Alright, we've arrived in Elkray, Serbia
We're starting here. I guess we're getting on this bus full. Alright
I'm a bit surprised the flagship carrier doesn't have its own gate
Thank you
It says connecting flights, where's the arrivals
The word should be arrivals or connecting, but they call it baggage claim
I'm hoping I'm on the right path. Okay, now they're using the word rivals again
That's good. So yeah, Air Serbia doesn't get its own gates
and it's the flagship carrier. They have a lot of, like, propeller planes
The weather outside is mild, a little bit warm. Here it is middle to late August Get a good view of the river coming in That the Danube
I believe it connects Vienna, Belgrade, Budapest. Somewhere it ends in Romania
It's a big river. I think it's the biggest in Europe. between that, the Rhine River and the Danube, can't really think of any other big rivers like those two
So we'll get a good idea of how immigration is here
Must be a big airport. I didn't have to fill out a specific visa for this one
That was cool. I guess if you're coming from the US, UK, Canada, you don't have to fill out anything like that
We get 90 days from what I understand, but we'll see. Serbia
I was going to go to Bosnia, but Sarajevo, all connecting flights, went through
Belgrade anyways. Passports, all passports
Automated passport control. That's good. Let's try that. Alright, well, immigration process
was not very bad at all quite quick. The automated gate I went through it but it wouldn let me go through so I had to turn around and go to the immigration officer Which is okay Okay let see what the currency is here That a good question
What is the currency? Maybe I'll have to do an exchange. Because I have some euros
Since I'm done with the European Union for now, I'll swap this
Okay, well that machine did not work. So maybe I'll try another machine and see if it'll work
So far, good airport. Five star airport. Efficiency is there. Everything works really good
Everything's smooth. I love airports like this. And on top of being a five star airport, the staff here, very friendly
Very friendly. So far I'm getting a good vibe off Serbia
Let's see, this one's coming in from... Okay, I got my suitcase. It took about 15 to 20 minutes
That currency exchange worked. Now on to the next spot. Taxi or rideshare
Probably just going to do taxi. I have no idea how much it's supposed to cost to get to the city center
So we're about to find that out. Gotta go through customs. That's where if you've got goods to declare, I've got nothing
But clothes. Standard price 45 euros to the city center from the airport No great airport Arrow dome No Uber so I checked the app for Uber
They probably had a bus, but I'll just pay the 45 euros and get there in comfort
And, uh... Which way do we go? Which way do we go
This way? Oh a little bit breezy, chilly, but nice
Hello All right, so we're here in Belgrade now. I've made it into the city
I'll just give you some of my first impressions. This is the Republic Square
Yesterday when I arrived, it was a bit overcast, but not really raining. I ended up hanging out with some locals
Both times I was just invited into a situation to enjoy drinks
and everything just went with the flow. Very friendly locals. the city just makes sense
Everything about it is what you would expect from a city. I wonder why more cities aren't
this great. It's really a fantastic city. Haven't seen any sort of
problems on the streets or anything, but what we're doing is coming up on the
main street here. Like, compared to the other cities in Europe where they have, like, crime problems or
lots of homelessness or smells of, like, you know, like people are going
to the bathroom outside. You don't smell that or see that anywhere here in Belgrade. Yeah, this is the main street
for like restaurants, food, entertainment. Really a nice place. It's considered like the cultural square
City center