Architecture of Belgrade, Serbia

Since I blogged about the architecture I saw while visiting the city of Bucharest, I thought it only fair to share pictures of the buildings of another capitol city, Belgrade. My first few days of my vacation were spent in Belgrade, thus they were also the days I was recovering from jet-lag. Yet, I managed to tour the Fortress in Belgrade, take a bus tour, see the Millennium Tower, and visit the Tesla Museum. Add in some walks around the city and I collected a few photos. Here are some of my favorites.

Belgrade Fortress

These first photos are of the Fortress in Belgrade. If it has a more official name I don't know it, since I didn't go on any tours. I just walked around the various ramifications. Though there is an outdoor dinosaur replica museum that I did visit.

Belgrade Fotrerss

Millennium Tower

The Millennium Tower is a beautiful structure that is in an area called Zemun. You can take a tour into it, which I did. Once inside you go up a spiral staircase. At the top you can walk around and from there get some great  photos of Belgrade.

Spiral staircase of Millennium Tower

View of Belgrade from Millennium Tower

Throughout the city there are many wonderful looking buildings that solidified for me a that I was in Europe. Here are some of those pictures for you to enjoy.

Belgrade

Church in Belgrade

Church in Belgrade

Belgrade

Belgrade government building

Belgrade

Oregon State Fair 2016 Concerts: Foreigner and Montgomery Gentry

This year I had the pleasure of attending the Oregon State Fair for the first time. I went to the Fair three times. The main purpose behind two of those visits was to enjoy the concerts.  The list of acts this year was impressive. If I could have managed it, I would have attended more of them, but in the end selected to see Foreigner and Montgomery Gentry.

Having recently relocated to Oregon from California, I am used to fairs costing $5 to $35 to get in.Years previously I visited the California State Fair and that was never a cheap day.

The Oregon State Fair is different. Opening night was only $1.50 to get in and $5 to park. The amazing part is the concerts are free with admission.  You can pay for VIP Seats, but I found no need to do that. The regular seats are good as you can see for yourself in the photos.

One thing to note about half the VIP seats (starting at $35) is they had benches with no backs. The free seats had backs. For some this doesn't matter as they spend most of a concert standing, but for me having something to lean against is always nice.

Seating for these concerts opened at 6 pm, and the shows started at 7 p.m. and lasted until about 8:30 p.m.  I arrived for Foreigner early thinking it would be hard to get seats, and that maybe I wouldn't, but that proved not to be an issue.
  

 

The night Montgomery Gentry played the entry cost to the Fair was only $1.50. Again I paid $5 for parking.  This time I didn't wait in line for seats, I walked around the Fair a bit first (including getting my free Oregon State Lottery Ticket and an ice tea) before settling in for the show.

As I like a variety of music, I enjoyed both shows. The crowds were energized, but not too big. Both shows even had a pre-show band play, of which I have a photo, but I can't seem to recall the exact name of that band. 

 The Oregon State Fair had many other things to enjoy, which I did as well, but I find it amazing one could go see some truly famous bands for less than $7 (and remember that was to get into the Fair and for parking as the concerts were free).

Here are a few more pictures for fun.