We booked ourselves into the very plush Hotel Moskva - there were super deals for that weekend so we snapped one up. And why not, really.
Plus, how could we resist when it gets Trip Advisor reviews like this one:
I expected less based on the reviews and photos, I actually booked the place for location, and it worked out the other way. Sure, the location is ok, but the service, room, and breakfast all rocked. And the woman with short dark hair, great English and cool watch, has a great personality and she is super cute (if you ever come to Chicago, please look me up!) The bathroom and bed were great, stay here for comfort and service. Ps. There is another cutie waiting tables next door at the orient express hotel, dark hair and short (Serb ladies rock, and so does this hotel!)
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HotelMoskvaBeograd, Manager at Hotel Moskva, responded to this review
1 April 2013
Dear guest,
thank you for posting such an optimistic review.We proud our self as a nation, with beauty of our ladies, we are so glad that you had a chance to see for yourself, how polite and hospitable team we are in Hotel Moskva.
We expect you with pleasure in near future,
Best regards,
Hotel Moskva Management
thank you for posting such an optimistic review.We proud our self as a nation, with beauty of our ladies, we are so glad that you had a chance to see for yourself, how polite and hospitable team we are in Hotel Moskva.
We expect you with pleasure in near future,
Best regards,
Hotel Moskva Management
What a shame he wasn't there when we were. He doesn't seem like a tosser at all!
Occasional dud clientele aside, it is an amazing hotel. One of the oldest and grandest in Serbia. It has an incredible facade and a beautiful interior too.
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| faaaaaan-cy! |
Its former guests have included Albert Einstein, Robert de Niro, Alfred Hitchcock, Richard Nixon and us!
There was a 'white night' happening over the weekend too - which meant all the museums and galleries stayed open all night and for $5 you could have access to them all. If you were willing to wait in line.....which we weren't. So we skipped into a few of the less popular attractions - like this student art gallery
and this witchy looking outdoor installation made of sticks and smoke.
We wandered around the old fortress, hanging out on the crumbling walls and trying to avoid the wrath of the fortress police who came along and roused people for hanging their legs over the edge.
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| legs up on the fortress wall, overlooking the blue Danube |
We strolled past the Belgrade Zoo (but didn't go in because it looked a bit heartbreaking inside).
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| a peacock fleeing the confines of the zoo |
But we ate at this restaurant
which we didn't realise overlooked the zoo until I was halfway through a mouthful of asparagus risotto and heard the tetchy growls of a poor caged lion below. I don't think he would have enjoyed the risotto anyway.
But the main reason we went to Belgrade was to see Depeche Mode!
It was heaps of fun. And packed - over 30 000 people! I guess when you've had over three decades to build up a fan base, you should expect nothing less.
They played with the energy of their 19 year old selves for nearly 2 hours. However up close their faces showed their 50 years and at one point I got a bit nervous when Dave Gahan, the lead singer, left the stage and Martin Gore, the other guy, started singing in his place, especially because I'd read reports about Dave having a heart attack mid-concert a couple of years back.
But out he jumped again! He just couldn't get enough.
Recorded at the gig , although the sound quality is a bit crappy. And we did fail massively as an audience when we missed the cue to keep singing, which was pretty funny. Although I did believe him when he said we were the 'best ones yet' - because we were pretty good, plus this was only their 4th performance of the tour. They have another 48 to go at a rate of about 3 each week, so I'd be pretty keen to see how they are holding up by the end.
Personal Jesus was the best!
And for old times' sake, the original clip for Just Can't Get Enough. Released 32 years ago!
ah, good times.
I'm off now to apply copious amounts of hairspray, scary eye make-up and drastic blush so I can twirl around the apartment in my short-sleeved black leather jacket.
Sorry, you are right, I was a "tosser" Lesson learned, feeling banal.
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