDATED*

how they work in Belgrade. You pay the guys to come and stand, and we get to do the work.














The court inside the fort.




The flat, after tearing up the floor.


First off I forgot my USB at the house so no pics, but keep checking back b/c I'll upload them and videos under the appropriate dates (vienna/amsterdam etc)

Belgrade is amazing. We took a sleeper car from Vienna to here after miraculously getting my papers back from Flex, left at 8pm and arrived 6am on the 9th. Couldn't operate a pay phone (another recurring theme?) so some guy gave us his card, turned out he was a taxi driver. Dillon's place is in New Belgrade right by the arena, his uncle just bought it so we are renovating, tearing floors up and putting in tiles and toilets the like.

First day we ran around on foot trying to rent a car, but our Serbian is horrible and Engleski is not as common. I'm starting to pick it up a bit though, or trying to, b/c the women are amazing. It's very industrial and has several bombed-out buildings in Old Belgrade (where downtown is). We got a tiny car and ran a bunch of errands, which was hilarious watching Dillon try to pick out tiling, plumbing, etc with different store owners operating at varying degrees of English.

Then we drove downtown and walked to the Fort, which has been fought over for thousands of years but now has been turned into a huge tourist/couples makeout spot. Monday at 3pm, its packed. Gorgeous women are everywhere, you're batting basically .400 on the streets. The food is also incredibly cheap, we spent 100 dinars each on 2 huge slices of pizza (60d equals 1 CDN), sub sandwiches are a basically a dollar. So we did some navel gazing then shared a pivo on the street patio, bought some cheap dvds and a basketball.

Came home and hit the court to get the basketball jones out of my system, played some ones with Dilly, borrowed Trev's slightly toobig shoes. Then we played some 3on3 with the locals, but a very strange game. You never clear the ball, never check ball, each possession after a foul or basket starts out of bounds on the baseline under the hoop. Anyway we beasted those guys then came home pigged on sandwiches, watched movies and passed out.

Yesterday we hit the flea markets which are huge, we spent 3 hours walking around and only went through half, they have everything you could imagine from used Serbian porn to cellphones, sunglasses, lamps, electrical devices, tshirts for 2 bucks and more, snacks, beer, etc. So I got some socks for a dollar a piece and a Red Star shirt for 7 bucks, Trev and Dillon both loaded up on the new wardrobe. Then we came home and ripped up floor for a few hours so the place is real dusty right now. We're working with plumbers and tilers who can't really speak to us so I'm trying to learn these Serbian dictionaries, but more for the socializing to be honest.

So now I'm thinking of forgetting Greece for work, and just coming back spending my time here... cheap food, booze, possible lodging, basketball, and did I mention the women.. Several checkmarks in the Pro column. Con being language, maybe pay.

That's it for now, its a rainy day in Belgrade just like home and tying up loose ends. Take care everybody.