Not a whole lot to report here about yesterday, it was once again a weee bit warm, only 35 C so not nearly as bad as we’ve seen but still what one might qualify as notcold. In the morning we awoke in a veritable forest of laundry; one of my roommates and I had left our clothes to dry overnight. Not too long later we found ourselves once again on our ‘beloved’ 83 bus to Zemun to meet with a priest from the Serbian Orthodox Church. The meeting got off to an interesting start, with the priest offering and cheersing with shots of the local plum brandy – apparently it’s customary? At the meeting we discussed the usual topics regarding the intersection of faith and politics, as well as Kosovo and the role of faith in nationality (according to the priest, not a good thing). He gave us all a copy of his book and I look forward to paging through it! Given the heat and free afternoon, we all stopped at the mall the 83 passes for lunch at least; just to spend some time in the AC. While some of the group caught HP, I wandered around the mall just enjoying the AC and tunes, turns out mall music is the same everywhere. That night there was a boat ride along the rivers and I remembered how much I love being on and just watching the water. Then, after a quick bite to eat, a group of us headed out. Belgrade was recently rated as one of the best party cities in the world and we took full advantage out dancing J
Today it was HOT again. Apparently, the heat is back, it had cooled off slightly, down to low 90s, for a few days but today it was back in full force. We had a morning meeting with Veritas – an NGO dealing with war crimes committed against Serbs during the wars. It was interesting to hear about some of the details of court cases and how they’re proceeded, apparently there’s even a potential case in US court! It’s REALLY hot out so lunch was small, just a snack and popsicle like thing from one of the ice cream stands. This afternoon we had a meeting with a representative of the Democrat Party of Serbia (different than the Democratic Party, talk about confusing!) This party is decidedly more right than the Democratic Party and the representative did a good job of explaining the differences between the parties and how those differences in priorities manifest themselves in policy. Overall, I found his talk more substantive than the one at parliament and found myself disappointed the right-wing party who might have joined us couldn’t make it. That brings us up to now, time for food!
Alright I had pics but the internet's being mean so I'll upload them later
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