Dobar dan! (“Good day” in Serbian)
So here’s the post some of you may have been waiting for. (the one where I shut-up and stop typing a book, right? 😀 ) No seriously, you want to know what Serbia is like, right? I keep talking about all my cool experiences but you have little to no what the setting all this happening in is like.
Well, being blunt and honest, Serbia (at least the city of Sombor) is not altogether unlike the good ole USA, so culture shock hasn’t been too big of a factor here in month one of this journey of ours.
You can find good pizza and French fries somewhere on most menus along the main promenade/business district. No matter the time of day, you can find people walking around with an ice cream cone (no, literally, they’ll have it for breakfast)! And I can’t blame them- it’s REALLY good here! The Coca Cola leaves much to be desired from what we have back in the states, I will admit (and while back in the states Coke has only been letting Five Guys restaurants in on their secret that lemon was meant to be with Coca Cola, literally EVERY restaurant here serves Coke with a fresh lemon slice)!
Most people are out and about with some form of smart phone in their hands. Wifi can be found most everywhere you go in public. Coffee is KING here (and quite good as well as cheap in these parts, I might add)! Sound familiar?
There is a very evident generation gap here; again, not unlike the states. Older Serbians tend to speak very little English, preferring both their native language and traditions while the younger generation on the other hand not only knows but prefers English.
In general the sentiment towards Americans is very positive. As one friend put it, we’re almost a tourist attraction of our own! They young folk aspire to be more American (maybe not like THIS American! 😀 ); I’m actually typing this as I sit in a local pizza/burger shop listening to Bon Jovi’s Livin’ on a Prayer, haha!
But anyway, those are some basics, and I’m done rambling- Time for some pictures! (Make sure you click on the pics for a description of each)
So yeah, that’s a very basic look at life in Serbia/Serbia itself. I have a TON of pics, but the process of getting then from my documents to my blog post is WAAAY too tedious.
I apologise if there are repeats of photos, I had to do this from my phone and… Yeah. Again, long and tedious!
Anyways, I hoped you enjoyed! Until next time, ciao!
