Novi Sad

The girls played all morning while Nadim and I did some trip planning and got some laundry done (thanks to the friendly neighbours downstairs). It was a nice quiet morning, something we were all in need of.

In the afternoon we went out to see the fortress in Novi Sad. We walked across the bridge and found our way up the hill to the fortress. There were many cobble stone streets and the houses varied from well maintained to rundown.

We strolled around the walls of the fortress. The views were quite nice with countryside to one side and the city across the river. There are artist workshops along one side of the old fortress. We stopped to have a look at the work.

The fortress is on the opposite side of the river from the centre of Novi Sad, so we had some nice views of the city.

We don’t have Internet access at the apartment so we had taken the laptop with us in hopes of finding a wireless cafe. As we were overlooking the river we thought to try for wireless networks and were happy to find one and upload our blog post. We also managed to have a chat on the webcam with Nadim’s parents. How strange to be talking to them from that location!

We went back into town in the early evening. We had a stroll down the pedestrian street. Yasmin and Roya weren’t impressed. They say all the streets are the same! Nadim and I thought it was like walking down a movie set. The buildings were so perfect!

There is a huge cathedral with a colourful, tiled roof. The atmosphere in Serbia is very friendly. People are full of smiles. It’s been a great stay.

CM