Fotos on an April Friday

This golden man with his golden umbrella and urn set out to make everyone smile with his golden afro. I paid about 20 dinar in order for Connor to have this wonderful opportunity. I'm a giver.

After the golden man we confronted Connor's worst nightmare. Puppets. Admittedly, these puppets were creepy. They played those tiny little instruments too. When we passed back by the tiny African American puppet was playing the trumpet in front of a tiny Serb girl. He had soul and she looked horrified. I have no idea what Connor looked like because he was about twelve feet behind me.

Sometimes I feel a little pixelated myself.

According to Connor, this sign says "Children are not slaves".

Shown: Not Slaves

At the end of this huge mural were some little men selling some fantastic paintings. As far as I know they weren't slaves or children either.

Oh dear Nato, I'm not finding many fans 'round here.

Oldies, but goodies. These are from Michaela's birthday party (she's the tiger). She had a clown at her party. I've never seen a clown at an American party. We're culturally petrified of them, it was a surreal experience. He was awesome.

He was a party maven. Not only did he do clown things, he also painted faces.

"Hey Connor, where is the closest tiger? RIGHT HERE!"

Shown here: Party hat triceratops and bewildered tiger

I love Belgrade....hidden in the elevator lobby of the mall.

The eProp. The most realistic fake laptop you will ever seen. Those swedes don't play. Ikea is legit, even when its not.

Creepy baby showcases Ikea wares.

One great thing about the mall

besides KFC is that there is literally always something going on. We never know what exactly will be going on, but its a guarantee that something will. This month its not only the mall's third birthday, but also Serbian Easter. So Connor and I dropped into the mall before exploring and walked right into some celebrations. We had to walk by the Easter celebration and in the food court there were some crazy photo opportunities. We took these photos after watching KFC facilitate some under age drinking. Although it was weird to us, its kind of par for the course to see young teens drinking Heineken. You can tell you're in Europe when you can buy a beer with your combo meal...or as your meal. I've got a ton of exploring photos for a later post as well. There are two many to include in one though.

This is the front side of the massive mall here in New Belgrade.

Connor showing what a beautiful fairy princess he really is.

The third pig played accordion, did you know that?

Which Musketeer would you be Connor?

I was the blue fairy to Connor's pink.

And I was slightly sad that I played this little stick...or I was tattling on our piggy friend.

Also, I think I make a more impressive Musketeer.

This was the large egg sitting right inside the doorway. There was a security guard for Marks and Spencer that was very suspicious of our motives.

Two floors up from the Easter celebration. The kids were decorating eggs and there was a magician. It was a bit crazy.

Welcome to Usce and its never ending celebrations.