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Awesome, thanks! 🙏

That's so kind, thank you! And I'm glad you like the videos!

🤯 I had no idea, thanks!

Thanks! I think we've wandered in there before. You also see it below when crossing the bridge entering the fortress, yeah?

@ExpatsInTheMaking Yup, that's the thing!

Glad you enjoy them! And thanks for the positive feedback, we're definitely loving it here!

Interesting thanks! I'll have to see if I can edit and add some corrections or something. I haven't found a way to do it after publishing yet...

Thanks I appreciate it!

Not sure what you mean. I'm married to a beautiful woman if that's what you're getting at...

Awww, thanks Nika! Miss you guys, it's been a while!

Miss you buddy! I can't wait for you to come see our new diggs! And of course for when we finally make it out to your part of the world as well!

Awesome recommendations, thanks, I'll check them out soon! And I usually come down those stairs because I can never find them from below. 🤷 I'll try from Radetzky club next time!

I live pretty close to Ada Ciganlija so I'm there pretty often! Just hasn't made it into a video yet... Definitely great spot, thanks again for the recommendations! Keep them coming if you've got more!

@@ExpatsInTheMaking If you happen not to know it, Ada is not just the cycle or walkalong paths around the Lake, you can go to the Bridge (downstream, towards the City), the other bank, or along the Sava upstream to Kralyichin Vagon.

Koshutnyak is great for cycling and even mount-biking. There are lots of opportunities to explore. Have you been there?

@@SASACAPTAIN one more vote for Košutnjak

Thanks a bunch for the info! I try to avoid politics in conversation so it's hard to learn about Serbian history while being respectful of that. As a result I really appreciate when people share stuff like this in comments. It's super helpful and tells me what to research to learn more. And I really hope I didn't imply that Americans are hated here, that definitely hasn't been my experience at all! It's just rather awkward so I'm not keen to be taking about that stuff on the street. What you describe has definitely matched my experience here so far. Lots of cool people, very safe country, and with more freedom than most Americans ever dream of. And, for the record, a lot of Americans resent those same American elites. 😎 The main reason I left the USA is that I don't support my tax dollars being used to bring war around the globe. I'm super happy I haven't paid a single dollar in US taxes for almost 7 years now. 🤠💖

Yeah, after I'd made the video I figured out I mixed up the streets. 🤷 Thanks for correcting it though!

Thanks a bunch! Loving it so far.

Thanks!

I'm honestly blown away by how beautiful many places are in this country! Everywhere we move, I have the question about whether it's great for a while or if we could retire here. We're too new to Serbia so I don't have an answer yet but you'll definitely see it if we find the right place. I have a suspicion that, if we could retire here, it'll be in the mountains in the south!

Excellent question, that quickly becomes about privilege. Immigrants typically want to gain citizenship in a country where they are non-native. Expats want to live there, and sometimes do gain citizenship, but it's more about living abroad than gaining opportunity or escaping a negative situation. My wife and I have no intention of returning to the USA for the long term. In fact, we're much happier if we never have to. However, I doubt either of us will ever give up our US citizenship, and we'd return if somehow the situation got terrible wherever we're residing. Basically, there are immigrant expats, but the edge between them generally is that expats are from countries of privilege and immigrants are often not. 🤷

@ Not "expats" IMMIGRANTS just like everyone else, the word "expats" is a hierarchical word designed for the purpose of putting Americans generally white folks above everyone else ,The arrogance of Americans is embarrassing, go ahead say it without feeling shame I AM an Immigrant. Are you EU citizens? I’m worried Americans will flock to EU cause they are facing a few issues there.

@@ExpatsInTheMaking I see you deleted my original comment. Looks like I hit a nerve.

Just out of curiosity: Why did you say that you're much happier if you never have to go back to the USA? By the way, "expat" it's just a way to say "immigrant", just it looks cooler.

@pronosticosdeportivos9517 There are a lot of reasons my wife and I prefer living outside the USA! This year it was amazing not to be inundated with election stuff, especially because my parents relocated to Arizona and it seems that election coverage and adds were everywhere all the time in swing states. I found life in Latvia and definitely in Serbia more free than back home. I find people both more reasonable and respectful here. I could go on and it's only my experience but overall there are lots of reasons I plan on never moving back. I'm happy to visit, and always happy to come back home to another country. Do you live in the USA? I understand why someone would say that about expat and immigrant but I do think there's a difference, being just privilege. I don't really plan on immigrating anywhere, I just don't plan on going back. So I don't feel like an immigrant but I've definitely expatriated... 🤔🤷

It's my intent not to imply anything but simply to state, "there's a very different history told here about the last century." And I was very clear not to take a side. I'm definitely ignorant in so many ways and that's part of what travel is all about. In US education about the world wars we don't learn anything about the Balkans, it's just completely ignored like, I assume, 1000's of other stories. The history of the 90s, we do learn a different story than people do here and again, I simply wouldn't take a side. It is alarming to see the bombing sites in Belgrade, and I'm glad they've been left for people like me to see. "History is written by the victors," is not a fair policy and I find the truth usually lies in the middle but again, I have no idea and would not claim to know the truth. All of that said, it is interesting to learn how other nations are taught their history, especially as an American, where our government's fingers are all over the world. On that note, thank you for sharing specifics! These are, obviously, not topics I bring up in conversation and it's awesome to understand a little better! Thank you!

@@ExpatsInTheMaking or you are cia pretending to be a youtuber, making use of those 80 billions to "battle the malign influence of Russia and China in Balkans

@@nemanjibaby He’s American. They have no clue. But here they are in Europe, making little silly videos to educate the rest of the world.

@@ExpatsInTheMakingFriend, you can’t come to a country that experienced these tragedies by the Ottomans, Austro-Hungarians, Nazis, Ustaša, Commies and most recently NATO terr or ists, that lost millions of their citizens fighting back and lecture us that “our history” is wrong. The Serbs suffered through it while those murderers wrote your history books. Anyway, enjoy your stay, Belgrade has something for everyone. Best regards. Try the burek.

Good to teach some ignorant, brainwashed foreigners some truth and real history.

Interesting, I meant the city was built to be a bit of a metropolis but I didn't know that highway interchange was so new.

And that makes sense because the bridge looks so new... 🤪

Thanks! Which ones are which?

@@ExpatsInTheMaking opposite of what you said. Three buildings that form a pyramid silhouette are known as Rudo or Eastern gate. Genex towers or the Western gate has two towers joined at the top with a circular space that used to be a restaurant. Both of these are erected alongside highway that run through the Belgrade.

That makes total sense, thanks!

Glad you enjoyed it! I think the new one I put out about Biking Different Parts of a Belgrade is better if you're interested.

Yes dude, definitely! We've talked about making it over to Mehanika again a few times but haven't pulled the cord. Is there a day y'all usually meet up?

@ExpatsInTheMaking no specific day. We just show up randomly. :)

It's awesome here! We do miss Latvia though. And especially you guys! 💖💖💖