5 things in Serbia that SHOCKED me as a Russian immigrant 

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The same customs in Romania! Hello and respect to our Serbian brothers!

We bothgreek and serbs have more common and respect each other..we are not Slavic but 1000 years are involved our countrys during history, wars,religion,corfy, byzantium,sport etc..here in greece majority love and respect Serbia

Interestingly, there are many Serbians where I live. They work in hotels and restaurants mostly and are very sophisticated about food and wine. Very nice people. Would love to visit Serbia someday. Love your videos!

ko nije bio u inostranstvu ne zna koliko smo mi Srbi normalni.Verovatno smo i opstali zato što gajimo tu povezanost među sobom.

The reason why serbian people kiss, pat or hugg someones children without permission isn´t in anyway disrespectful but an old cultural heritage from the times of WW1 when serbian population decreased because of the austrian-hungarian genocide brought on Serbs and getting children was as a sign of restoring the nation so people were happy for seeing any children around.

I am a Serb, who lives in Moscow and what was shock for me is that Russian portions are extremely small. In restaurant, I always feel as cook steals half of my portion 😁 Also, have to add : Russians simply do not have such a sophisticated relationship with food. Food is not so important topic in Russian culture. For me it was cultural shock to see in the restaurant this kind of scene: two or three people are at the table and waiter brings food to one of them. He eats his food and rest of the people waiting 20 additional minutes for waiter to bring food to others. In other words they are not bringing food to all people at the table in the same time...and they do not see problem about it. That shows that Russian do not perceive meal as important part of socializing. On the other hand we live on Balkan which had so many different influences over centuries- Turkish, Hungarian, German etc. We also have partially Mediterranean mentality. Food is important for us. We discuss food. It is not possible to happen that waiter being portion to one person and that other one waits for his next 15 min...in Serbia that would be considered as rude. And guests would complain. Eating together is considered as social event and opportunity for bonding, friendship etc. Obviously in Russia is looked at more as...well just feeding time. For us it is different :)

My cousain husband is from serbia,he is a good person,loves to work,helping others

I just want to say Serbs are fucking amazing, smart, and awesome. I have a ton of Serb friends in Cali and they are good people,

Serbs are a little crazy, first of all, a proud nation. in the last 100 years we have gone to war many, many times, serbia has been bombed 44 times. that's why we are strong, crazy, proud and above all independent.

Russians - Norherns Serbis - south with a lot mediterean influence. serb culture is near to greece, turkey, italy and rest of balkan. but we share the „slavic soul“

One more thing Serbs are always friendly to all foreigners not just Russians that is part of our culture but don’t think it will always stay like that , we are friendly as much you respect us and our country and culture if we see that you don’t respect our warm welcome, we can be extremely rude . We are proud people, we gave a lot to the world, maybe we are small and unknown to others but we have very rich history and culture, and greatest man in the world of course Nikola Tesla 😊is Serbian

southern europe has a relaxed culture than northern europe. its always been like this

Really interesting to learn about some aspects of Serbian culture, Kysenia. There is a legitimate reason for alternating their alcohol with water, as it helps avoid dehydration, therefore potential hangovers. ☺️ So that's a good thing. Thanks so much for sharing Kysenia. Love learning about other cultures. 💌💐🐨

I dont know Ksenia .I am Serb who traved intensively accross globe and wherever i met Russian turn to be snobs not friendly and only money is what matter to them-they refuse to talk about social matters or poor in their country .You can see they dont give a sh..t how others live -only personal interest matters.I know and believe there are Russians who deeply concern about their ppl and try to help them as much as they can.You didnt make impresion of person that i like to follow.Nothing personal and all the best.

Dear Ksenija, the first thing on your list is not correct from my experience. There is a lot of Russians on Montenegrin coast, and something that shocked me was how they behaved towards children. One guy took my 2 years old son to his beach chair and hugged him, and kept kissing and squeesing him tightly. I was really shocked and uncomfortable about it, but I taught that's different culture, maybe it's normal among Russians, so I stayed cool. I think that it is too early to judge Serbs after only one month of your stay. If you didn't heared of us, that's your prob, because we learned at elementary school about almost every world country and nation, their demographic and economy. Don't take this as bad critics, just noticing your wrong impressions. All the best and welcome to Serbia.

Lovely video! I like it a lot! Thanks, Kseniya! You are the best on RU-vid ever! ❤️👍 Greetings from 🇸🇪

Serbia sounds like a very nice country to have moved!

Hi Kseniya, Sounds like Serbia is a touch country, meaning they like to hug and kiss and shake hands, etc. America used to be like that but seems like it's less and less that way. American's seem like were in our own little bubbles now days. We're still friendly but it seems we got ourselves in such a damn hurry we have no time for even small talk with one another anymore. If you were shopping here in a store and had Daniel in the cart most people wouldn't even notice or pay any attention to you, maybe some older ladies might make a fuss over Daniel but most would just go about their business, oblivious to what's going on around them. When I was growing up, we used to know and visit with all our neighbors in the neighborhood, nowadays, we don't even know our neighbors names and we just wave to them if we see them outside. Sad really. I'm old school though, I will strike up conversations and love it when I meet a stranger and they take just a second to talk or at least exchange pleasantries. I think that's why there is a lot of infighting within' America nowadays, no one gets to know one another anymore, to see or even try to see other points of view. Sad. Well, when it comes to meat I think most folks around the world like their meat warm, so I think Serbians are in the minority there. We do eat "cold cuts" in America, usually as a sandwich, like a ham and cheese on rye with mustard or mayo, something like that. I think I would take a pass on cold, fat, greasy, pig meat though. I believe you are right when it comes to drinking in that no one comes close to Mother Russia. Every country has their share of drinkers, including America but Russia is well known as a country that consumes a lot of alcohol, especially Vodka. Maybe heavy drinking stems from the Soviet Union days, I don't know. Maybe it stems from being a depressed society? Maybe it's just tradition? It wouldn't surprise me that even more Russians have picked up or have increased their drinking since the events of February and I can't say as I can blame them. I'm glad that Serbians and Russians seem to get along so well. You seem happier and relaxed there. It makes me happy that you, Vlad and Daniel are together and away from the troubles of Russia. I'm sure you still feel much sadness for what's going on in your homeland and in Ukraine. Many around the world are sadden too. God, why can't we just have some peace? With love and much respect to you and the whole family, Steve from Ohio.

Srbi su prošli kroz strašne ratove u kojima smo gubili i do 30% stanovništva. Muškog, pretežno. Zato Srbi i sina i ćerku zovu "sine " . Zato Srbi vole i čuvaju decu .

я надеюсь что когда-нибудь приеду посетить прекрасную СЕРБИЮ! ВЫ ЛУЧШИЕ! СЕРЖ 🇷🇺

OMG I couldn't stop looking at those cute cats behind you! Hahah they were playing and passing by :)

I don't know why are there so many negative opinions in the comment section, you were just honest, but Serbs generally don't want to accept that our relationship with Russians mostly goes one way. I like Russia and your culture, we've never been enemies throughout our shared history, and I just hope this senseless, oligarch/nato war stops as soon as possible.

To možda ti nisi znala gde je Srbija i ko su Srbi 😁treba da govoriš u svoje ime a ne u ime drugih,ima puno prijatelja u Rusiji i Belorusiji jos nisam naišao na nekog ko ne zna za Srbiju tako da nelupetaj.A drugo lokalni običaji koje si ti nabrojala ja koji živim u Srbiji ne radim tako, znači opet lupetanje.

Good points. Thank You and welcome! :)

I'm not surprised that Russian and Serbian love is not balanced out, it's pretty natural considering the history and size comparison. For example, lots of that love comes from Russia's help on multiple occasions: like fighting the Turks, World wars, or with respect to Kosovo. For a Russian in 19th century, Serbia was maybe just some land where soldiers were told to go and fight. For a Serb, Russia was a sister that helped with our liberation, and that sticks in collective memory. Etc. And due to us being so much smaller, we couldn't be of much help to Russians throughout the history. In my opinion, all Slavs should do much better job at getting closer and backing each other. All Slavic countries would benefit from more brotherhood among our nations - and we are indeed distant cousins, which is also just cool!

A lot of what you said is more personal experience then something that has a wider meaning.A lot of those things you said are true for somebody or some situations and completely the opposite in others.

I love hearing about your perspective.

When it comes to cold meat, I think that it's easier on a stomach to eat pork fat cold. And also in Serbia, especially before, you had roasted pig only on holidays and big occasions like slava, and here, as you know, we like it polako so the celebrations last at least a whole day and often couple of days and it's impossible to keep it warm for so long... When it comes to Russian relation to Serbia, you are kind of right, it definitely isn't at the same level but I know some people who worked in Russia and there are some similar stories, like taxi drivers in Moscow refusing to charge when they find out you are Serbia or free beers at a bar. When it comes to kids, it's probably amplified because you are in small town and your kid is known as "that russian kid". But I do remember that when I was little it wasn't surprising if someone bought me a chocolate or something like that while standing in line at the store. But that's more of a small towns and villages thing, I doubt it happens much in Belgrade. Ann when it comes to drinking. Here it's often said that Russians drink to get drunk and we drink out of pleasure. Results are similar but the journey is different.

Вы ничего не знаете о Сербии, но знаете, где русским рады !Вы очень наивны! 😉Вы даже не знаете историю своей страны !🤨

My neighbour cousin was born and died in Beograd,he loved city,my mom was lived in Beograd,she enjoyed there

I don't know what it's like in Novosibirsk or Murmansk, but we Serbs are a warm-hearted people.

I am Serbian living in Russia for 10 years and I can tell you that I agree with you 1000000% on everything. The saddest thing is that if Serbian people knew how much Russians don’t care about Serbian-Russian friendship they would never treat Russians that well. People would literally remove their kids away from my son because he spoke another language and they would always look at as with suspicion what are we doing here and what do we want from them. Nothing. I’ve just married a Russian man and we live in Russia. That’s it. My son got first friend only when he learned Russian very well and they were unable to understand that he is part Serbian. I was treated really bad many times. I was asked why did I come to Russia? What were my intentions? If I’m a spy? 😂Why did I take Russian man, when Russia has a problem that they have more women than men and because of bad foreigners like me Russian women were forced to leave Russia and look for husband somewhere else. Just awful. I’m for friendship between nations and I think there should be more videos like this but in Russian because Russian really need to become more open minded. Love from Serbians living in Russia ❤

Thank you for this vid, it cheered me up on a rather grey day. So, regarding cold meat, it's not common in all parts of the country but it did come from very early, pre-ottoman days where there's a practice to "prepare in advance" and then store it somewhere out of the sun so that it'll stay edible longer. Of course, it cools off by the time it's served. Cold fat is basically lard so it's not any different in terms of health impact. And when it comes to drinking, idk if you know but Serbia doesn't have a legal drinking age limit (18+ for purchasing alcohol but no limit for ingestion). Alcoholic drinks, especially rakija, are seen as medicine. They are consumed in abundance, but, in order to avoid getting light-headed, water is added to the side. You can drink a lot more that way and also savour the taste while at it. Now. Since we're at the topic of rakija. Take a stroll around any city, park, whatever has some trees. Find walnuts. Mark the calendar to pick up green fruits off them. Get like 1kg or so. Put them in jars, put sugar on top, maybe a tiny bit of alcohol to top it off and leave it in the sun to ferment. By the end of the year, you have Orahovaca! The traditional way. Best medicine :)

Oh and in Serbia people also make that jelly meat thing it's called "пихтије". There are even festivals of that.

In Germany we also shake hands but maybe not as often as in Serbia.... Plus boiled meat with gele is also a north German thing..

Serbia and Russia have similarities but they also have differences, this is the case among all Slavic countries and that is normal due to different historical circumstances and geographical location. What seems to me is that as far as some habits, ways of life, cultural and mental characteristics, etc. are concerned, Russians are in some ways similar to Scandinavian countries, Serbia and other South Slavic countries have a lot of similarities with Italy and Greece (especially seen in our famous "polako"), while Western Slavs have certain similarities with Germany, but regardless of that, all three Slavic groups have a lot of things that connect them. Water is drunk with rakija so as not to get drunk. Our rule is that you enjoy yourself while drinking, but that you have a limit so that you don't overdo it. We also have that jelly with meat, in our country it's called "pihtije". As for the cold meat, I think that usually just the roast meat (pečenje) is eaten cold, it's better for the stomach and it's tasty, plus there's a lot of it since it's usually eaten for some celebrations. Barbecue, steaks and other types of meat are usually eaten warm. As for Russian knowledge about Serbia, in my experience, I think it depends from Russian to Russian, in which part of Russia they are, etc. in my opinion, Ukrainian Russians and Crimean Russians have the greatest knowledge about Serbs and Serbia for many reasons, primarily some historical but also blood ties and maybe because they are a little closer geographically.

I remember pork jelly from when I was younger in the Norfolk UK... I used to like it and have fond memories of it! (My family has lots of North German heritage too)

Yeah, the jelly meat (aspic/hladetina/etc..) thing is an acquired taste. My sister and parents love it, but I can't even look ak it, not to mention eat it. The food is usually very good, not just Serbia, but the region as a whole. It's mostly very similar cuisine. Be careful with rakija, it can be deceptive. Oh, that reminds me, there's a great song by Dubioza Kolektiv: "No escape from Balkan".

About rakija...some drink with water (to quench the heat), but not half a liter, but one glass of water to one or more glasses of rakija, some drink without water. If you only drink one or two glasses of brandy, then you don't need water, but for larger quantities, water is necessary. Some drink separately, first a batch of brandy, then a batch of beer or vice versa, but rarely together.

Woah! Background cat fight at 2:56 ! More please!

Стыдно что ничего не знаешь о истории отношения Сербии и Росии

We have холодец in Serbia. We call it пихтије. It is beef or pork jelly with garlic, meat, carrots and parsley and it is excellent. Cold pork or lamb - печење is also great thing. I like it with some horseradish and cabbage salad. That is all you need. You can find it hot/warm in restaurants but its impossible to serve it hot on weaddings.

Hey , Kseniya 😊,wow your channel has really grown this past month!!! Look at all the people in the comment section😁.Love this video,very informative and funny. It's great to see you and your fam safe and happy in Serbia💛 Hope you have a great week!

Sto se tiče dali nas Rusi smatraju bratskim narodom tu ima istine,mi mozda vise verujemo u tu priču ali oni ne .,dugo sam u Rusiji .

Handshakes is common in all the Balkans. In Romania I shakes hands with my work colleagues every day twice when arriving and work and when leaving. It is indeed disrepectful not to shake hands and if you avoid it is considered rude or that you have a problem with that person. Unfortunately northern Europeans find it strange and a bit too much to shake hands so often. There is also another custom which has to do with the fact that Balkan people tend to wash their hands more often than other Europeans so there is less of a fear that you’ll contact germs

in the north of Vietnam, we also have jelly meat like it. Maybe because of the same weather when the temperature drops down, the fat in the pig belly is going to freeze like jello.

In Vietnam, we also do it :). Lovely kid with a hug and more.

My father worked in Russia and he was suprised that you dont shake hands with women Cuz when he tried after few times his Russian friend said its wierd to do that And he also was shocked when he saw that yall drink vodka with beer hahah mad respect for that Cheers Ksenija

You are most welcome to SERBIA, love the channel keep it up

Iam going to Serbia next week to practice my Serbian.. I am so excited!!

Tačno !!!

Your first point made me smile and realise something about myself as a Serb born in America......I love to get little gifts for my friends and coworkers and yes kids. I bought little stickers for the kids at work. If I see something that reminds me of someone I will usually buy it for them if it's something reasonable. I think some people are taken aback by it but it just seems like a normal thing for me 😂🤣

About drinking culture. In Serbia the goal is to drink but not to get drunk. In Russia people drink when they want to get drunk instantly. 😀🇷🇸🇷🇺

I found this channel so interactive. Great job! I definitely will subscribe to your channel. By the way, you have a great British accent.

That for russian and serbian people love is so true we aren't teached that in school like we need to totally warship you but we are teached that you helped us alot of times in history cus you need to understand that youre coutry helped such such small country like serbia throw history alot of times most super powers like russia whoud't care about some small coutry in europe like ours but you did care. Anyways Great video support from serbia ay will always russian and serbian people like family! 🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸👍👍👍👍

The kid touching thing - I had a problem with that traveling abroad. I high fived a kid and it went cool, but later my colleague told me not to do that because someone might punch me :) It's normal in Serbia

You are getting good at this keep it up😊

I like the house in your back, gives me a good feeling about the place

6:00 Nice! Thx

About gifts for Daniel, it is because You are a stranger, new in the neighbourhood, a matter of Serbian culture. If You are from abroad You will be almost favoured a little bit.

Hi Kseniya :) What a great channell, I've already subscribed it. I'm Polish and I love Russia just as Serbia. And speaking about the video. As a Polish I would say we have some common things with Russia and some with Serbia. I guess we're all one big Slavic family. BTW, are you a fan of "Sailor Moon". I loved that show even though I'm a guy ;)

Welcome to Serbia Ksenija.Its ok we know that many Russians dont even know where Serbia is,its not your fault its fault of your education system.When i walk in some place and there is 20 people in there i literally have to shake everybody's hand 😂if somebody doesnt shake my hand i look at that as sign of disrespect,my girl tells me i need to stop doing that🤣.I hope you like our country and keep making this kind of videos,good stuff.

It's our kids ... We love each other.

I am Serbian from Croatia, and because of the war we had to go leave Croatia and we came to Serbia. Now I live in Germany and I have met a lot of German Russians and I find them very similar to us. However, with Russians and Ukrainians no good experience. I found them less friendly than Germans which is bloody hard. In my opinion Polish people are way more similar and like us more than the Eastern ones. And yes we grew up thinking Russians are our brothers, but never helped us 🫣

To say that Serbs love Russians but Putin must be excluded from that is incorrect. I'd say minimum 95% of Serbs, including our government and the army and all walks of life LOVE and respect Putin, and find him to be the savior of the new world. That aside, I am happy to hear that your family chose to move to our country. I hope you decide to stay forever and have only lovely experiences and memories of Serbia and Serbian people. Loving the cats in the yard, too ❤️🐈‍⬛🐈🐈‍⬛❤️

We don't drink Rakija with water when we are at home or at a partry its mostly because restaurants bring water with it and you know we can't leave that glass of water without drinking it so yeah

Я из Сербии и живу в Сочи и в Минске, я был в шоке на сколько люди в России понятия не имеют где Сербия и многые даже думают что Югославия до сих пор существует.... Но это не уменьшает мою любовь к России и Беларуси. ❤❤❤

Due to serious studing of history and geography is schools since we were kids, we know all the countries over the world pretty well at least some details. and since Russia as important powerforce and Serbia were always on the same side, plus both slavic and ortodox Christians we like Russia by default. we had rough history and we lost so many people in wars, that finnaly created our nations mentality. we are very social and direct, smiling a lot compared to Polish, Russiand or Ucranians. but that doesnt mean we are naive, anger we can produce is something I rarely saw with some other nations.. and not like italians e.g. we dont bleff, when Serbs are angty, there will be storm.. And what I like about us serbs, we are southerners but still slavs and tall, we are slavs but like mediteranians. In sports and battles we are going till the end strong, but in peace we collapse because of lack of harmony. also ortodox Christianity shaped us a lot, even today golabilaztion and beflre comunism damaged us...

Latin American married to a Serbian for 10 years I can confirm Latinoamerica and East Europeans have a lot in common.

10 years ago i was in moscow with my high school excursion to learn russian language for 1 month.There was a park where my friend and i drunk beer every night.One night police patrol came and asked for our ids,we gave them and when they saw that we are from serbia,they literaly hugged us..And thats only one of many occasions i encountered betwen russian and serbian relationship...So i cant relate about that one :/ Russian policeman literaly hugged us lol,me and my friend...And i noticed that like 99% dont know english and also that there wasnt fucking one barbeque hamburgers in moscow...i was so pissed about that xD only gyros...:(

"Сербия вышла на поле битвы, полагаясь на свою мощь, но, конечно, - она знает, что ее судьба окончательно зависит, и в целом, от России, - она знает, что только Россия может спасти ее от разорения в случае большой неприятности - она знает, что Россия с ее огромным влиянием поможет ей в случае успеха сохранить максимальную прибыль." Фёдор Михайлович Достоевский Я серб и живу в Сербии. Так нас учили в школе.

Hello Ksenia, I keep telling everyone. This Russian lady has a GREAT sense of humor. Can't say that about these stuck up ,uptight American women. Lol GEEZ. Makes my laugh while at work. Keep up the great work

Okay, so we’re south Slavic. The key word here being “south”. Southerners everywhere seem to be more open, friendly and cheerful everywhere, so it’s the same with Slavic people. Russia has helped us a few times in history, so we remember that kindly, far too few nations have helped us, we were mostly attacked. There’s also being from the same seed, that being the Slavic seed, that we treasure. We treasure family and we see Russia as family, even thou Serbians are a bit salty with all the Russians driving our prices up, it’s been very hard for us, especially for our students who are right now in a hard situation finding and affording apartments, we still say let’s not get mad Russians, and Ukrainians as well, are our Slavic family and we’ll be there in time of crisis for them. And when it comes to helping, we’re like that to foreigners who come here, not just Russians. Hospitality is very important in our culture. We’re not those mean monsters that they portray in Hollywood movies. I mean, I could argue that we’re much nicer to foreigners that to each other which I find to be an issue, we could be much nicer to each other, but that’s a separate conversation. When it comes to kids it’s all very innocent. Playing, hugging and buying sweets for kids comes from a pure heart and nothing else, I can’t stress that enough. I could imagine my dad giving my old toys if a Russian kid moved next door and I would be proud of him. ❤ Oh, and that salad she mentioned, I don’t know why we call it “Russian sale” but it’s also a staple for New Year’s as well here! And the meat in the jelly thing, we have it also, we call it “pihtije” and I as well always found it disgusting and never tried it, but it’s full of collagen and as I’m getting older I have been thinking of starting to it it! 😂 Tl;dr we’re just a very hospitable people and we want our guests to feel welcomed! It’s in our blood! 🥰

People here in Serbia love to drink alcohol but we don't do it just to get drunk, we like to enjoy in that beverage and to keep clear mind to some extent since you do it to enjoy that time with friends. If you just do multiple shots of rakija and get drunk in 30 min then where's fun there? That's why people will sip that rakija and drink sprinkling water along to prolong staying conscious. The Romans in ancient times did the similar thing with adding water to wine to dilute it, also for the sake of having longer conversations with friends.

Good observations, however, I have to add a word of caution: rakija (except for industrial rakija) is usually stronger than vodka :) Most often between 45 and 50%. Акуратно! :D

Dear Ksenija, my children (2 daughters) also got that kind of attention that you described in their smaller years. I guess due to their sweetness. Here in Serbia we also believe that all children are our children and if we see some child acting badly or doing something that might be dangerous for him we feel free to stop him or give him a lesson.

The kid thing goes both ways. We grow up getting ass whoopings by the entire community too. Builds character and teaches consequences to actions. Also no one knows where Serbia is except for Balkan ppl. So Russia is not unique in that. Serbs look up to Russia because of historical reasons and shared religion. Russia also tends to back Serbia on the world stage which is a big thing for small countries since the west wants to destroy us at every turn and we are surrounded by nato and EU nations who will gladly provide the airspace to do it.

Would you consider posting the recipe's next time you do a food or cooking post but not the cold meat in jelly 😉 it would be great to try different foods. By the way in the UK it not uncommon for women to shake hands in public. Keep up the great work☺️☺️. Gary 🇬🇧🇬🇧

Я не очень понял часть про холодное мясо. Имелось ввиду что-то вроде сала ?

Yay! A cute cats video. That's always a like. Eh, sorry, you were saying?

Russians came and fight on our side many times in history. You have a lot of Russian cemeteries: Jagodina have a long relationship with Russia. They played the best in WWI and Balkan wars with Ottomans. As well as Serbians played in time of Ottoman empire in Slavljanoserbsk now in Ukrain. They came to Russia when Tzar made a pledge that he will accept all the soldiers from Austrian hungarian border that was created to fight against Ottomans here. Many of them were gone to Russian empire as well as my grand grand grandfather and he married there and came with his wife to Kingdom Yugoslavia. You must see documentary about WWI in Serbia called VELIKI RAT

Kseniya, I really love this video! I enjoyed hearing the turkeys🦃🦃, seeing the cats 🐈 🐈‍⬛ in the background, and the sunny village day! 💙🌞🏡🌻 I watched carefully to see where in the world you attacked those offended Serbians to cause such an uproar, but I couldn’t find an attack anywhere. I thought surely you must have at least run under a bridge chasing after some trolls who live there and attacked them hard with a big stick, hitting them with a low blow and stomping on their toes!! But there’s absolutely no evidence of it at all. 🤷🏼‍♀️ This is a wonderful and very interesting video. It seems very positive to me. It actually reminds me of some of the contrasts between my northern European background family and my husband’s family from Sicily. There were some large cultural differences! I really had to make some big adjustments in order to get along with his family! It took a while for me to understand and be comfortable, but ultimately it was good for me to learn to be flexible & able to shift gears between cultures. There are pros and cons in every culture, and it’s good to be able to appreciate the strengths and weaknesses of where you come from, and where you go to. 💪🏽 I really appreciate you sharing your journey with us! I hope the flak you have received does not discourage you from sharing your every day life and adventures with us! We would love to see what new foods you enjoy, all the places you like to visit, & what new experiences you will have in the future! Perhaps there will be some festivals and concerts coming up that you could share with us? Are there artisans or craftsmen in your town or places you visit, who still make things by hand, who would allow you to visit their workshops? It would be interesting to see what type of handcrafts there are in Serbia. I wonder about what types of things people make it home, or buy from neighbours in the village, or what types of things they have to go to the big city for, or what types of things do they order online instead? I think if you are living in a country village, it might be interesting to see in what ways they still live like their grandparents and great grandparents did. It might be interesting if you got to taste homemade cheese/bread/jam etc. but if they made things that were non-perishable, perhaps you could share a business card or website and maybe a way that people could even contact them about buying something if one of your viewers would be interested? I remember a travel vlogger Who sometimes included artisan crafters who made unique jewelry, lambskin vests, embroidered folk tunics, woven wrap skirts, purses/bags, candles and candlesticks, soaps, small wooden flutes and hand carved artwork etc, the types of things that would ship easily. After visiting them, asking a few questions and video of them demonstrating their craft, she would zoom in on their business card with contact information for a few seconds. Most of the people were very glad to be featured on the video, and they may have even paid her for this promotion, I’m not sure. It might be something for you to consider in the future. I think many of us would be interested to see the arts and crafts of Serbia. 💙🌻, 💙⬜️🟦⬜️, ♥️.

about drinking in Serbia. In Serbia, it is drunk for a long time, usually with appetizers (various salads and thinly sliced ​​meat and cheese). mineral water or beer is used for cutting strong drinks, so that a person can last for at least 4 hours or even the whole night. it's more a matter of socializing and talking. Also, there is no good drinking party without good music, especially in the south of Serbia

I have no idea how I got to this video, but being Brazilian right after the world cup match may be the answer. By the way I love 🇷🇺 and 🇷🇸 .

Hello Sailor, where on earth did you get your incredible sense of humour? Were you born with it or was it developed out of life's circumstances, or degrees of both?

Thank You for wonderful Vlogs . BYE BYE TATA TATA !!!!!Hope you Vlog from an Indian restaurant in Serbia PLEASE

I’ve spent a lot of time in SP 🇷🇺 but haven’t been to Serbia YET! I’m considering relocating there and learning a lot from your highly entertaining videos! I love Russians (and knew one intimately ❤🥲) but am more Serbian in my manners, at least from what you say in his video. The only exception is drinking. I am definitely and unfortunately more Russian in my drinking style! Vodka chased with beer is the correct way! BTW I love your English accent. It sounds a little Norwegian! Best wishes!

Hi Ksenia , welcome to Serbia [ СРБИЈА] ,and Balkan . The thing that surprised me and shocked me is your English , cause we all know how difficult is for Russian people pronouncing ,how hard it is. But for you is just like that , it"s a piece of cake. You are educated woman and sincere as well , we love to hear from you your personal impressions . Now start to learn Serbian with same dedication as you've learned English. In Serbia and Balkan it's not everything that rosy , but also it's not that bad . Human warmth is everywhere . As a culture we had suffered and past through a violent period of aggression from Turks, Vikings , Prussians ,Brits , French , Germans , and in nowadays constant aggression in period of three decades from most "democratic" western European Neo Nazi society. Добро пожаловать в Сербию.

Almost every Russian patriot or an educated Russian person knows about Serbia and respects and supports this beautiful country. It's just in big countries the majority of the population don't want to know about anything which is far away.

Well , you my darling have enriched our Serbia with your beauty! Welcome 🙏

handshakes are common thing to see that you are not with a gun or something. Its an oldest custom. Here on crossroads of Europe.

Not sure why so many dislikes pretty much all of what she said is true, as a Serbian I think you are quite accurate in your points.

Why do Serbs love Russia so much? Go to Jasenovac and visit Ćele Kula near Nis, and you will understand that for Serbs, as the most western Orthodox Slavs, Russia's support is a condition for survival and existence. When Serbs do not have Russia's support, they are exposed to genocide and persecution by Catholics and Islamists. Not even in Serbian schools is it taught how much Russia helped the Serbs, that it created the Serbian theocratic principality of Montenegro, that it fought with the Serbs in the First Serbian Uprising, that it provided the Serbs with a flag and autonomy within the Ottoman Empire, that it saved Serbia in 1877 and 1878 in the Serbian-Turkish war and enabled Serbia and Montenegro to double and triple their territories, that the same was true in 1912, that Imperial Russia stood in the protection of Serbia when it was attacked by Austria-Hungary in 1914, that Soviet Russia in 1944 and 1945 saved the Serbian people from complete destruction and genocide. So, the Serbian love for Russia is nothing irrational, but the result of the experience and trust that the Serbs have gained over the centuries.

Take it easy and slowly!😁

The pork cold thing is its not a either or its both we eat pigs str8 off the roast and most times let the meat cooldown and serve it next day or that day just depends.

I'm so so glad that we are so so different 😄 Food is incomparable (so no need that you try to compare our Serbian food with Russian in future lol )😂,and Rakia is good nice smooth drink and vodka is (denatured alcohol) aka шпиритус🤣 Best regards 😄

It's nice to see so many Russians visit and stay in Serbia

pork and lamb is always fresh and warm, but it is prepared in the morning, a wedding or party starts in the evening and therefore gets cold,

How do you have a British accent if you are from Russia? Just curious ☺️❤️