Belgrade, Serbia

Our flight from Sofia to Belgrade wasn’t until 4pm so we did have the morning available. Unfortunately we couldn’t get late check out as someone else had our room booked. The weather was crappy; cold, windy, and raining. So we just stayed at the hotel until noon.

I packed up our luggage to meet the Air Serbia rules 23kg / 23kg / 8kg. We didn’t have a scale in the room so I just guessed.

We used the Yellow Taxi app to get to the airport. It was pretty cheap, about 16 EUR, and the app used ApplePay.

The Air Serbia counter didn’t open until 2pm, so we had lunch and a coffee at Costa Coffee. Next was the big reveal, how much did our luggage weigh? It came in at 22.6 / 20.5 / 7.9. Pretty good! So no overweight fees for us :)

It was a small flight, on an ATR 72, and only half full. I had to gate-check my carry-on as the overhead bins are tiny.

We had a nice view of the Danube and fields of bright yellow canola as we approached Belgrade.

Our luggage was quick to come out (it’s pretty fast when there’s only 30 passengers), we met our driver, and drove into Belgrade.

The traffic in Belgrade is almost as bad as Toronto’s. It took us over 30 minutes to get to the hotel.

We gained an hour, so had plenty of time to organize ourselves and head out for dinner. It was just starting to rain so we took our umbrellas. The restaurant was literally across the street, but we had to get some cash for tipping and the ATMs were a few minutes away. The area that we’re staying in is full of pedestrian areas and cosy cafes and restaurants. The restaurant we ate at was small, seating maybe 24 people. We had pasta for a change, which was really good.

We walked around the historic centre for a bit after dinner. Belgrade looks like a nice city to spend the next couple days. This was an add-on to our trip after we cancelled the southeast leg of Türkiye, so we hadn’t done much advance planning. When we got back to the hotel we sketched out some things to see while we’re here.