Today we passed the 25. May Sports-center again and I was very happy to see that they were renewing the windows. For years It looked like they'd let this building fall into disrepair. Maybe there is hope for this beautiful building.
This part of the building is empty since a long time. In another part is a public swimming pool. Two years ago I went for a swim there. It's an amazing place.
A typically serbian thing are these Houseboats along the river Danube and Sava. Some of them are Holiday houses, restaurants and clubs.
You may have realized by now that I love to walk through cities by night. Belgrade is probably my favorite "night walks" city. First it is darker than any city I know so far, except Katmandu maybe, but I have not been there for a very long time.
Second the light seems to be very yellowish here. I don't know if this is because of the dirt and pollution in the air or if they use different bulbs.
When I came here for the first time in 1999 this struck me immediately. Lit shops and house entrances get to look so mysterious in this generally much darker city. I like the deserted shops and the empty hallways. Some times you to get to see through a not properly closed curtain into an apartment and you get a glimpse of a different live, sometimes you pass a restaurant where the last quests don't feel like going home even though the waiters started to close the restaurant.
I was very luck yesterday because it started snowing, which makes it even more fun because people don't go out and you are pretty much alone out there.
Unfortunately I am a bit of a wuss and get scared often if the streets get to narrow and to dark. It doesn't help that there is always someone approaching me . Yesterday I took the iPod with me, which was a pretty good idea, it's a bit like diving in the city, - you don't hear all the party people screaming and chatting, just you, the music and the city.
It's no secret that Face Hunter is one of my favorite Blogs. I did write about him before. He has just come Back from Belgrade one of my favorite cities and thats worth mentioning.
Belgrade is a exciting city, full of life, nice architecture, friendly people.
Face Hunter seems to have enjoyed it, he found some really great styled people and took some very nice pictures.
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