Belgrade, Sofia

Yesterday we had checked off most of the things we wanted to see here in Belgrade. It was another beautiful day, so just wandering around the city today sounded good to us.

The one thing on our list was seeing the Museum of Contemporary Art. It didn’t open until noon, so we had a couple hours to wander :)

We started at the Zeleni Venac Farmer's Market. It was okay, probably not worth going out our way to see it. It was close though to the waterfront along the Sava River which was our next destination. There’s a nice boardwalk that runs along the waterfront around the historic centre. It’s also where the river cruises dock, there was one in port today. We walked along the boardwalk until we could see the confluence of the Sava and Danube. I always find these types of confluences to be anticlimactic.

There’s a bridge and walkway up to the fortress from the cruise terminal. We took it up and then headed into town, to check out an art gallery we had seen yesterday. It didn’t look open, so we walked over to the main pedestrian shopping area looking for souvenirs.

Around 11:30 we headed over towards the Museum of Contemporary Art. It’s across the Sava, in Novi Belgrade. The bridge had separated path for pedestrians and cyclists, which was busier than I would have thought.

Across the Sava, we took a staircase to river level and then walked through Usche Park to the museum.

The current exhibition from the museum’s collection was about the evolution of modern art in Serbia. It was pretty interesting, and extensive.

We spent about 90 minutes checking out the art. For lunch, we went to a food court in a nearby mall. Probably not the healthiest lunch, but we just wanted something different.

By the time we walked back across the bridge and to the hotel, it was nearing 4pm and that was it for our day. We had a coffee and dessert at a nice cafe near the hotel. Later I went back to the restaurant we ate at the first night, and had their pasta with sausage. It was excellent.

Thus ended our itinerary substitution. Tomorrow we fly to Malta and return to our regularly scheduled programming.