Belgrade, SERBIA

Belgrade or Beograd, Београд (in Cyrillic)...the grandeur capital of the former (huge) Yugoslavia...and now the tiny Serbia. From a distance...as you approach the city...its probablyone of the ugliest cities I have I seen. Sorry to say. Typical of the ex-Soviet dark depressing architecture. However, once you're inside the city, its a very bustling place! Truly grandeur buildings (not bombed by NATO), parks, wide streets, bridges over the Sava and Danube rivers. Lots of beautiful Orthodox Churches, Cathedrals, and other awesome buildings. Not a lot of evidence of the war in the early 90's...only a couple of bombed government buildings still show the signs.

This was the base of ex-president of Yugoslavia (1997 to 2000) and war criminal, Slobodan Milošević. Read the history text about this $%^##$^.

Quite a nice city. Good thing Milošević is gone forever!