An Afternoon In Novi Sad

 After a three-hour cruise we arrive in a new country, another stamp in my passport. We have landed in the Serbian town of Novi Sad. During the early twentieth century, Novi Sad was the capital of Serbian culture which earned it the name “The Athens of Serbia”. Almost every Serbian poet, novelist, publisher lived in the city at some point in their career. Nowadays, it is Serbia's second largest cultural center (after Belgrade) and is home to one of the biggest music summer festivals in Europe. I would have really liked to go to the festival but even is the timing was right, we only had an afternoon to wander the city. 

Novi Sad was a pretty typical eastern European city – it had the city square dominated by the church. The central city seemed to be off-limits to cars which made walking pleasant.

A fancy dress in a shop window

Novi Sad was pretty much destroyed during the 1848/49 revolution
so most of the architecture around the city center is from the 19th century. 

And the church of course
Roman Catholic Church Name of Mary

The guide was really enthusiastic about the tiled roof of the church.  

It wasn't all architecture, there was a lot of cuteness also
When I was young, we used to have a sweet goofy Dalmatian who looked a lot like this one. 
Big time shedder - white hairs on your black clothes, black hairs on your white clothes.

The cruise ships sometimes dock next to each other. 
The lady in the other boat across from my room closed her curtains. Rather unsociable don't you think? 

Dinner

I had signed up for the walking tour of Novi Sad.  It was a pleasant city, but one of the other expeditions offered was a hike in the Fruska Gora National Park.  I wish I had done that instead.  Oh well.... next time.