Belgrade, Serbia

Getting to Serbia was another long, fun bus ride. Crossing into Serbia was definitely the most nerve-wracking border so far, mainly because I had a Kosovo stamp in my passport - and Serbia apparently states that they block passports with Kosovo stamps. Nothing happened, though, so everything was cool.
Elly and I decided to do some couch surfing in Belgrade. For those who don't know what that is - you basically stay at a strangers house - for free - when you travel. In Macedonia we met these girls who couch surfed with this couple in Belgrade, so we contacted them. They told us to be at their house at noon, but there was nobody there:

Elly called her mom to check my email and saw that the hosts told us they wouldn't be home until 7:30 now, so we left our bags there (I felt a little weird leaving my bag at a strangers house without telling them- especially when I didn't even know if it was the right house) went back into the city.
Waiting until 7:30 was rough. We were up at 4 in the morning that day to catch our bus - and then a 7 hour bus ride - and then an hour or so of figuring out how to get to our hosts' house - and then getting back into the city - and then being so tired and hungry we couldn't make any decisions. I guess it seemed best to sit on the street and eat some corn on the cob and some bread.


The next day we had the whole day to check out the city. After all that mess the first day, I was really able to enjoy what the city had to offer. It is actually really nice (in the top 10 of the places I've been this trip). Even though there are some really nice things, there are still random buildings that are completely destroyed and look like they are going to fall over (on people) any minute.
The second night, Elly and I made dinner for our hosts. It was SOOO amazing. We made so much, and then at the last second our host pulled out all this food that she had made for us during the day WITH desert. So much food. Sooo sick.