Belgrade

Arriving early in the morning to Belgrade, we did the cheap backpacker thing and walked up to our hostel - we definitely did better on that front though compared to the American couple who arrived individually about an hour after us having had a huge fight about the directions! He won...

So, Belgrade. It was pretty hyped up in the Lonely Planet I have to say, the town of permanent partying and hedonism. We did go out one night along 'Silicon Valley', the strip of bars along from our hostel, but we must have just struck it on a low, or perhaps it was still recovering from EuroVision the night before (Amelia: I am actually gutted about missing that...honest).

We spent a fair bit of time searching for some new camping gear which helped orient us around the city - it may be relatively flat, but it sure ain't compact. The 38 degrees celsius temperature certainly didn't help things either (Amelia would be useless in a desert that's for sure).

We did see some cool things though; the Nicolas Tesla museum (the guy who discovered the AC current and made it de rigour for about 90% of today's machinery) was really interesting, as was the fortress on the hill overlooking the river. We did as Europeans do and promenaded up and down the pedestrian area eating icecream (eating as much as possible now before the horrors of the Euro kick in in Italy).

Hi to Chris and Opal from Canada who we met at the hostel, it was great to head out and chat to some other people (not that on our own we aren't fascinating conversationalists, but I've heard every single one of Adrian's stories six times now - at least).

Next stop: Zagreb, Croatia.