Belgrade

Zdravo! Zovem se Nevena i živim u Beogradu. Hello! My name is Nevena and I'm
Nemam pojma kako da započnem ovu priču ali je from Belgrade. I have no idea how to
mnogo važnije kako ćete vi započeti vašu priču o begin this story but it's more
Beogradu. Recimo da ste stigli autobusom ili vozom. important how you could start your
Ako želite odmah da idete u centar grada (zašto da story about Belgrade. Let's say that
ne?) najverovatnije ćete se popeti Balkanskom you came by bus or train. If you
ulicom. want to go to the city center right
away (why not?) the most probably
you will climb up Balkanska street.

Nadam se da ste u dobroj formi jer to može biti I hope you are in good shape cause
naporno kao i bilo gde u Beogradu pošto ovaj grad that can be tough just like anywhere
leži na oko 20 brda. Jednom sam čula dobar savet za in Belgrade since this city lays on
penjanje uz ovu ulicu: Sačekaj neku devojku sa around 20 hills. I heard once a good
dobrom pozadinom i idi za njom, začas ćeš biti advice for climbing up this street:
ispred hotela Moskva. :) Znajući srpske devojke Wait for a girl with good bottom and
nećete morati da čekate jako dugo. Možda ova na go after her, in no time you will be in
slici dole nije najbolje što možete odabrati ali front of hotel Moskva. :) Knowing
poslužiće. Serbian girls you will not have to
wait for too long. Maybe this one on
the picture below is not the best you
can choose but it will do.
Onda imate dve opcije: idete levo da vidite Knez Then you have two options: go left
Mihajlovu ulicu i Kalemegdansku tvrđavu ili idete and see Knez Mihajlova and
desno da vidite hram Svetog Save. Ako odete levo Kalemegdan fortress or go right and
sigurno ćete videti ovog čoveka na konju, to je kneѕ see Saint Sava temple. If you go left
Mihajlo. Ako vam neko kaže da vas čeka kod konja, you will definitely see this guy on
ovde ćete ga naći. Iza spomenika možete videti the horse, that's knez Mihajlo. If
Narodni muzej, trenutno zatvoren. Ovo "trenutno" someone says that he's waiting for
traje već 10 godina. Prava šteta! you at the horse (kod konja), this is
where you gonna find him. Behind
the monument you can see the
National Museum, currently closed.
This "currently" lasts for 10 years by
now. Such a shame!
Kako god, ako odete desno naćićete se ovde, hram Anyway, if you go right you will end
Svetog Save. Ja uvek idem desno. Zašto? Jer živim up here, Sveti Sava temple. I always
ovde. :) Pre trista godina Sinan paša je spalio na go right! Why? I live there. :) Three
ovom mestu mošti Svetog Save, osnivača Srpske hundred years ago Sinan-Pasha
Pravoslavne Crkve. Ovo je najveća srpska crkva i burned on this place remains of Saint
jedna od najvećih pravoslavnih crkava na svetu. Ovaj Sava, founder of the Serbian
čovek ispred sa sabljom je Karađorđe, Crni Đorđe, Orthodox Church. This is the largest
osnivač moderne Srbije, izabrani vođa Prvog srpskog Serbian church and one of the largest
ustanka s ciljem da oslobodi Srbiju od Osmanskog Orthodox churches in the world.
carstva. This man with saber in front is
Karađorđe, Black George, founder of
modern Serbia, as the elected leader
of the First Serbian Uprising that
aimed at liberating Serbia from the
Ottoman Empire.
Još jedna impresivna zgrada je Parlament koja se Another one impressing building is
nalazi na trgu Nikole Pašića ispred Pionirskog parka. the Parliament, located on the Nikola
Sunčanim danima izgleda ovako Pašić Square in front of Pioneer's
Park. On sunny days it looks like this
a nekad ovako and sometimes like this

Primetićete da je većina zgrada u Beogradu crna, You will notice that most of the
siva, mračna. Nije to jer smo suviše lenji da ih buildings in Belgrade are dark, gray,
okrečimo. To je zbog kontrasta, naša zastava izgleda obscure. This is not because we are
mnogo bolje sa takvom pozadinom. :) too lazy to paint them. It's because of
the contrast, our flag looks much
better with such background. :)

Zamislite Beograd sa svim zgradama belim i svetlim Imagine Belgrade with all buildings
kao ministarstvo finansija. bright and shinny like the Ministry
of Finance.
Ko je ova lepa dama? To sam ja. Samo da vam Who is this pretty lady? It's me. Just
pokažem da je Beograd lep i kad kiša pada, pogotovo to show you that Belgrade is
noću. Ako nemate veliki kišobran kao ovaj, uvek beautiful even when it rains
možete pobeći u neku radnju, restoran, bioskop ili especially by night. If you don't have
jednostavno uživati u kiši. big umbrella like this one, you can
always run away to some store,
restaurant, cinema or simply enjoy
the rain.

Ovo je Pobednik Beograda. Ne, ne ja, ovaj zamućeni This is Statue of Victory. No, not
lik u pozadini. Podignut da podseća na pobedu Srbije me, this blurred guy in the
u ratovima protiv Osmanskog carstva i Austro- background. Erected to
Ugarske. Da, mnogo smo opasni! commemorate Serbia's war victories
over the Ottoman Empire and
Austria-Hungary. Yes, we are such a
bad asses!

Jesam li vam pričala o prevozu u Beogradu? Did I tell you about transportation in
Belgrade?

Ako želite avanturu... If you like adventure...

Ne, šalim se, danas je ovako. NO, I'm kidding, it's like this today.
Morate da razumete naš osećaj za sarkazam i You have to understand our sense for
samokritiku. sarcasm and self criticism.
Ali kad već pričamo o avanturi, jednom sam srela But speaking of adventure, once I
ovu devojku na Kalemegdanu. Iz Estonije je, potpuno met this girl on Kalemegdan fortress.
izgubljena, nije znala gde da ide, šta da vidi, šta se ne She is from Estonia, totally lost,
sme propustiti u gradu. Pitala sam je: kako to da si didn't know where to go, what to see,
došla ovde tako nespremna? Pa, bila sam juče u Atini what is must see in this city. I asked
i svi se spremaju za Božić (bio je 25. decembar) i her: how did you com here so
nešto sam mislila, moram da idem negde odatle. unprepared? Well, I was in Athens
Makedonska policija je zadržala mog prijatelja pa yesterday and everyone is crazy
sam došla sama. Oh Bože, ovde je tako hladno, about Christmas (it was 25th of
obukla sam sve što imam. December) and I was thinking, I
have to go somewhere else. Police in
Macedonia kept my friend so I came
here alone. My God it's so freezing
here, I dressed everything I have.

Da draga, ja takođe. Ovo sam opet ja sa našim Yes honey, me to. This is me again
ljupkim vebmasterom. Dva Eskima. with your lovely webmaster Marija.
Two Eskimos.

Ako želite da idete negde van Beograda ali ne daleko If you want to go out of Belgrade but
ovo je savršeno mesto, Avalski toranj. Podignut u not too far, this is the prefect place to
šezdesetim, uništen u NATO bombardovanju i be, Avala tower. Erected in sixties,
obnovljen pre nekoliko godina. destroyed in NATO bombing and
reconstructed again couple of years
ago.

Nisam baš sigurna koja mu je danas svrha ali je lep I don't really know its purpose today
pogled odozgo. but the view from above is nice.
Uh, mogla bih ovako beskonačno ali neko drugi bi Oh, I could go on and on like this but
mogao takođe da napiše nešto o Beogradu, njegovom someone else could also write
noćnom životu, Skadarliji, Adi Ciganliji, mostovima, something about Belgrade, its
posebno novom, pozorištima itd. nightlife, Skadarlija, Ada Ciganlija,
Baaaaaj! Nevena bridges, especially new one, theaters
etc.
Cheers! Nevena