arriving to belgrade

so I was in belgrade. need I even say that I enjoyed it. it was great to get a peek to east europe, as me and couple of my friends are going to spend couple of weeks there in the beginning of august.

with petra we took off early thursday morning. changed flights in vienna with good three hours time to wait. prayed a bit on the airport, wondered how it is that people in west europe (as well as in east) are allowed to smoke e v e r y w h e r e, went around in the shops a bit and just hanged around. time went fast.

arrived in belgrade around three, joined a bunch of british people and hopped in a serbian taxi.
the big conversation was about to start only friday evening so it was great to have some "free time" before that. we had a bit of a siesta first and then joined the british to eat out.
we ate in this lovely restaurant at this lovely street with full of cafes and restaurants. just loved the athmosphere! had a good talk with english carla and helen. we shared a bit about "the situation" here in finland, about the people, the church and so on.


it was good to hear from carla and helen
about what is going on in england and in
their church scene. their "knowledge" in
political issues really challenged me, and
got me excited. also I was kinda suprised
to hear about how much their circles talk
about justice, and find it more difficult to
use words in meeting people. so we talked
about trying to find the balance in it all.

then had a good night sleep in our very decent but a bit smoky hotel room.