Arrival and First Expression

Finally not here anymore, but there!!!!!!!!!!

And there is Serbia! Too be more exact: Belgrade/Beograd - the capital of Serbia.

Where ist Serbia?
After a certain person yesterday asked me and also guessed "is this on the African continent". No it is not!
Serbia is in Europe. You can image it that way: under Germany there is Austria, under Austria is Hungary and under Hungary is Serbia. So if this would be a Sandwich, Serbia would be the bottom half. Next to Serbia are Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Albania, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzogowina and Croatia. Greece and Turkey is also not soooo for away.


The airport:
Argh, when I was in the first airplan I thought I lost my wallet (with my ID in it off course). After almost freaking out, I found it behind my seat. Next time I'm so using my beltbag again.
And in Zürich I had to go through the control again. And they had to get all my electronics out of my hand luggage. Everything was so neatly packed, so I would fit in. And now the totally messed it up :-(. Next time, I also won't put electrionics in my hand luggage - only my laptop.

But I loved to fly over Switzerland! The sun and the mountains kind of covered in snow was an amazing view!!!!

Wearing an AIESEC T-Shirt was also a good idea! I met already another intern from Brasil at the airport in Zürich. She will do another DT Project here in Beograd and has already done internships in Russia (she didn't like that one - low quality) and Poland (that one was great).

Arrival & Accomendation:
18° Can you believe this!!!! Great whether and you can still see the snow melting here! I got so lucky!
A girls - Maya - from the reception team picked me up and her dad drove us in the town. I live in the city center in a hostel. Today I sleep in another room, but tomorrow I will change in a room, that I will share with other AIESEC interns, that will arrive the next week.
The hostel is really nice. It's in an old building, it has great looking bathrooms and a chill out corner with kitchen, fridge, free coffee and tea, ...
I also got a prepaid cellphone card here. It was soooooooo cheap! About 2,70 € with money on it!!!!

In the city on my own:
Tomorrow another guy form the reception team will come and give me a city tour. But still I didn't want to sit in the hostel, so I went out to absorb the atmosphere.
Belgrad - it seems like - is a city full of life!!!! With street artist, musicians and people selling cool stuff at the street. And so many bookstores!!!!!! With really old books and also really cheap new books in English (I'll get so lost in those stores and never come back out again!!!!).
Around the castle, there is a huge parque. And everywhere with people sitting all around the place: chatting with friends, older men playing chess, families, tourists ;-) ...
And I saw the Danube - So everybody up and down the Danube: I send a greeting - if it shipes by --> tell me!
Another thing: they sell popcorn in the street and it smells everywhere like that :-D.
I guess I should count the days, till I cannot resist anymore and buy the first. And then the day, when I cannot see, smell and eat it.
I also saw an older guy selling old medals. Also some with the "Hilterkreuz" on it and in one of the bookstores they had a Hitler book in the window. I have not yet made up my mind, what to think about it.

So, read me if you want to - or not - if you don't want to.

Cheers,

Franzi