@@georgefrancell5178 Nije Beograd kriv sto je momak na zalost strpao u sebe vise nego Scarface. I ja sam uvek imao full vreme gde god da sam bio u HR (Zagreb, Sisak, Pula, Vodice...) Bitno je samo da budes normalan gde god da odes. Na zalost Matej je skoncao kako je skoncao, to niko ne moze da promeni, slava mu.
Well I was a bit skeptical about you two in the beginning. I thought to myself, they are going to be typical foreign tourist who just cluelessly roam around Serbia. But you proved me so wrong! You guys were amazing! I even learned a few things from you about my own country. Thank you for promoting Serbia in such a positive way. I wish you all the best.
@@mikeandjesstravel1408 Oh, and my greatest surprise was that you didn't seem to gain weight. That was quite a challenge, to try all that great food and remain fit after leaving Serbia. 😂 Come again, there is a lot more to see.
Thank you for nice reviewing my old country the way you did. There is also mountain Kopaonik to see, Fruska Gora ,not far away from Novi Sad, and monasteries as well. Forgot to tell you, at this time of the year you supposed to visit huge music festival in Novi Sad on Petrovaradin fortress that reminds on Kalemegdan in Belgrade and Novi Sad doesn’t look bad at all. ✌️👊🇷🇸
I'm Albanian from Tirana!! I really enjoyed my weekend in Belgrade!! Beside being a beautiful Metropolis what I really love mostly was the people!! Very friendly kind and generous:))
@@mikeandjesstravel1408 I am glad that you liked southern Serbia, I am from Nis. Nice from you to have visited Nis, we didn't have too much tourists since the pandemic outbreak. Thanks for nice words about Serbia. You are right, our food is heavy :) Where are you actually from?
Finally very honest opinion about Serbia unlike some other couple (Molly and …) who were enjoying Serbia until very last day when they complained about PCR test price with very bombastic title (foreigns are scammed in Serbia). Sometimes we need foreigners to show us how beautiful Serbia is. You are always welcome
Those PCR tests can be unhealthy - have a substance on them which causes cancer. Plus they are very unreliable, especially if too many cycles are run on them, then almost anything will test "positive".
@@Akcija1930 Zasto pises na engleskom? Boban se preziva Donevski, jer su mu se deda ili pradeda zvali Done, pa su mu komunisti promenili na Donevski. Pre toga se Done verovatno prezivao Mladenovic ili Veljkovic.
I am from Serbia and I love your video! I also agree with everything you said, good points, as well as bad points, except for the tiny part - that it is hard to find a salad in Serbian restaurants. Although it's not customary to order only a salad, most restaurants have a wide variety of salads (Serbian/Greek/lettuce/fried peppers with garlic/ajvar (roasted red bell peppers)/mixed, vitamin, etc.). Perhaps you were looking for salad meals, such as a Ceasar salad, which you can find in fine-dining, modern restaurants in bigger cities, such as Belgrade and Novi Sad. All in all, you two have made an amazing review of what Serbia has to offer, and I hope you'll come by again in the future! 😊👋
I am so glad you guys enjoyed your stay here! Serbs really love foreigners and travelers so we are happy you felt welcomed here! Thank you for putting effort to explore more than Belgrade and just get overall Serbian vibe. God bless you
4:40 Donji Milanovac (Donyee Milanovats) but I still liked your pronunciation! :) It means Lower Milanovac. Donji comes from the word Do/Dol/Dolina which means valley in most slavic languages so you'll find some villages with those words. Cognate with Proto-Germanic *dalą (“valley”), English dale, Old Norse dalr, Old High German tal, Welsh dol (“valley”). 😃 Dole means Down in Serbian. So they all seem to be connected.
I was watching almost all of yours videos about Serbia, and I think you had really good time. You went to almost every corner of the country. This video sums up your experience in my country. Glad to hear there are more likes then dislikes... You are always welcome. Živeli!
This country sounds amazing historic and beautiful. Definitely must go and it sounds like you can smoke in accommodation and inside in bars and restaurants, would suit my family and I personally
Yes they are definitely more open to people smoking inside and in closed spaces then in western countries.. Thank you for taking the time to watch and comment
Glad you enjoyed staying in Serbia. Even though I grew up in Belgrade, mum's ancestry from western Serbia, but felt at 'home' in southern Serbia where dad's side is from. Though the whole country is welcoming and nice in it's own way. Good luck with your travels and stay safe 😀
Just booked my 1 month trip to Serbia in July. 10 different places, only 5 cities. I literally went off the beaten path in some random cities/towns. Wish me luck!
Wisit monasteries Manasija an Ravanica. After that you can go to Resavska pecina(caves) and watter falls "Veliki Buk". Google it up. And have a nice journey 😊
I love the fact that you actually visited different parts of Serbia. Usually tourists only come to see Belgrade and nothing else. So thank you for being open minded and visited much more (because I love everything except Belgrade)😁 I'm glad that you had a good time here!
Your review is right on the money and without any 'sugarcoating'! South Serbia is really for adventures young folks to explore. Northern Serbia i.e. Vojvodina (means 'Dukedom') is at much slower pace. Vojvodina is loaded with historical monuments and architecture throughout for more matures audience to appreciate. Thank you and good luck!
Thank you so much for this honest and great review of my country. Serbia has and still is an underrated tourist destination but has so much to offer. People like you are Serbia’s best advertisement.
Great review, thank you both! I'm from Pirot, and if you come to Serbia next time, get in touch, I can be your guide to Rosomacki lonci (the one you didn't find) and so many beautiful waterfalls and mountain peaks on the Stara planina (Old Mountain)... All the best!
Thank you for discovering the true soul of Belgrade and Serbia and presenting it so lovely. As a Belgradian living abroad, I enjoyed your stories very much. Goodbye and see you soon :-)
Thanks for kind words, watching you having a great time here in Serbia was a pleasure to my eyes. Next time, not for just 2 of you, but for all peps that are coming here to Serbia, feel free to arrange a meeting with some locals, they would like to show you everything around here, that's what we do best (beside eating :D ), we like to show the strangers beauty of our beloved country, often the best stuff in particulaty Belgrade is not found in city center, but around it, and if there was someone to show you the best stuff, the rating would be much higher :)
Thank you for your visit and the time you spent to make all your videos about our Mother :) One thing i am particulary proud of is the fact that all of you who visited Serbia,felt and have been super safe..funny thing is that US State department has us at security risk lvl 3,which means better dont go there lololol Hope to see you guys back soon 👋 p.s.next time,visit Valjevo,Kragujevac,Kraljevo,Šabac,Tara mountain&kanyon,Kopaonik mountain,Rudnik mountain,Fruška gora mountain,monasteries,and..etc.😂
Guys you did an amazing job , we live in SA , I am South African/Italian and my hubby is Serbian so it was great to watch your video. He now understands how I fell in love with Serbia 20 years ago. Cant wait to go ..holding thumbs for 2022!!
I am a non smoker and I can say that it is not that bad with smoking in Serbia any longer. People are generally much more considerate than in the past and of all indoor places you will see people smoking just in some restaurants and cafes, nowhere else. In good weather you sit outdoors and, unless you are super sensitive and ideologically wound up, you will get by clear of smoke. Novi Sad and, generally, northern Serbia, are wonderful, though - true - a bit slower than Belgrade. Enjoying your meal in a traditional kafana with live, traditional music, could be supreme and memorable. Besides Zlatibor, Tara and Zlatar, I would definitely suggest Kopaonik and Stara planina.
Watching this video I was constantly thinking "Why not go around Niš, it's a beautiful city"... oh, in the end you checked Niš 😁 Agreed on negatives about smoking. It's heavy on us, few of non-smoking Serbs 🤣
My family are from western Serbia and Montenegro. Seeing the footage of western Serbia made me emotional, reminded me of my grandparents and cousins who I haven’t seen in 15 years. I’m glad to hear you enjoyed your time and the people ❤️ ps. Next time you go, you MUST SEE OSTROG. The church in the mountain in Montenegro, Podgorica
thank you very much...there is a lot more to see so i hope we will have you back again one day. you both are great. thanks again and all the best wishes
Thank you for this review on my home land, guys! One of the things I really miss from over there is not having to be at home at certain time and I always point that one out when people ask me about Serbia. I'm so glad you noticed that.
9:31 Coffee culture has been around a long time, and coffee is given as gifts when people visit each other. I think those coffee drinking by country studies overlooked Serbia. I started drinking coffee in my preteens!
@@mikeandjesstravel1408 I'm Serbian, and I started drinking coffee in my late 30's :) It was a hard time resisting the culture, where people on average drink coffee 3 times a day, but I finally succumbed. And I'm glad.
Novi Sad experience is definitely depending on weather or time of the year. Of course lousy weather, rain and covid restrictions ruined it for you two. Eastern Serbia is more beautiful than Western but infrastructure there is considerably poorer
I mean Serbia is not a touristic destination number 1, nor tropical paradise... saying that Novi Sad is boring because you spent day there during rainy windy day in spring during the lockdown is ridiculous.
Thank you so much for this rewiew of my country. Everything you said in this video is true. I would recommend so many more places that would blow your mind. Where are you of to next?
@@mikeandjesstravel1408 if you want "true Serbian expiriance" just visit Zajecar, a truly post comunist concrete jungle full of stray dogs, trash and drug addicts, ocasional lunatics and stuff, there is also only one night club, still a nice place if you are with right people
Oh, yeah, O yeah, loved your video. Truly inspiring. Smoking. Being someone who lived in Western Europe for around 6 years and returning to my home country, I know that this is a big deal breaker, but it shouldn't be. Actually there were multiple occasions when our government tried to impose a law where the smoking is forbidden in caffe', but the push back from the caffes was so hard because of the people who love to come on the morning coffee and to smoke one or two cigarettes. You probably don't know, but there are also non-smoking caffes in the cities of Belgrade and Novi Sad, for example in the malls it is forbidden to smoke so in the cafe's as well in the malls.
Yes im sure its great for people who does smoke but for those who dont smoke not so much...and good point about the malls,but we dont really go to visit places to go to a mall.Thank you so much for taking the time to watch and comment🙂
Hey guys!🙂 So glad that you enjoyed staying in Serbia! Great work. Pitty that you skipped on a trip to Kopaonik mountain, Tara mountain and Uvac (mega beautiful). Also Aranđelovac is nice. Cheers 🍻
We extended our stay a few times....kept finding things we "had to do" we got to a point, where we just said we have to get out of here, otherwise we we'll be here for forever 😅
So happy to hear you enjoyed Serbia, the coffee haha its people and food, little towns and nature :-)! I’m from Nis and I agree it’s a buzz , with film and Jess festivals etc :-)! Thank you for visiting my country , wishing you love, health fun abs prosperity forever 🤗💝⭐️ Jana
@@mikeandjesstravel1408 I actually live in Perth, Western Australia for the past 34 years, but (used to) travel back home regularly- until this latest disaster of virus and restrictions!!! Anyway, if ever you wish to visit WA - and are allowed to - you are welcome to contact me for initial accommodation and good info re places and events :-)! Best wishes Jana x
Sorry to hear, you not liked Subotica much. Probably something with the rain as well. Usually the town center is full with people sunny days. Often there are organized happenings, you missed those, bad timing. But what you should of done is to visit Palić as well. There are multiple salaš as well, not just around Niš. Good to hear overally you liked our country.
here in serbia, you're either a belgrade type of person or a novi sad type of person, so basically, people who hate hussle and bussle and overcrowded places really dislike belgrade and love novi sad, and the opposite is for the ones who like the crowd and noise, they love belgrade and find novi sad boring. i'm personally more of a novi sad kind of person. it's a really cool city if you visit it at the right season, i find autumns there beautiful, but it's definitely not great for tourists when it's raining. if you visited it at another, better time, i'm sure you'd like it more :) however, it still probably won't be your favourite as i see you treasure nature and adventure more than architecture and history.
Thank you for visiting Niš. I am glad you had a great experience in my town. Yes, it defenitelly has an energy and people are good and warm - welcoming. I hope other folks will follow your steps and come to visit Serbia and especially Niš. You are all safe here comparing to every other country in Europe.
I think you did a great review there, both of you, and I agree with so much of what you said! Yes, food is great but Serbia doesn't really do 'snacks'. The smoking - it is a major issue for me too.. not so bad in summer but in the winter, total nightmare! However, that is the culture and it is the fact that Serbia is not like other countries (and not so westernized) that I love it so much. I've watched almost all your Serbia videos and you did a great job. You channel will go from strength to strength. Keep going.
We like that it's not westernized too🤗 Thank you so much Paul🙏🙏 We're working everyday to find our niche and our groove, been an interesting and great journey thus far💪🙌
Let me first tell you my true opinion of you two before I start watching your video, because I don't want to get influenced with what you say about Serbia... Jess is like the definition of beautiful, and Mike is like the definition of cute. 😆 You visited all great places and spots most Serbians don't see all of them through lifetime and doesn't experience adventures like paragliding... but besides adventurous spirit and getting to know Serbia like a local, you two look nice as well... Jess has very good face proportions and an awesome smile and Mike is just cute. (Sorry mate ;) I hope you don't mind my opinion) We'll that's my honest opinion of you... I hope you don't mind! and I hope you had much fun here and please come again!
Serbians may be generally honest but I would say they are learning to get ahead, even if that means not being so honest. In following comment about Germans, I am not going to suggest that West Germans are dishonest but people have commented that East Germans are much more socially oriented and friendly while West Germans are much more focused on themselves and are more economically aggressive to benefit themselves. That, I would say is a result of living in a competitive capitalist environment. Fortunately, Europeans have, for most part, avoided the extreme competitive environment nurtured across the Atlantic. Having a social safety net to support its population in times of need avoids extreme selfishness and need to literally fight for one's life to survive and avoid life in the gutter. It is so disappointing to see all the tent cities in LA and other places but the system seems to rely on such extremes to drive the rest of population to work harder even if not for more money.
Thanks for this video, maybe next time you should travel around south and east part of serbia...its almoust completely different vibe.Hope you guys will come back again, and Im glad you have a great time. 😊
Truly an honest review, thank you for that! Have you had a chance to visit the Uvac Canyon while you were around Zlatibor? It's such an amazin place with stunning views :)
Im glad you liked it im not in Serbia for over 20 years but when i see guys enjoyed so much It is a great country not because im from there its for all Who love fast and city life or slow like decades ago and all in between its all there just pick a place You guys are amazing Its all the way you sed Cheers all the best on your journey
Hi Jess and Mike, I just found your vlogs a couple of days ago, and I thoroughly enjoyed them. The quality of production, your research of where you are and what you are seeing, and especially your engaging manner of connecting with your audience make your vlogs a cut above. As you can tell by my name, my heritage is in Serbian although I was born in Canada. I grew up trying to be more Canadian, but after visiting a few times, (a couple of times for extended months) I now embrace my Serbian heritage. I am lucky that I can speak the language and read the alphabet. It is refreshing to see Serbia through your new eyes. One question: I see you drinking a lot of coffee. Did you ever try turska kafa and roshtil like cevapi and razhnichi?
I lived in Belgrade 2018 to 2019..I went back in 2021 for a month long visit..things are improving there..it definitely attracting people.. it has the largest mall in Europe now. Construction going on everywhere
Novi Sad is totally different mentality of people!!! Super quiet, so glad you noticed... And glad you like my country overall:)))))))))) Hard to find a salad, lol... it was just a coincidence you didn`t find it...
When it comes to food, there are many lighter options (breakfast, lunch, dinner...) in many cafes and restaurants. None of us eat meat for all three meals or every day ;D Love your video! Love from Belgrade
Guys, your video just popped up on my feed. Great video. I think 2-3 months ago me and my girlfriend were sitting next to you on a bus Novi Sad bound. :) So cool to see you guys. Keep up the good content.
Wow, this doesn't sound like a country I live in for the last 40 years :). My PTSD from trains in Serbia is so great that I haven't used trains for 20 years, so when you two said it was great, I almost got a heart attack :). Anyway, I am glad you enjoyed your stay here.
We actually would point out police when we saw them...it was like a game of "eye spy" because we rarely saw them! Which is usually a sign of a safe area🙌
Bullshit its safe. I recently read about Veljo making čevapi from his own enemies. And i wont even mention assassinating your first freely elected president. ha safe my ass. Nothing but criminals.
Greetings from Belgrade! And was almost everything in Serbia 'in order'? Really? :) Thank you, I was nice to see it trough a tourist eye. You made me think that Belgrade is actually beautiful:)
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as a Croat I can confirm I felt very safe and welcome in Serbia. Belgrade, Novi Sad, Subotica wherever I went.
Same here .
Reci to obitelji mateji.
Love me my croat friends
@@georgefrancell5178 шта да им каже? да дрога није безбедна у великим количинама?
@@georgefrancell5178 Nije Beograd kriv sto je momak na zalost strpao u sebe vise nego Scarface. I ja sam uvek imao full vreme gde god da sam bio u HR (Zagreb, Sisak, Pula, Vodice...) Bitno je samo da budes normalan gde god da odes. Na zalost Matej je skoncao kako je skoncao, to niko ne moze da promeni, slava mu.
Well I was a bit skeptical about you two in the beginning. I thought to myself, they are going to be typical foreign tourist who just cluelessly roam around Serbia. But you proved me so wrong! You guys were amazing! I even learned a few things from you about my own country. Thank you for promoting Serbia in such a positive way. I wish you all the best.
😂 I appreciate your honesty and understand your skepticism!
Thank you so much for watching and commenting. We had a blast in your country🙌Cheers!
@@mikeandjesstravel1408 Oh, and my greatest surprise was that you didn't seem to gain weight. That was quite a challenge, to try all that great food and remain fit after leaving Serbia. 😂 Come again, there is a lot more to see.
Thank you for nice reviewing my old country the way you did. There is also mountain Kopaonik to see, Fruska Gora ,not far away from Novi Sad, and monasteries as well.
Forgot to tell you, at this time of the year you supposed to visit huge music festival in Novi Sad on Petrovaradin fortress that reminds on Kalemegdan in Belgrade and Novi Sad doesn’t look bad at all.
✌️👊🇷🇸
serbia is a part of Croatia, welcome back
We hid it well..😂
I'm Albanian from Tirana!! I really enjoyed my weekend in Belgrade!! Beside being a beautiful Metropolis what I really love mostly was the people!! Very friendly kind and generous:))
Wellcome again
Sooo happy to hear this....🤗🤗🤗🤗
I wish the government of Albania could be as friendly as the people of Albania
Gilbert Vigani yeah, yeah serbs are so nice people, i am from serbia and my account name says how much i love serbs
you sound a good person...most people are very stupid and narrowminded,full of hatred
Thank you for spreading a beautiful image of Serbia. ❤️
Serbia like natural wealth is beautifull but like country is pretty shity...
Thank you for waching and commenting
Jasenovac⚰
@@mikeandjesstravel1408 I am glad that you liked southern Serbia, I am from Nis. Nice from you to have visited Nis, we didn't have too much tourists since the pandemic outbreak. Thanks for nice words about Serbia. You are right, our food is heavy :) Where are you actually from?
Finally very honest opinion about Serbia unlike some other couple (Molly and …) who were enjoying Serbia until very last day when they complained about PCR test price with very bombastic title (foreigns are scammed in Serbia). Sometimes we need foreigners to show us how beautiful Serbia is. You are always welcome
Everyone has their own experiences
It's okay to have a different opinions
Those PCR tests can be unhealthy - have a substance on them which causes cancer. Plus they are very unreliable, especially if too many cycles are run on them, then almost anything will test "positive".
Thank you for watching🙂
I am macedonian but I love Serbia and thier culture, people food vibe etc. Your short review gives me a reminder of all that☺
To je zato jer si Srbin, a ne Grk.
Ti si brat nas
People from Macedonia are more closer to Serbs, than to any other people in Balkans.
@@Akcija1930 Zasto pises na engleskom? Boban se preziva Donevski, jer su mu se deda ili pradeda zvali Done, pa su mu komunisti promenili na Donevski. Pre toga se Done verovatno prezivao Mladenovic ili Veljkovic.
@@plus3119 Пишем на енглески да би знали аутори видеа и други странци.
Serbia is truly wonderful. The best of all are the very friendly kind people.
Driving is hell.
I am from Serbia and I love your video! I also agree with everything you said, good points, as well as bad points, except for the tiny part - that it is hard to find a salad in Serbian restaurants. Although it's not customary to order only a salad, most restaurants have a wide variety of salads (Serbian/Greek/lettuce/fried peppers with garlic/ajvar (roasted red bell peppers)/mixed, vitamin, etc.). Perhaps you were looking for salad meals, such as a Ceasar salad, which you can find in fine-dining, modern restaurants in bigger cities, such as Belgrade and Novi Sad. All in all, you two have made an amazing review of what Serbia has to offer, and I hope you'll come by again in the future! 😊👋
Thank you. God bless you, come to us again, we will be very glad to host you again.
I am so glad you guys enjoyed your stay here! Serbs really love foreigners and travelers so we are happy you felt welcomed here! Thank you for putting effort to explore more than Belgrade and just get overall Serbian vibe. God bless you
Us too!We really did and loved our stay..thank you for commenting and taking the time watch our vlogs🙂
Hi, is end of December a good time to visit with family? Or is weather quite bad?
4:40 Donji Milanovac (Donyee Milanovats) but I still liked your pronunciation! :) It means Lower Milanovac. Donji comes from the word Do/Dol/Dolina which means valley in most slavic languages so you'll find some villages with those words. Cognate with Proto-Germanic *dalą (“valley”), English dale, Old Norse dalr, Old High German tal, Welsh dol (“valley”). 😃 Dole means Down in Serbian. So they all seem to be connected.
What an amazing country, loved it. Been there recently, glorious!!!
It really is! Definitely recommend. Thank you so much for watching🙂
I was watching almost all of yours videos about Serbia, and I think you had really good time. You went to almost every corner of the country. This video sums up your experience in my country. Glad to hear there are more likes then dislikes... You are always welcome. Živeli!
Pity it wasnt bigger.
@@georgefrancell5178 George, what's going on in France these days? Are you involved in the current protests?
This country sounds amazing historic and beautiful. Definitely must go and it sounds like you can smoke in accommodation and inside in bars and restaurants, would suit my family and I personally
Yes they are definitely more open to people smoking inside and in closed spaces then in western countries.. Thank you for taking the time to watch and comment
Glad you enjoyed staying in Serbia. Even though I grew up in Belgrade, mum's ancestry from western Serbia, but felt at 'home' in southern Serbia where dad's side is from.
Though the whole country is welcoming and nice in it's own way.
Good luck with your travels and stay safe 😀
Glad to hear that you guys had fun and enjoyed trip to Serbia 🇷🇸 it is beautiful country 👌🏻👍🏻
Just booked my 1 month trip to Serbia in July. 10 different places, only 5 cities. I literally went off the beaten path in some random cities/towns. Wish me luck!
Wisit monasteries Manasija an Ravanica.
After that you can go to Resavska pecina(caves) and watter falls "Veliki Buk".
Google it up.
And have a nice journey 😊
As a person coming from Novi Sad I can tell this is quite accurate verdict of my country :) Glad you enjoyed your stay.
Awesome! Thank you!
I love the fact that you actually visited different parts of Serbia. Usually tourists only come to see Belgrade and nothing else. So thank you for being open minded and visited much more (because I love everything except Belgrade)😁
I'm glad that you had a good time here!
Thats definitely the way to go with Serbia, There is so much to see an do. Thank you for commenting 🙂
Thank you guys..always welcome to Serbia!!!
Thank you❤🌹🌹❤ you both been wonderful, thank you for supporting our country, wish you best of luck🍀🤞, be safe you wonderful people 😁
Thank you for spreading a beautiful image of Serbia. I wish you a lot of health and happiness.
Your review is right on the money and without any 'sugarcoating'! South Serbia is really for adventures young folks to explore. Northern Serbia i.e. Vojvodina (means 'Dukedom') is at much slower pace. Vojvodina is loaded with historical monuments and architecture throughout for more matures audience to appreciate. Thank you and good luck!
Thank you so much for this honest and great review of my country. Serbia has and still is an underrated tourist destination but has so much to offer. People like you are Serbia’s best advertisement.
Hvala🙏🙏
I enjoyed your stories, I hope you will come to us again. God bless you
Great review, thank you both!
I'm from Pirot, and if you come to Serbia next time, get in touch, I can be your guide to Rosomacki lonci (the one you didn't find) and so many beautiful waterfalls and mountain peaks on the Stara planina (Old Mountain)... All the best!
Stara planina (old mountain) is beautiful…been there with my company.
Thank you for discovering the true soul of Belgrade and Serbia and presenting it so lovely. As a Belgradian living abroad, I enjoyed your stories very much. Goodbye and see you soon :-)
What "Soul" of Belgrade? Splavovi? Construction "Progressivism" , with timeless trenches dug up all over the place ?
Belgrade is a hell hole
If the soul of bg is so great why did you go abroad?
@@bojanbabovic111 Best thing out of serbia is the road to Croatia.
@@georgefrancell5178 And Via Krvatia you go straight to Hell, with funny hat as a souvenir
@@bojanbabovic111 hahaha. As i said the best thing out of serbia......
Thanks for kind words, watching you having a great time here in Serbia was a pleasure to my eyes.
Next time, not for just 2 of you, but for all peps that are coming here to Serbia, feel free to arrange a meeting with some locals, they would like to show you everything around here, that's what we do best (beside eating :D ), we like to show the strangers beauty of our beloved country, often the best stuff in particulaty Belgrade is not found in city center, but around it, and if there was someone to show you the best stuff, the rating would be much higher :)
Thank you for your visit and the time you spent to make all your videos about our Mother :)
One thing i am particulary proud of is the fact that all of you who visited Serbia,felt and have been super safe..funny thing is that US State department has us at security risk lvl 3,which means better dont go there lololol
Hope to see you guys back soon 👋
p.s.next time,visit Valjevo,Kragujevac,Kraljevo,Šabac,Tara mountain&kanyon,Kopaonik mountain,Rudnik mountain,Fruška gora mountain,monasteries,and..etc.😂
Make sure to watch the rest of our Serbia videos to see most of the places we visited...Thank you for watching and commenting.🙂
Guys you did an amazing job , we live in SA , I am South African/Italian and my hubby is Serbian so it was great to watch your video. He now understands how I fell in love with Serbia 20 years ago. Cant wait to go ..holding thumbs for 2022!!
I am a non smoker and I can say that it is not that bad with smoking in Serbia any longer. People are generally much more considerate than in the past and of all indoor places you will see people smoking just in some restaurants and cafes, nowhere else. In good weather you sit outdoors and, unless you are super sensitive and ideologically wound up, you will get by clear of smoke.
Novi Sad and, generally, northern Serbia, are wonderful, though - true - a bit slower than Belgrade. Enjoying your meal in a traditional kafana with live, traditional music, could be supreme and memorable.
Besides Zlatibor, Tara and Zlatar, I would definitely suggest Kopaonik and Stara planina.
Thanks so much guys about all the kind words about our country.Please come back soon
Watching this video I was constantly thinking "Why not go around Niš, it's a beautiful city"... oh, in the end you checked Niš 😁
Agreed on negatives about smoking. It's heavy on us, few of non-smoking Serbs 🤣
Yeah we did...just wish we had spent more time there!
Hvala Vam na iskrenosti i drago mi je sto ste upoznali nasu kulturu , istoriju, hranu igostoprimstvo.
Brate Zoran 👍
My family are from western Serbia and Montenegro. Seeing the footage of western Serbia made me emotional, reminded me of my grandparents and cousins who I haven’t seen in 15 years. I’m glad to hear you enjoyed your time and the people ❤️ ps. Next time you go, you MUST SEE OSTROG. The church in the mountain in Montenegro, Podgorica
thank you very much...there is a lot more to see so i hope we will have you back again one day. you both are great. thanks again and all the best wishes
There is! Hvala Slobodan🙏🙏
Awww, thank you guys for such a sweet words! :) Come again !
Guys tnx for nice vlogs!
You were great!!!
Missing my Nish...❤️
Regards from Malta!
Thank you!🙏 We'll definitely be back to Nis!
Thank you for this review on my home land, guys! One of the things I really miss from over there is not having to be at home at certain time and I always point that one out when people ask me about Serbia. I'm so glad you noticed that.
Yes the whole country was great with regards to that. Where in Serbia are you from? Thank you for the comment🙂
9:31 Coffee culture has been around a long time, and coffee is given as gifts when people visit each other. I think those coffee drinking by country studies overlooked Serbia. I started drinking coffee in my preteens!
wow! I didn't start until I was in my early 20's. It just wasn't a thing growing up..
@@mikeandjesstravel1408 I'm Serbian, and I started drinking coffee in my late 30's :) It was a hard time resisting the culture, where people on average drink coffee 3 times a day, but I finally succumbed. And I'm glad.
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Thank you for this beautiful video. We love you, come to us again, you haven't seen everything.
Thank you for breaking the stigma about Serbs...please visit us again! 🤠
Novi Sad experience is definitely depending on weather or time of the year. Of course lousy weather, rain and covid restrictions ruined it for you two. Eastern Serbia is more beautiful than Western but infrastructure there is considerably poorer
I mean Serbia is not a touristic destination number 1, nor tropical paradise... saying that Novi Sad is boring because you spent day there during rainy windy day in spring during the lockdown is ridiculous.
Thank you so much for this rewiew of my country. Everything you said in this video is true. I would recommend so many more places that would blow your mind. Where are you of to next?
We could have spent MUCH longer in Serbia! North Macedonia🙌
Im serbian /macédonien :-) so soon i go from Paris in serbia after in macedonia. If u nedelju something just tell :-)
*off to next 😉😊
Very good videos and assessment. Many thanks for your honest analysis.
Thank you guys! ❤️❤️
Veliki pozdrav iz Beograda. 👋🏻😊
Thank you for visiting my country and making this video , 👍😁
Thank you for spreading the love and visiting Serbia!
Don't be sad for the lack of time! Just come and visit us again!
Ha will do, and we'll be heading south...or west lol Cheers!
@@mikeandjesstravel1408 make sure you contact us for some advice or a bit of hanging out over a pint or two...enty...
@@mikeandjesstravel1408 if you want "true Serbian expiriance" just visit Zajecar, a truly post comunist concrete jungle full of stray dogs, trash and drug addicts, ocasional lunatics and stuff, there is also only one night club, still a nice place if you are with right people
There are not many people who are able to describe what they saw, these people certainly know that, thank you for that.
Thank you for such honest and nice review about Serbia! Everything you said is true. I am really glad you had nice time.
It was a great time. Thank you for commenting and watching.🙂
Oh, yeah, O yeah, loved your video. Truly inspiring.
Smoking. Being someone who lived in Western Europe for around 6 years and returning to my home country, I know that this is a big deal breaker, but it shouldn't be. Actually there were multiple occasions when our government tried to impose a law where the smoking is forbidden in caffe', but the push back from the caffes was so hard because of the people who love to come on the morning coffee and to smoke one or two cigarettes. You probably don't know, but there are also non-smoking caffes in the cities of Belgrade and Novi Sad, for example in the malls it is forbidden to smoke so in the cafe's as well in the malls.
Yes im sure its great for people who does smoke but for those who dont smoke not so much...and good point about the malls,but we dont really go to visit places to go to a mall.Thank you so much for taking the time to watch and comment🙂
Awesome review. Thank you for sharing. Can't wait to see the rest of your videos 🤗💞
❤❤ We love you and miss you Bianca🤗🤗
@@mikeandjesstravel1408 love and miss you guys too ❤🤗
Thanks so much for visiting Serbia, love your experience ❤ come back!
Thx and greetings from serbia!!! 🇷🇸🥂🇷🇸
Hey guys!🙂 So glad that you enjoyed staying in Serbia! Great work. Pitty that you skipped on a trip to Kopaonik mountain, Tara mountain and Uvac (mega beautiful). Also Aranđelovac is nice. Cheers 🍻
We extended our stay a few times....kept finding things we "had to do" we got to a point, where we just said we have to get out of here, otherwise we we'll be here for forever 😅
@@mikeandjesstravel1408 I hope you'll come back soon. If you do, I'll be happy to have a nice friendly chat and coffee. Safe travels 🙏
Great, honest and objective review guys! 😊😎🤩
Hvala i dodjite nam opet! ❤️🇷🇸
Thank you for the welcoming comment and thank you for watching🙂
So happy to hear you enjoyed Serbia, the coffee haha its people and food, little towns and nature :-)! I’m from Nis and I agree it’s a buzz , with film and Jess festivals etc :-)! Thank you for visiting my country , wishing you love, health fun abs prosperity forever 🤗💝⭐️ Jana
Thank you for your kind words. We still wish we had more time in Nis. .amazing place for sure. Thank you so much for watching and commenting.
@@mikeandjesstravel1408 I actually live in Perth, Western Australia for the past 34 years, but (used to) travel back home regularly- until this latest disaster of virus and restrictions!!! Anyway, if ever you wish to visit WA - and are allowed to - you are welcome to contact me for initial accommodation and good info re places and events :-)! Best wishes Jana x
Wow! Thank you Jana..Australia is definitely on the list of places to go😍
Thank you for visiting Serbia and for your positive impressions. Hope you will come again sometimes, you are very welcome. Bye from Belgrade
Thank you so much for commenting and taking the time to watch our vlogs🙂
Wow, what a great review of my country! 🤗 I live in Belgrade and I love it. You are amazing. Thank you 🙏🙂
Thank YOU and thank you for watching 😁
Serbian guy here.You just motivated me to see my own country.
Thank you, happy to inspire. Thank you for watching our vlogs🙂
Sorry to hear, you not liked Subotica much. Probably something with the rain as well. Usually the town center is full with people sunny days. Often there are organized happenings, you missed those, bad timing. But what you should of done is to visit Palić as well. There are multiple salaš as well, not just around Niš. Good to hear overally you liked our country.
We went to palic and that whole area is very beautiful.Thank you for taking the time to watch our videos 😁
Serbian and whole Balkans are Beautiful, if you like western Serbia then you would love Bosnia.
God bless you!Thank you 😘
Very nice! Thank you guys! 🤗👏❤️
Thank you and hopefully ya'll come back one day ♥
Thank you for commenting and watching our vlogs🙂
here in serbia, you're either a belgrade type of person or a novi sad type of person, so basically, people who hate hussle and bussle and overcrowded places really dislike belgrade and love novi sad, and the opposite is for the ones who like the crowd and noise, they love belgrade and find novi sad boring. i'm personally more of a novi sad kind of person. it's a really cool city if you visit it at the right season, i find autumns there beautiful, but it's definitely not great for tourists when it's raining. if you visited it at another, better time, i'm sure you'd like it more :) however, it still probably won't be your favourite as i see you treasure nature and adventure more than architecture and history.
Thank you both!
God bless you!
Thank you for visiting Niš. I am glad you had a great experience in my town. Yes, it defenitelly has an energy and people are good and warm - welcoming. I hope other folks will follow your steps and come to visit Serbia and especially Niš. You are all safe here comparing to every other country in Europe.
I love it! Thank you for watching😀
Thank you for the review and for loving my hometown Niš🤗
Our pleasure and thank you for watching🙂
I think you did a great review there, both of you, and I agree with so much of what you said! Yes, food is great but Serbia doesn't really do 'snacks'. The smoking - it is a major issue for me too.. not so bad in summer but in the winter, total nightmare! However, that is the culture and it is the fact that Serbia is not like other countries (and not so westernized) that I love it so much. I've watched almost all your Serbia videos and you did a great job. You channel will go from strength to strength. Keep going.
We like that it's not westernized too🤗 Thank you so much Paul🙏🙏 We're working everyday to find our niche and our groove, been an interesting and great journey thus far💪🙌
Thank you for visiting our country!
Thank you too and thanks for watching🙂
Let me first tell you my true opinion of you two before I start watching your video, because I don't want to get influenced with what you say about Serbia... Jess is like the definition of beautiful, and Mike is like the definition of cute. 😆 You visited all great places and spots most Serbians don't see all of them through lifetime and doesn't experience adventures like paragliding... but besides adventurous spirit and getting to know Serbia like a local, you two look nice as well... Jess has very good face proportions and an awesome smile and Mike is just cute. (Sorry mate ;) I hope you don't mind my opinion) We'll that's my honest opinion of you... I hope you don't mind! and I hope you had much fun here and please come again!
Thank you for this! We had an amazing time🙌 I think Michael is pretty cute too😉
Serbians may be generally honest but I would say they are learning to get ahead, even if that means not being so honest. In following comment about Germans, I am not going to suggest that West Germans are dishonest but people have commented that East Germans are much more socially oriented and friendly while West Germans are much more focused on themselves and are more economically aggressive to benefit themselves. That, I would say is a result of living in a competitive capitalist environment. Fortunately, Europeans have, for most part, avoided the extreme competitive environment nurtured across the Atlantic. Having a social safety net to support its population in times of need avoids extreme selfishness and need to literally fight for one's life to survive and avoid life in the gutter. It is so disappointing to see all the tent cities in LA and other places but the system seems to rely on such extremes to drive the rest of population to work harder even if not for more money.
Thanks for this video, maybe next time you should travel around south and east part of serbia...its almoust completely different vibe.Hope you guys will come back again, and Im glad you have a great time. 😊
We did some of east and south but we definitely could of seen more places..but maybe next time.Tank you for watching🙂
Nice summary of your trip!!
Truly an honest review, thank you for that!
Have you had a chance to visit the Uvac Canyon while you were around Zlatibor? It's such an amazin place with stunning views :)
Thank you! and..Oh YES! Amazing!!
Born in Pirot, grew up and went to school in Nis. So glad that you guys enjoyed your trip to Serbia :) Hope to visit my hometowns next summer.
Nice video!😄
Come Australia next 🇦🇺
Im glad you liked it im not in Serbia for over 20 years but when i see guys enjoyed so much
It is a great country not because im from there its for all
Who love fast and city life or slow like decades ago and all in between its all there just pick a place
You guys are amazing
Its all the way you sed
Cheers all the best on your journey
I agree, something for everyone! Thank you so much for your time and kind words Nada🙏
I wish you come back often…❤️🙏👍 You are most welcome 😉
Hi Jess and Mike, I just found your vlogs a couple of days ago, and I thoroughly enjoyed them. The quality of production, your research of where you are and what you are seeing, and especially your engaging manner of connecting with your audience make your vlogs a cut above. As you can tell by my name, my heritage is in Serbian although I was born in Canada. I grew up trying to be more Canadian, but after visiting a few times, (a couple of times for extended months) I now embrace my Serbian heritage. I am lucky that I can speak the language and read the alphabet. It is refreshing to see Serbia through your new eyes.
One question: I see you drinking a lot of coffee. Did you ever try turska kafa and roshtil like cevapi and razhnichi?
You guys are pros, what a thorough job and honest report! Thanks!
Guys, thank you for your video, you visited my country, it is breathtaking I know... miss the food
Thank you for commenting and taking the time to watch our videos😁
I lived in Belgrade 2018 to 2019..I went back in 2021 for a month long visit..things are improving there..it definitely attracting people.. it has the largest mall in Europe now. Construction going on everywhere
Yes that is very true, a lot of stuff happening in Serbia. Thank you for commenting🙂
Novi Sad is totally different mentality of people!!! Super quiet, so glad you noticed... And glad you like my country overall:)))))))))) Hard to find a salad, lol... it was just a coincidence you didn`t find it...
When it comes to food, there are many lighter options (breakfast, lunch, dinner...) in many cafes and restaurants. None of us eat meat for all three meals or every day ;D Love your video! Love from Belgrade
Guys, your video just popped up on my feed. Great video.
I think 2-3 months ago me and my girlfriend were sitting next to you on a bus Novi Sad bound. :) So cool to see you guys. Keep up the good content.
That is awesome! We remember you and your girlfriend. Thanks so much for taking the time to comment and watching our vlogs🙂
Great unbiased review! Thanks :)
Thank you for your honest review you are welcome to come again, stay healthy and beutifull and safe journey for next destination. 👌👍
Thank you for that Jugoslav, you as well🙌
Wow, this doesn't sound like a country I live in for the last 40 years :). My PTSD from trains in Serbia is so great that I haven't used trains for 20 years, so when you two said it was great, I almost got a heart attack :). Anyway, I am glad you enjoyed your stay here.
We loved traveling by train...it was our preferred method.Thank you very much for commenting and taking the time to watch our videos😁
God bless you both. 👍
thank you for truth.. ve love you,, and come again.. please..
This was one honest rewiev and We know to respekt honnesty.Thank you in the name of Serb’s…
Thank you for taking the time to watch and comment🙂
Serbia is very safe place. You won't see the police anywhere, but you will still feel safe.
We actually would point out police when we saw them...it was like a game of "eye spy" because we rarely saw them! Which is usually a sign of a safe area🙌
Bullshit its safe. I recently read about Veljo making čevapi from his own enemies. And i wont even mention assassinating your first freely elected president. ha safe my ass. Nothing but criminals.
@@georgefrancell5178 your butt hurts my friend go check it ;)
@@markojuga5773 Ako je tako "Safe" di je Matej????
Greetings from Belgrade! And was almost everything in Serbia 'in order'? Really? :) Thank you, I was nice to see it trough a tourist eye. You made me think that Belgrade is actually beautiful:)
😁It was! So glad you enjoyed thank you for watching🙏❤
Glad you found some interesting spots there.
Totally agree about Western Serbia! Love it! Thank you, guys! Happy to know you enjoyed your stay!
You have new subscriber! I am from West Serbia and I am happy u enjoyed ur staying
Hi, sorry for the late reply! Thank you for watching and the sub! We loved Western Serbia❤