Muchísimas gracias guys for this charming chat, it was wonderful to hang out with you and I hope to meet you again. Tres besos desde Belgrado (Ahh that’s another untold story, I owe it to you for next time😉)
Gracias Masa! You are the best! We loved meeting you and sharing all that quality time together! Nos debes una historia y nosotros volveremos para oírla y para hacer ese viaje for Serbia! Y comer El queso más caro del mundo
Vrlo su simpaticni. A sto se tice jezika, kada sam prve godine (od 17) u Londonu u neke kasne sate na tv nabasala na film sa Marcello Mastroianni i spremila se da uzivam.....bila sam razocarana (sokirana) cuvsi englesku sinhronizaciju......kakav gubitak, ne znati kako zvuci Marchello M, Simone Signoret, Yves Montand.....
How wonderful that the people were really friendly after you struck up a conversation, and they welcomed you in. Very interesting to hear that Serbian people learn English by 6 years old, and a lot of them speak quite a few languages. Obviously they are well educated people.
@@TheMamuchos Ever heard of Novak Djokovic? Ever notice his fluency in several languages? We use to have saying: You're worth - how many languages you speak.
@@shara-la8629 yes of course I heard of Novak I'm a big tennis fan but we also have famous people who speak English and other languages in Spain but that doesn't mean the people in the country does. Lol I speak 4 languages and even know how to write japanese, but no one in my family speaks more than 1 language. Love the saying !
General rule here in elementary schools is one foreign language you have to learn and one or more that you have as a option. Now that isn't the same in all schools but most have at least two foreign languages, one of which is English.
A great city yes, but "European", no. I speak as an ex-YU diasporan in Britain. In my lifetime, every one of us nations living in the Communist bloc have at some stage been compartmentalised as a pariah. In Yugoslavia's case, it was the years after the breakup. Even Slovenia which saw just 10 days of fighting and Macedonia which before 2001 had none whatsoever were just kept off people's lists and the countries were being excluded from wider participation in all manner of affairs, governmental and social. Serbia was the last to recover. It's already the case that people's definition of Europe is completely malleable, elastic and ready to recoil at whim. Bottom line: how can it be argued that Belgrade represents Portugal or Iceland in a way that might exclude Lebanon or Mauritius? It simply doesn't. It is definitely an ex-YU city, and certainly defines the lands of the Dinaric Alps, the Panonian Plain and the Carpathian region; the lands between the Adriatic and the Black Sea, but outside of this geographical zone, Belgrade is just Belgrade the same way Stockholm is Stockholm and Damascus is Damascus!
@@stefanveleski333 BELGRADE HAS OVER 2.5 MILLION RESIDENTS. STOCKHOLM 800,000 NOT FOR COMPARISON. BELGRADE IS THE CAPITAL AND LARGEST CITY OF THIS PART OF EUROPE. BORDER CITY WHERE EAST AND WEST CONNECT. DO NOT TALK BY RIGHT OR YOU ARE NOT FROM THESE SPACES. STOCKHOLM IS (SEVEN PAIR AND INFRASTRUCTURE) FOR BELGRADE A SMALL TOWN AS WELL AS THE WHOLE OF SWEDEN.THROUGHOUT HISTORY IT HAS BEEN DESTROYED OVER 40 TIMES AND DIZAN FROM THE ASHES. HOLY CITY HERO 🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀
@@user-wy3qm9dv5k Ћао! Не знам да ли сте ме разумели. Јесте супер град, и Београд ми је заувек у срцу. Кажем да НИСМО ова Европа. Ми на Ex-Yu нисмо Сиријци - и нисмо Норвежани.
You will def love it, especially all the nature and green areas they have. They have wonderful national parks in the country, totally worth of a road trip. We will be back to do it
You both have that positive attitude.... And you're natural. You're always welcome to Serbia. Next time you should check out other cities and places. There's so much to see in Serbia. God bless.
Thank you so so much! We will go back and want to visit so many places, from the national parks to other cities, and try the most expensive cheese in the world. Plus we really want to learn more about people and traditions. We enjoyed it! God bless!
🤣🤣🤣🤣 Thank you!!! 🤣🤣🤣 We were so in shock!! We were like, can we film him, can we??? And the owner was like yes, just don't move rapidly 🤣🤣🤣 One of our highlights in Belgrade for sure
Ahhh language is also one of the most important things to consider when travel. Love to hear that Serbian people can talk with a few languages and English is not a problem for them 👌🏻
Whenever i travel i always at least attempt to learn a few local words especially the please, thanks, welcome & help and of course being polite warming. I find locals immediately want to help and doesn't come across arrogant. I look at Australia if you just walked up spoke in your language, no one would be willing to help
I didn't realize people in Belgrade can speak so many different languages. From your previous videos I can see how welcoming the Serbians are. That definitely creates an amazing atmosphere in the city 😃
Really loved this one, Serbia looks like a really interesting place, and I know in a lot of countries in Europe they speak different languages, Masa's Spanish is so good.
Yes her Spanish is great! Serbia is such an interesting country. The word vampire is Serbian even though it was Romania who became famous for the Dracula story. Anyway such an amazing and intriguing place, worth visiting
Architecture is definitely beautiful! Thanks for sharing a bit of history.. always fascinating 🙂 I believe them when they say you won't see it in any other city..
You would love it! Especially if you come with the baby Eloise, there are so many parks, and delicious ice cream shops and it's so safe at any time of the day
Yes we connected on IG through a friend from Spain. And she was more of a friend than a guide But yes her goal is to show Belgrade and it's beauty and she achieved that goal with us
In Serbia, 17 Roman emperors were born including the first Roman emperor (Trajan Decius). And in nowadays, you can notice cultural, historical and religious influence and all those legacy of the Romans in this area. Sirmium (today’s Sremska Mitrovica) was the city in Pannonia, an ancient province of the Roman Empire.
Trajan Decius was born in that part of the Balkans but he was born before Serbians were there. He was born in the 1st century and Slavs migrated to that region around late 6th and early 7th century. So some of those emporers were born there but they are not of Serbian origin.
@@computeraudiophile9590 that definitely is not true. There was a rebaptism and force conversion of the Albanian Catholics there. Obviously before Albanians were called Albanian but they are the original inhabitants of that region not Serbians. When you are baptized they change your name. So a lot of Serbian DNA is all different. That is very proven. So what is the original Serbian language? It is still a form of Slavic. How come all Serbians only speak a Slavic language and don’t know of ever having another language? Cause Serbians always spoke a Slavic language. Serbians aren’t Dardanians or Illyrians. There is a lot of new research being done that find all this to be true. Serbians have a lot of culture but the Serbian government doesn’t tell the Serbian people their real and true history. There are other countries governments that do the same. I love history of every nation. I find all of it to be interesting.
@@llcamaj82 Albanians were brought from Chechenya,in 13th century. Language is similar to Chechen. They became nation in mid 19th century in Vienna convetion.As for the DNA,you'll find Celtic,Nordic(Scandinavian),South slavic,(Tribal,thats how they call us in French school books),Iliryan,(Turkish/Persian around 2%)etc. In Serbian language itself,4000 celtic words exists. Its well known that Celts were first in Europe,than Britain. It is much complicated for every European nation,to pin point who they truelly are. Did you know that all Germanic tribes were Slavic? The deeper you go back in history,the more complex it is.
The architecture there was so beautiful, and it was cool to hear the history behind a lot of the structures and the combination between the old world and the new world, playing together in one country. Interesting how so many different influences have come to the city and made it so eclectic!
The people observation is something that we find in many countries around the world. Once you speak and share a smile people generally open up and are happy to share stories from their country. Serbians seem awesome, would love to visit one day and it helps even more that the majority are able to speak English. Very nice of your friend to share her experiences too. Maria being able to speak Spanish is so helpful!
good to know that the people there are multilingual, so great to able to speak so many languages, this helps a lot especially when it comes to traveling and people also will be so happy and appreciate if we can interact with their local language.
Yes agree. It's so weird that we have so many languages in the world and we let it be a barrier. I love how serbians open that door by learning so many language and at a high level
Having that variety of architecture makes sightseeing so much more interesting. Sometimes it can get a bit boring after a while when all the buildings start looking the same
I think it gives a lot of character to the city. I didn't mind seeing them, the opposite, love to see how it's part of the landscape representing a very Important time of Serbian history. Thanks for watching us.
Yes it's "the beach" of Belgrade. If you look at the map, you will see there's no ocean near Serbia. But, they have Ada Ciganlika and Lido Beach, two paradises (on the river) that are as good as the beach or even better
The Serbian people sound really nice. Very nice to hear about the smile on your face can change their guard. I'm also shocked they have many english speakers in belgrade. Makes travelling there much easier. Its so diverse there and Masa really loves Belgrade. Thanks for sharing so much great info about Belgrade cos we seriously had no idea about what to expect lol!
Same, we didn't have any expectations before getting there but we were taking away by the people and the history they carry, not only because it's history, but how fascinating it is with the mix of cultures. Incredible
Wowww look at the place is calm it's so clean. I love the place. Someday I will visit that place. Common guys let's have some couple beers in my place. Let's talk about your trip. Enjoy
At one point there were over 270 mosques in Belgrade alone..they all got destroyed by Austro-hungarians apart from Bayrakli mosque which is the oldest religious structure in Belgrade..there was even a buddhist pagoda built by Kalmyks. Balkans is very rich in history and many many different people and nations passed through and left their mark.. i really like your videos guys, thank you for being respectful and nice presentation of Belgrade😊
Wow we didn't know about the Buddhist temple or the amount of mosques that were there before. We walked by the only one that it's standing and it was just so random to see it there in a regular street surrounded by other buildings, but that is the beauty of Belgrade. Thank you so much for watching us. We love our time there and we learned so much about history and people. We def would love to go back and travel more around the country. Thank you thank you for your words ☺️
Hey Maria and Lieles! That's great to here these things you didn't know about Belgrade. So wonderful that this woman Masa was able to give a real inside explanation from a local. Totally different perspective than a traveler and great to see both sides of the equation.
Absolutely, that's why we live talking and meeting locals, we don't like to leave just with our impressions, so hopefully we get to interact and learn from locals, every where we go.
Thank you for the video and your perspective. I plan on visiting Belgrade and Novi Sad in the Spring. Being that Serbia seems to have done a nice job of keeping their cool and not over-reacting to the pandemic, while still trying to maintain a high level of safety, it looks like the perfect under the radar country to visit. I hope you guys stay safe and have many more happy travels.
Thank you so much! We hope you enjoy it. Turkey and Croatia have done a decent job at maintaining those two things as well. Serbia was a great experience for us and also looking into going back next fall. Let us know if you have any questions ☺
Thank you so much for sharing your traveling story to Serbia. Generally entire Europe the schools and colleges offers multiple languages to be taught which is very beneficial. I wish USA would add that as well. I miss my home. Sharing your traveling story to Serbia brings so many good memories. God bless you both. 🙏🏻🇷🇸❤️💙🤍
Sandra, thank you so much for your kind words. Yes wish the US and Spain did a better job at introducing languages like Serbia does. It is such an amazing thing to see. Do you go to visit often? Are you part of the big Serbian community in Chicago? Thanks for watching us !
That’s really nice that local people at first are quite intimidating but once you put a smile on your face, they will welcome and embrace you. That’s why you need to always smile when talk to people, one smile can make a huge difference 👍🏻😊
It was a bit creepy at first, especially on our second night when I made him walk 10k steps to the waterfront that was under construction and deserted hahha
That's actually what we love about New Orleans. Since it's one of the oldest cities and has a cajun culture, it doesn't look anything like the other cities we've been to. But we agree that most major cities often look like each other. But now that we've seen more of America, we realize just how different many cities can look when you get in the meat of it. We were just in a part of Jersey City that had one block that reminded us so much of England and another that reminded us of NOLA. It's crazy how architecture can tell the history of a place. Selena LOVES architecture because her dad worked in it, so we spend so much time admiring that part of a city.
agreed language is one of the think put people on the fear list when travellign overseas, but i guess if you are a couple you always have each other. But seems belgrade is english friendly which in fact great, especially for maria to order wine lol
Yes absolutely! The most common languages we heard people speaking after English was French and German. It was really cool 😊 kudos to them. In the US people only speak English and in Spain with all the tourism we have, and we barely know any second languages
Thank you so much for the nice 'shocking' things you encountered in Belgrade. But, please come again,I enjoy so much you sharing so many beautiful things about my country. My suggestion is you stay for,lets say, 2 weeks,and visit the tourist places in Eastern Serbia (the Golubac fortress,7000 year old archeological sites like Lepenski Vir,Viminacijum, the Djerdap gorge amd its beautiful viewpoints, Western Serbia (Zlatibor,Tara and Zlatar mountains and monasteries in their vicinity, Southern Serbia (the Devil's city which was the candidate for the Seven Wonders of the World) and so,so,so many other places and towns like Novi Sad,Nis etc. I cant wait your new videos. Blessings from Belgrade🙂
Hi Jelena! We stayed in Belgrade for over a month, we slow travel because we work as we go. We are planning to get back soon and explore the country, maybe rent a car and go to smaller cities and towns. Thank you for your love and support! Can't wait to be back
Well, we had to translate the Spanish part for y'all! Hahahaa What about Maria, you do Spanish subtitles for every single video plus finds translation in French and Turkish? Lol 🤣🤣 Just kidding, putting them in the video was more tidious than when I do subtitles, I know cause I was translating for him lol 😆
Lieles got some languages in school but never was able to speak any of them. İ think their education system in Serbia when it comes to language is very high and def higher than the US or Spain İ started learning languages at a early age but it was all private academies so i was lucky, and yet look at my accent lol
Yes and really good English. They actually watch a lot of American tv shows and movies. Our host told us: you are the first Americans we have in our apartment, so tell everyone because we (serbians) grow up loving Americans but we barely have them here. They are afraid of us. 🤣🤣🤣
Very informative guys, love that you included Masa in your video, it was very interesting hearing it from her perspective! Love that the architecture of the buildings are mixed throughout town.
Yes such a beautiful story! So happy you have liked all our videos so far. We want to make sure we help people come to Belgrade by showing the reality of this awesome city So if we have your approval, then it's good for us! More people need to come to Serbia! A true hidden gem
@@TheMamuchos Thank you. I only can say that you are a wonderful couple. Charming, eloquent, very high social interactions. That is why your vids so good. 👋❤️
YES.. It's very important to know a few phrases when going to a new country, especially when English isn't the first language. But the most important phrase is.. Where is the bathroom? LOLOL!! OMG.. at 9:57 we think the guy sitting behind Lieles in the chair is fully nude??? LOLOL!!! We are all about being free and not wearing clothes if we don't have to!! LOL. Great video and love you guys to the mother effin' moon and safe travels!
Hahaha he was wearing some nude swimsuit hahaha Yes where's the bathroom and can I have a beer hahahaha Thank you girls for your unconditional love! Muah! To the effin' moon and back!
You guys definitively envious to learn more about Serbia. All that questioning at the airport would’ve been intimidating too. Good to know that they open up.
Quite indeed and the Yugoslavian buildings are so impacting. I mean I grew up watching the wars on this side of the world, so it was like closing my eyes and be able to recreate some of those images I saw on TV. It's insane
So no wonder that as a New-Yorker you are (almost?) smitten by Belgrade. Many of my friends and people from Belgrade who travel around the world, say that only City they could live in (that has elements of Belgrade) is New York. Happy travels!
Belgrade is so much historical and architectural stronger than NY. NY captivates because of what represents but also the atmosphere and feeling of the city. It is hard to describe, but NYC is more of a feeling (to us) But yes Belgrade is incredibly beautiful and like nothing we have seen before
How on earth did you manage to find a hawk un the middle of the city?!!!???!!! I know they nest in tall buildings like Genex..., but at a table in a coffee shop??!!! 😂😂😂😁😁😁
13:35 Thank you, you are so kind for learning those phrases in Serbian language. People here (and in most other south-eastern Europe's Balkan countries) are different when it comes to expectations of foreigners speaking our language. No one in their right mind would expect from a foreigner to speak Serbian (plus it's a hard language to pronounce with a complicated grammar etc.). Compared to some other larger European nations, we are a relatively small crowd (of only 7-8 millions). So, we are not like French, the Germans etc.
Thank you so much! We went back last year, rescued a dog and a cat and stayed in Serbia for almost a year. We recently left and we wish we would have learned more Serbian. We truly loved our time there and will keep going back every chance we get to visit friends and cheer with Rakija!
Great video guys, I enjoyed watching it...As born and raised Belgrader, now living abroad though, I have to say that I am very pleased with how you felt about visiting Serbia and Belgrade...Hopefully you guys will come back again there...Cheers.
And this comment made us extremely happy ! Where are you living now? We def want to go back and do a road trip to get to experience smaller towns and more traditional food. When was the last time you went there?
Que buen reportaje, sois geniales en vuestras presentaciones y las experiencias que aportais .... ase aguila es maravillosal!!!. Vuestra amiga genial hablando español
Awww thank you guys! I take history seriously, I really love it but I have a terrible memory, so sometimes I remember what happened but not the dates or the dates but not exactly what happened lol but I remember something happened lol
Thank you Lima! We haven't visited any of the cities you mentioned in your comment, but we will be heading there this year. Thanks for sharing this with us. We mostly refer to the mix of different times within one street and the damaged areas during the Yugoslavian times. If that's what we will find in all those Balkans cities, then we are already in love with them. Thank you and happy new year
I'd say it's because of media that we speak more than one language, so I agree there with Maša. Besides Serbian, of course, I'm also fluent in English and German because I grew up watching a lot of cartoons on Super RTL (German Kids TV Station) and Cartoon Network (in English). Of course, later in life school expanded my language knowledge, but the media like music, TV shows, games, books and the Internet is what really gave my language skills that extra kick. :)
You guys are freaking amazing when it comes to languages. We, in Spain or the US, do not watch anything but in our language. It is sad because I think it enriches the country and its people. So, kudos to you!!
Hola me llamo Isabel soy de Playa Varadero Cuba ...tengo dos hijos trabajando en belgrado con residencia le estoy muy agradecida a ti y a tu esposo por sus videos son lo mejor de lo q he visto diafanos agradables y me han ofrecido informacion realista de donde viven mis hijos ...visitare belgrado por un mes a finales de octubre de este año y tomare muy en cuenta sus recomendaciones gracias como madre y como cubana exitos futuros
Isabel, que mensaje mas bonito nos has dejado. Se nos han aguado los ojos y todo. Y le he mandado una foto de tu mensaje a mi madre, porque se, que ella como madre te entiende. Belgrado es una ciudad muy muy segura, ya lo veras cuando visites. Nosotros estamos en Turquia ahora, pero estaremos por Belgrado en Octobre. Si le apetece un cafe, mandenos un mensaje y nos damos un abrazo. Mil gracias por tu mensaje, este tipo de historias reales son la razon por las cuales seguimos haciendo videos. MIL GRACIAS y buen viaje para ver a tus hijos.
Gracias a ustedes por la simpatia y la alegria en sus videos el respeto a un pais q te acoge es la esencia de las migraciones de los pueblos ....ustedes destacan de los lugares lo agradable para criticar y arreglar estan sus nacionales ....y q bonita su respuesta Pues sera un gustazo tomarme un cafe con ustedes y asi les hablare un poquito de mi isla jjj q amo tanto y de mi playa donde vivo ....asi q por favor como te dije por mi wattshapp me avisas y nos encontramos en belgrado y nos regalamos el inicio de una bonita amistad yo llego el 25 de octubre y estare 40 dias Besos a tu mami y un saludo a tu esposo q es divertidisimo como come besos miles a ti cariño
Just a thing for safety. Yes, Belgrade is a loooot safer than other European capitals. To give you an example, when I was in uni and went to parties, I would walk home across the city at 3AM as a girl and a bit tipsy and nothing would happen to me. Still, that was foolish of me, and I don't recommend it, yes, 30 times it was safe, but that 31st time you might stumble upon a bad person. There's little crime here, but that doesn't mean there's NO crime at all. Also, just keep your phone and wallet near you in crowded places. Don't be worried, relax when going out and about, but don't throw caution completely out the window is what I'm trying to say. :)
Thanks for sharing all this! Your experience is super valuable for us and we 100% agree with your message. It is safe but it doesn't mean you are going to expose yourself. Stay safe!
44 veces , una barbaridad la cantidad de guerras que han pasado, hay una ciudad subterránea que no nos dio tiempo en ir a ver pero tiene que ser impresionante. Muchas gracias chicos! Reportera para el mundo jajaj
Something you guys did about the colour grading in this video different from the others? Love the orange-y and turquoise, and a little faded colour grading here!
