Wednesday, 21 May 2008
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Yay! I can eat real food again!!! I just got back from my last trip to the dentist (well, actually I'm going back in a week just to make sure everything's healing ok), and in a few minutes I'm headed to a nice cafe/restaurant on the Danube with Igor. It's not as romantic as it sounds, but the food is really the key here. Mmm sopska salata... ok I'll stop.
In other news, I'm officially in my last week here in Novi Sad. As I've probably mentioned before, my flight leaves from Belgrade next Thursday, but since I'll have to wake up before the sun rises to get to the airport on time I'll be heading down a day early and staying with Ljilja and Desko. It still hasn't really sunk in that I'll be leaving Serbia so soon. What will I do when I can't walk over to the best friends' whenever I feel like, or pretend like I didn't understand something, or ride public transport without paying? I guess in the end it's worth the trade-off of not making a fool of myself at the Mercatur cheese counter every week.
Despite my oral impairments, I've been doing a decent job of getting out and being social for my last week. On Monday I hung out with the party friends, one of whom just got back from Prague. I have to say, I really regret not meeting them earlier, because they're damn cool. Plus, Zoran has a particularly amusing habit of talking to me half in English/half in Serbian (even worse than a former Hungarian friend who shall remain unnamed), resulting in lots of puzzled stares on the street. Good times. I also regret that I'd never been to the cafe where we ended up hanging out before, because it was super nice and super cheap! Always a good combination. Maybe I can convince the best friends to go with me one more time before I leave... maybe. If I'm paying.
Speaking of me paying, my stack of Serbian cash has officially dwindled down to nothing, and my $80 bank account isn't going to help out much. Theoretically I should be ok, because my landlord owes me 360 euro, but he keeps not scheduling a time to meet up, despite numerous text messages on my part (which was a big step). On the plus side though, the future tenant came by to check out the place, and he said he wants internet!!!!! Why is this such great news, you're wondering? Well, my internet contract lasts for a year, even though I only wanted it for 7 months, and my landlord said if the next tenant didn't want internet I'd have to pay for the rest of the year (which I was willing to do). But now, I won't have to! This saves me at least $100. Much appreciated.
So, since my financial situation is boring and I can't wait any longer to get real food, you'll have to wait until next time for any more updates. Hope it's not too inconvenient.
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