Niš (and environs)

July 2019

 


Skull Tower (about):

 

Entrance.

 

Monument.

 

Skull.

 

Skulls.

 

More skulls.

 

City center, one.

 

City center, two.

 

City Hall.

 

Nišava River (thatÕs Tesla University on the right).

 

Rooftops.

 

Turkish.

 

Fortress cemetary.

 

Doesn't this cafe look inviting?

 

Crveni Krst concentration camp (about):

 

         Entrance.

 

         Yikes.

 

         Prison yard.

 

         Cells.

 

         Cell interior; self-portrait.

 

         Guard tower.

 

         Basketball court, through embrasure-like opening in camp wall.

 

Here is a photo of the full basketball court from the previous photo (because basketball and Serbia, ya know?).

 

Meadow, near Bulgarian border.

 

Queue at passport control on the Bulgarian border, mostly German Turks.

 

Dilapidated park, near Bulgarian border.

 

At passport control on the Serbian side of the border, the blue sign says something like, ÒDo not bribe and do not accept it.Ó As I was (slowly) reading the sign, I heard two border control guards asking each other if they were able to extract any money from the German Turks (see previous photo). The answer was Òno,Ó by the way. This was a fascinating border crossing.

 

Leaving Serbia, Bulgaria ahead.