Day 40 – May 25 Wednesday

A lazy day, watched a bit of the French Open tennis, the Serbian players only (of course), then a bit of reading & photo sorting in the afternoon while a storm passed over & dumped a lot of rain.  During the day I also sat on the verandah & watched all the swifts (birds) flying around & was surprised when a few came straight for me, then stopped at a crack in the wall between the two buildings, folded their wings back & crawled into the crack.  The swifts are nesting in the small gap between the two five story buildings, the gap is only about 8cm wide & there are lots of swifts in there.

We went for a walk after the storm passed, dodging all the huge puddles of water laying around, the playgrounds are swimming pools now.  The roads are not much better, there is a lot of water covering the roads, closing them in places & slowing the traffic right down.  We took about 20 minutes to walk to Dejan & Alexandra’s apartment with Kosta & Gizella to visit them & their two children, Nikola & Jovan.  They have a lovely place on the fourth floor & have fitted it out very nicely.  We spent a few hours with them & I looked over the plans for a new kitchen & living room they are planning – it will make a big difference to their lives having so much more space.  They walked us half way back in the dusk, the water had mostly cleared & traffic was flowing again. The last time we saw them they were both busy studying to be doctors & now they are married & they have big children, they both speak English well & all the young kids are learning English, German plus they speak Serbian & Hungarian (they speak it well too).  Another lovely day.