impressions after spending a week in Serbia

impressions after spending a week in Serbia

Getting to Sokobanja from Požega on the sixth day took about 7 hours, we had absolutely no idea how to reach it, only we knew that there was no direct bus, so we went firstly to Kruševac, then to Aleksinac, and then to Sokobanja.
 
Sokobanja itself wasn't very interesting (it's like a summer resort, we have sth similar in Lithuania, just by the sea), but its surroundings were great, we were in one village named Resnik (we did a big detour while going there,'cause we didn't know the way exactly,but because of this we had more beautiful sights, I just loved all those old abandoned houses in the fields….) In Resnik we had a chance to be guests of one local villager, a friendly middle aged man, who saw us standing on the road a bit puzzled,and asked what we were searching for. He told us that straight way to Sokobanja and invited us to sit down a bit and to taste his home made plum rakija šŸ™‚ Actually I expected it, 'cause I had heard about the great hospitality of Serbians, and going to the village I thought that something similar might happen…

While in Sokobanja we went to the mountains again, that was on Thursday, before leaving to BG, and I guess then we climbed the biggest height of all our being in Serbia…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

People were really warm and friendly,everywhere, but especially in those smaller towns, I think we seemed not less "exotic" for them than they seemed for us šŸ™‚

And yes, I had many opportunities to enjoy seeing my beloved animals…Flocks of sheep we saw EVERYWHERE, in some places there were such big flocks that I thought I had never seen so many sheep in one place šŸ™‚ Goats were around too, but hm..not so many of them..
 

Any big disappointments or bad impressions while travelling? No. Only before the trip I was convinced that we would be able to visit more places,…
Actually, I was mostly interested in Southern Serbia, but during this travel I saw that it's not so simple to reach all those objects, 'cause the distances are long and travelling from one place to another takes much time, plus it's quite tiring especially when it's hot, if it took 4 hours from Sokobanja to reach Belgrade, then I can hardly imagine how much time it would take to reach those very southern parts of the country.
We were all the time dependent on the transport and couldn't travel so freely as it would be with a car..
My dad is joking (actually it's hard to understand when he's serious and when not so :)) that next year we'll have to land in Skopje and then explore Southern Serbia (plus seeing a bit of Macedonia as well)…