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Posts from ‘June, 2009’

Belgrade Weekly Phone Photo #24

This is “Ljuba’s Butcher Shop” in Kaleniceva pijaca, one of the main Belgrade green markets (fresh produce markets). It’s located in the Vracar district of Belgrade. This is where I buy fresh meat or processed meat, like hams and sausages, unless I’ve already bought them from a supermarket. Ljuba’s is not the only meat seller [...]

Belgrade Weekly Phone Photo #23

It’s a grey, rainy and cold day in Belgrade today, a marked difference from the high temperatures and blazing sunshine of last week. As I went out to get some groceries this morning, I was caught by surprise by these pigeons who had set up home in my stairwell, seemingly sheltering from the weather outside. [...]

Belgrade Weekly Phone Photo #22

In Belgrade, roadworks are done a bit differently to those back in the UK. This is Resavska street in central Belgrade, which has been completely dug up with new tram tracks, road surfaces and pavements being made. But if you need to go to a shop, get to your flat or normally use this street [...]

Belgrade Weekly Phone Photo #21

Here’s a cool cat I saw outside a pet shop just to the left of Studentski trg/Student Square on Friday. I think the pet shop owners own the cat, considering it has its own little shelter from the sun that also serves as a table for the shop’s staff on their cigarette and coffee breaks. [...]