Serbia: Belgrad, Majdenpek and Bor

I have just come back from 10 days in Serbia, where I met some friends. Although Serbia is not that far from Moldova (obviously depending on what you compare it with) it still took 26 hrs to get back by train and bus.- mostly because the bus broke down going from Bucharest to Chisinau (Personally I thought it was a hint...)
Serbia, or the parts of Serbia I saw were amazing. People are very friendly towards travellers, and speak english (which is something you learn to appreciate when living in Moldova).
I couchsurfed in Belgrad and manage to stay in a flat right in the center, got my own key and the next-door neighbour was the Nikola Tesla museum. After staying in Belgrad for a couple of days I went to majdenpek, which is a small mining town 4 hrs out of Belgrad. As in Moldova and Romanina, when you visit families in Serbia, the first thing they give you is dracia (strong alcohol that usually tastes like...) but in Serbia it actually pleasent to drink! I stayed there a couple of days and then headed to another miningtown on the border of Bulgaria called Bor. The first night I went to a motorbike festival with a gun's and roses' copyband - they put on quite a show. I have not so much to tell, since my main goal was to hang out with some friends. It as a really nice trip and I will defently come back to Serbia.

The view from Belgrad castle.

I have seen this a lot of different places, and apparently its a pro-Putin campaign. To start with I thought it was a joke - a funny way of criticizing Russian foreign policy, but I guess not.

One of the buildings in Belgrad thats still stands as an evidence of the Balkan war. This is the newsstation that was bombed by NATO killing 27( journalists and editors) because the leder of the newsstation was told by Serbian officials, not to take the threat of  bombing seriously.
This topic is still very sensitive, even amongst people my age, who were not directly involved.
My friend told me that because of all that happened, it is very important for most Serbs that visitors and travellers leave Serbia with a very good impression. In the tourbus (yes, I took one, I was lazy) they even started, "Serbia the country and Belgred the city that a known by all visitors as a friendly and relaxed place".

Nenad playing the harmonica. He lived in Bor.

Sonja, my friend who lived in Majdenpek.

Dracia...

Serbian countryside.

View of Romania, from Serbia,

The view of the mine.

The view of Bor.

Nenad and his father, in the village. His fathers family use to make wine and owned a pub in the village. They still make wine, but only for personal consumption.- and guests:)

At the motorbike concert.

Going for a hike.

The locals.