Our minibus turned up and we arrived in Belgrade just before 10pm, so just checked into our very nice hotel and went to bed.
Next day we were off on an epic hike around the city.
The weather was beautiful, but I have to say that most of the city is full of tall communist era looking buildings that aren't very photogenic.
I do realise that this photo doesn't show the buildings, but we didn't take any photos of them, and the trams look pretty.
Our first stop was the fortress and that was very impressive.
As we arrived there was a background noise of cannons being fired, and throughout the morning jets and helicopters flew in formation overhead.
I found out that these are rehearsals, and on Saturday there is going to be a huge military parade for Serbian Unity Day, although apparently not all Serbians are happy about it.
Then we went to the Temple of Saint Sava.
This is the world's largest Orthodox Church by volume and is called the Golden Church for obvious reasons.
Finally we walked along the waterfront where they are building a huge new luxury area that looks a little like Dubai or Kings Cross.
It is a lovely area and completely different from the rest of the city and looks incredibly expensive, so I imagine that very few local people will be relocating to it.
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