The Balkan Yankee

I’ve just gotten back home from a long week away which started on Wednesday with a trip to Belgrade, Serbia to see Tool perform at the Hala Pionir (Pioneer’s Hall). It was an awesome show, and the treat of the evening for me was seeing the perform Flood, which someone already threw up on youtube, and my friend Giorgi who went to the concert with me showed me this morning:

We drove there and back in one evening, and didn’t really have time to do any sight seeing, but my first impressions were that Belgrade is a beautiful metropolitan city, yet still feels quite small and friendly. With little more than 10 years since American bombing in the capital ended, the economy seemed to be thriving, but there were still chilling reminders of wars destructive force, like a pair of burned out office buildings with gaping holes in their sides 4 stories up. I’m looking forward to an opportunity to return and explore the city some more.

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