Belgrade; Thursday, 31 July, 2014

Thursday broke as an damp morning, and it was clear that it wasn’t likely to get much better any time soon, so I headed out into the drizzle to visit the Ethnographic museum.

After the museum I had a bit of a damp wander, not particularly surprised at how much emptier the centre of Belgrade was on a damp day rather than a sunny one.

After wandering around the castle for a while the weather started to improve, and after a quick visit to the Cathedral it was pleasant enough to sit outside for lunch in the bizarrely titled ? café (originally called opposite the cathedral, but the cathedral authorities had objected to the name so they just decided to rebrand it as a question mark)

I had a very nice, and quite lengthy lunch in ? before heading off for a long wander into the afternoon sun, that very quickly turned back into drizzle, then heavy thundery downpour.

Through the careful use of shop awnings I managed to make my way to the centre of town only getting mildly soaked, and then sought out shelter in a café near Republic square thinking the weather would have to ease off soon.

Three hours, and two pints later, the rain finally died down to a light drizzle, so I headed back to the hotel to properly dry off. Having spent much of the afternoon and early evening snacking I didn’t really fancy dinner so instead I grabbed a quick bit to eat in a café round the corner from the hotel, getting back to my room just as the next heavy thunderstorm started up.