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West Coast of Greece And As Many Countries In The Former Yugoslavia As We Could Manage 2018 August through November.

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Old Town Square Novi Sad Serbia Danube River Novi Sad Grain Barge Danube River - Background  Petrovaradin Fortress City Square Novi Sad
        
Belgrade Fortress Serbia Belgrade Military Museum Tito's Mauseleum Belgrade Government Building Belgrade
Nis Fortress Serbia Palace of Mediana Nis Mosque in Nis Fortress Nisava River Nis

Serbia First Stop Novi Sad
  • Onto the next bus to Novi Sad in Serbia.  We felt very fortunate as the hotel we stayed in was right in the middle of the Old Town.  Again lots of old buildings, churches and cathedrals etc around us and quite a lot of pedestrian areas.  We had a fairly good wander around the city close by and then ventured to the Petrovaradin Fortress across the Danube.  It stands in a commanding position looking down on Novi Sad and the Danube.  The original history of the site dates back to Paleolithic times around 19,000 to 15,000 BC.  The mixed history includes the Romans, a Cistercain Monastery, Turkish times and various other periods.  Lots of buildings and fortifications to see, some complete and a lot of others under constant restoration.  
  • On the next bus to Belgrade the capital.   The most significant place to see for us was the Belgrade Fortress and the Kalemegdan Park.  An easy bus ride from the hotel.  Original history goes back to the 3rd century BC and also quite a long period of Roman and Byzantine times and some long term Hungarian and Turkish periods.  It stands in a very commanding position overlooking the Danube and has numerous historical and ancient areas within the fortress.  Also contained in the fortress is one of the best military museums we have ever seen anywhere.  If you're into shopping one of the major shopping streets is close by the fortress and there is lots of everything there.  We also visited Tito's Mauseleum which is perhaps a must see if you're in Belgrade although the museum was closed for renovations.  Lots of history of that time.  
  • On the bus again this time to Nis on the Kosovo and Macedonian borders.  We tried to view the Palace of Mediana erected by Constantine 1 but it is having a roof erected above it and has been closed for about 4 years.  We were ordered out but managed to get some sneaky photographs just the same.  Also walked to the Skull Tower a commemoration of the Battle of Cegar  1809.  The Nis Fortress is a commanding presence in the middle of the city constructed by the Ottoman Turkish in the early 18th century.  It has several mosques within the confines of the fortress and also the Nisville Jazz Festival Museum situated on and below the ground within the site of an original Turkish Bath building.