Spring Time = Good Times

I thought that I would post some random-type pictures of things that I've been doing here.  After being here for 5 months, I'm finally starting to have some good friends (though a good friend recently left -boo!).  Such is the life of expats.  People are always coming and going.

I may have mentioned that I went out for St. Paddy's day with the Hashers to an Irish Pub called 3 Carrots.  They had live music, which was a Serbian band playing Irish music.  They were actually really good.  The place was packed and it was a great time.  The hashers are so much fun!

Guinness - New in Belgrade (not sure how old this sign is!)

Some of the Hashers

The late night group

The following weekend, some of the Hashers took me out for my birthday.  We went out to a traditional Serbian restaurant (Moj Šešir - my hat), and had the traditional meal of meat, meat, and meat. 

This is for 5 people.  And we had already had appetizers (with meat), soup (with meat), and salad (no meat!).  I know that people don't eat like this every day, but I still can't understand how the Serbs are so thin!

On my actual birthday, my coworkers got me some beautiful flowers and sang to me in Serbian.  It was so sweet and unexpected!

And then the next night, some of us hosted a Baby Shower for a Hasher couple.  She is American and he is Ukrainian and they are due in mid-April.  Because it was kind of last minute, some of my friends bought and prepped the food, and then brought it to my place for plating.  So my job was to clean and clean up and to help them get stuff set up.  It was really nice and fun.  I don't have any pics of the actual celebration, but here is the spread that we prepared in record time (thanks B and S!).

Spring is here, and though I do miss the tremendous Texas(sized) thunderstorms, we did have a few storms here. 

The trees in the foreground have leaves, though the trees in the background don't yet.  But Spring is HERE!

For those of you that worry that I'm here all alone and lonely, don't! I'm having a good time and meeting lots of cool people and experiencing so many new things. I miss you all, but I’m in no hurry to get back to Texas. I have learned many things about myself in the last year, and I my only regret is that this experience has to end soon. This is the first time in my life that I have ever really been alone, and it is has been rewarding. Self discovery is interesting and can be painful, but it is good to keep growing. And in this incredibly ego-centered world, I have an outlet to share myself, which is therapeutic. So thanks for reading! And get outside and enjoy this weather! Happy Spring (again!).