Belgrade in May...

... is finally full of music and life. Green trees, blue sky, colourful people. The rivers are still brownish-green but I didn't really mind.

There was still plenty of colour around the cafes and wine bars to compensate for the gloominess of the rivers. Did I say wine bars? Yes there are tens of them scattered around the old city, even in places you would not expect them to, like next to what looked like a mausoleum of a Muslim holy man. These women and their children were praying and tying knots of red and white threads asking the higher power for help of some sort. 

We were on a mission, drink as much wine as possible and go to two concerts in two days! In between we managed to see a little bit more of the city, which was in one of its most flattering versions so far...

The first concert was on Thursday... Pink Martini...Oh how much I like their music, their spirit and their open-mindedness!! But I was a tiny bit disappointed with their Belgrade gig. It was not entirely their fault. The venue was not completely full but I believe they should have given their best anyway and stayed on stage longer than just 1 hour!!! Still we got our fix of beautiful melodies and funk!

We were compensated on Friday, though, with a magical and totally exhilarating show by Nouvelle Vague and Zaz. Unfortunately I was too busy dancing during the Nouvelle Vague gig and I didn't take any videos. To compensate for this here is my favourite one - even though they didn't play it :(

After a "light meal" made out of a mixed grill dish and Tufahija for desert at 2am in a restaurant at the surprisingly packed Skadarlija Street, we returned to our hotel for a few hours of sleep before he headed off to Istria....