Novi Sad

27.07
Novi Sad 

We were thinking whether hitchhike to Novi Sad, but we planned only one day there and didn't want to risk a long waiting,. We took the bus to Subotica, and as it turned out it was a good choice. At the border there was a long queue of cars, a bus drove next to them-to the the special gate. If we had hitchhiked we would have suffered agony in the car. People went out of the cars, trying to cool themselves somehow. Finally, someone started honking and extensive wave of honking started, tired Serbs returning to their homes .. 

Leaving Hungary, Hungarian border guard came and collected passports, then gave it to us and we drove a little further-for entry into Serbia. There a Serbian guard came. We got a stamp, but quite ugly (we were disappointed, we were hoping for pride certificate for entering Serbia). In Subotica we went to the ATM to withdraw dinars, then Kuba went to the bakery, and I waited in the park.

Serbian language is much easier compared to Hungarian and actually some of the words are similar to Polish.When one woman came to me, I realized that she asks if she can sit down and I nodded. Then she asked another question, and it was more difficult for me so I explained to her that I'm Polish (Poljska) and don't understand Serbian. When she pulled out a cigarette and asked the question again I realized that she asks if it's ok for me if she would light a cigarette. Thiat impressed me, of course, in a good way. 

Kuba came with warm burek. With Burek we met a year ago in Croatia, and it is a kind of pastry with cream cheese or ham. The bakery has labels VRUĆ BUREK, which means hot burek ... We did, however, think that it was a call for the lost dog (in Poland Burek is quite popular dog's name, and wróć means come back...) : P 

When we wanted to buy tickets for the next bus to Novi Sad, a gentleman wanted to help. And in the bus another guy gave us pljeskavica (a type of meat). So, our first impressions were positive-filled with helpful people. 

In Novi Sad, the heat wave struck us, we went to the city center where Vladimir came after us - our host. He took us to the house, and after little rest he took us by car to show us around Novi Sad. He showed us the damaged TV building and fortress. He was focusing a lot on the bombing made by NATO. Vladimir is a professional electrician, as Tesla and Pupin. In his view, the Serbs are good at electricity and isolation (the second because politicians isolate them from the EU). 

In the evening we went out for ice cream and Novi Sad in the evening looked like another city-a lot of people on the streets and in cafes,. The next day we drove to Bački Petrovac, a city where everyone speaks .. Slovak!Slovaks settled there in eighteenth century. We met there friend of Vladmir- Zdenka, we bought delicious pljeskavica and went to the lake. In the car Vladimir was listening to Bregovic and Kayah! (Polish singer)