Today we wandered around sports island or Ada Ciganlija, completed two Escape Games, and went wandering around the Fortress.
First up, Ada Ciganlija!
Ada Ciganlija or Ada is an island in Belgrade that has various sports fields, courts, and arenas, as well as recreation areas and restaurants.
It's a giant mentos and coke bottle. Or that's what it looks like at least.
er......Stone Henge?
Mentos fountain from another angle.
These owls are mascots for an energy drink called Guarana. I thought they were kind of funny.
The park had these weird structures around it randomly. We're not sure what they're for.
We decided to stop and get something to drink and sit for a bit.
Ada also has "beaches" to hang out on during the summer.
This little guy hung out with us while we had our drinks. He hopped around quite a bit.
Apparently there is a water-skiing track at the one end of Ada.
The water-ski track. There were four bars that hung from a rotating scaffold which you would grad and it would pull you around on your skis.
Some of the beaches and two of the weird structures I mentioned earlier.
Before the water-ski track was an area for nude bathing.
We thought our punny friends would appreciate this one.
We left Ada and headed out to explore some of the local markets.
The first market was more clothing and household goods.
Bathing suits!
Veggies and people!
These onions and beans were so nicely arranged.
We left the markets to head over to try our hand at some Belgrade Escape Games.
We found some art!
We wanted to get something to eat before going to the Escape Games, but were having a hard time finding open restaurants. We eventually found a random generic Asian restaurant. We were quite hungry so I'm not sure if the food was actually fine or if I was just that hungry.
We scarfed down our food and headed to the Escape Games.
Alright, we signed up for Adrenalin Escape Games's Tito room. The idea was that Tito's wife Jovanka thinks he's cheating on her and we have to find who Tito really loves and the code to get out of Tito's secret office.
We escaped! With 17 minutes and 27 seconds left - we started with 60 minutes. Turns out Tito loves Jovanka. Tito was a Yugoslavian dictator during the Golden Age.
We had so much fun with Tito's room, and we had the time, so we decided to try the other escape room Adrenalin had - Tesla's Mind. The goal of this one is to escape Tesla's mind before you go insane.
We escaped! We had 9 minutes and 33 seconds left of our 60 minute time limit.
It was very different from the other room we have done, but we had a great time.
Tesla was a famous scientist who is well known for his work in alternating current.
After the escape games we went out walking to the Belgrade Fortress.
We got to the fortress via the pedestrian mall.
I found some street art:
Chicken!
The Belgrade Fortress in the daylight:
I don't know who these people are.
I think they're heroes of the Communist Revolution, but....don't quote me on that.
From the fortress looking out to the Sava river.
Looking down the fortress walls to the road and the river.
Here's where the Danube and Sava rivers join.
I found a clock tower we could climb! Dan was thrilled.
Michael was happy enough to climb the tower.
Views from the tower:
Look! I was there!
It was not a very tall or difficult climb, but the views were pretty.
We wandered off to find a Geocache and passed this amusing sign.
And this pretty view of the side of the fortress.
The cache was originally hidden around the cannons, but had been moved to a wall location about 30 feet to the right. We managed to find it.
After all the adventuring we had today, we decided it was time to go home and relax.
This concludes our adventure for today.
