{"id":703,"date":"2016-03-14T09:44:12","date_gmt":"2016-03-14T09:44:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jamesrising.net\/blog\/?p=703"},"modified":"2016-06-21T14:09:06","modified_gmt":"2016-06-21T14:09:06","slug":"sad-to-leave-novi-sad-day-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.jamesrising.net\/blog\/?p=703","title":{"rendered":"Sad to leave Novi Sad, Day 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

Another back-dated day from the Balkans Trip!<\/em><\/p>\n

Happy Pi Day!<\/p>\n

Goal: consume as many Serbian pies as possible today.<\/p>\n

We started at a lovely coffee shop providing extensive chemistry lessons on coffee composition and bean varietal. James had a Nutella croissant, which he counts as pie number one of the day.<\/p>\n

Took a bus 1.5 hours to the northwest of Belgrade to the darling town of Novi Sad where we had a fantastic meal at Fish & Zelenish (http:\/\/www.fishizelenis.com\/<\/a>), feasting on baked feta, sizable salads and salmon tar-tar above an open kitchen. They gifted us a cookbook\/menu and regional salt. No pie was consumed, but we somehow were not feeling deprived. It was definitely the best meal we\u2019ve had so far.<\/p>\n

We wandered the dense old town, of tiled streets and artist resalers. Found a swanky hotel to take some work meetings\/calls and make arrangements for tomorrow. Amended plan includes flying into Tivat, Montenegro and renting a car to explore the coast. Why Tivat? Oh, tickets are only \u20ac60, compared to \u20ac250 flights or 12 hour buses to go half the distance.<\/p>\n

Dinner was a very late, with an overpriced excursion to the Opera\/restaurant. Sitting in a plush overhead booth, with a silent bell tassel to call the waiter, we order ambergine with raw garlic and baked goats (cheese). Alas, after hours, the music was recorded and the kitchen too early shuttered.<\/p>\n

The day in numbers:<\/p>\n