We travelled for about five and a half hours in total and arrived at the new bus station in Belgrade at the specified 2:30 pm. The time included a rest break of 15 minutes, a change of driver along the way, and having our passports stamped out of the EU and into Serbia at the borders. We had been travelling within the EU since our first flight landed in Zurich for our connecting flight back on May 26th. We will return as soon as we leave this country and venture further eastward into Bulgaria and Romania.
I saw on Google Maps there was a tram from the bus station to the old town area across the river. Public transit is free in Belgrade now. We exited the station and sort of went the wrong way for a bit of time but still managed to get on Tram #7L. The tram was old and didn't have A/C. Today is hot. In fact it was 34C! That, for comparison, is hotter than it was in Colombo Sri Lanka today! Still, I wasn't too bothered by it.
Even after we got off at our stop, we still had to walk 800 meters to our hotel and got a little lost.
The Sky Hotel is very nice and new. The air conditioning was welcomed by the time we rolled the bags to this destination.
We knew that it's be better to be on this side of the river near the original town. We got maps at the hotel but thankfully used Google Maps to get back to our hotel after a little walk in the evening. We sort of skipped lunch today and needed to have something hearty to eat. We ate Middle Eastern shawarma bowls up on the pedestrian only street area. I say up because it is physically up on top of the hill from our hotel.
We stopped for ice cream on the way back. We did duck into a little market and picked up some basics to put in the refrigerator. My generic 500 ml can of Lowenbrau lager was fine for writing today's entry.
