andy townend captures the life and soul of belgrade, serbia
It is not Christmas Day this week on belgradestreets. At least not officially, Christmas comes to Serbia on 7 January, after New Year. Which for an expat living in town is quiet special because one gets two Christmas days to celebrate. Christmas has always been a special time for me. The long gone days when, … Continue reading christmas comes to belgradestreets
The snow has come early this year! These images were snatched on my iPhone earlier today, just wanted to share the impact of the heavy snow over the weekend. Temperatures well below freezing, forecast to be -12C tonight. All those years when, as a child, I prayed for a "White" Christmas seem so long ago … Continue reading first snow…
as a child growing up in the north of England, I remember gazing through the window with wonder at the snow as it fell and covered the earth remember the joy of holding my mother's hand as we walked through the snow...no fear for the future...just the joy of the now then years of no … Continue reading thoughts on snow…
on waking this morning belgradestreets seemed quiet, it soon became clear why, a thick blanket of snow had fallen over night and was still falling... the advantage of the iPhone is that images can be grabbed whilst travelling back and forth, this morning literally as the tram reversed direction due to the snow...a quick tweet … Continue reading a little more snow…
yesterday, I a captured a small selection of images on my iPhone, walking from the tram stop to my office i am lucky, my walk involves passing along the fringe of Kalemegdan park in the centre of Belgrade i was captivated by the look of the snow...the way it made belgradestreets seem so ethereal, so … Continue reading on being freshly pressed…
when I first arrived in Belgrade on the evening of 31 January 2011, the city was covered in a blanket of snow, ice and freezing fog... so far this Winter the weather has been comparably balmy...indeed on Monday, it felt like Spring... all that changed this morning when the city once again woke under a … Continue reading snow…снег…
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