Belgrade

Hi there! This is from Belgrade, capital of Serbia but rather run-down. We're on week 2, exactly, in the EMW mayterm and it's been a mixed bag type of trip. To be brief (if that's possible), the scenes are awesome, the intercultural experience stupdendous and the weather...lousy. I've gotten many, many, many beautiful pictures of the Dalmatian coast, of Zagreb, Budapest, Krk, Trogir, Split, Dubrovnik, Shibenik, Cetinje, Perast, Sarajevo, Visegrad, Kraljevo and Belgrade. I'm loving the different sounds, different foods (pastries!!!!) and life in the Balkans. I've been reminded how blessed I am as a American, which is a prosperous country where people can debate giving healthcare to all and a stable government to enforce such absurdities. Here, things are still chaotic and unstable, with burnt out remnants of hourses bearing witness to a war that no one has forgotten and no generation will be allowed to forget.
The weather, due to Icelandic interference, is rainy and generally bleh. That has affected tempers (plus seperation from the home front) and made a few of the days rather miserable. But on the upside, I know a whole lot of people a whole lot better than I did before.
From Belgrade,
Bog je Kralj (in my poor Serbo-Bosnian Croat)