[Music] um all right let's go see monastery road trip search now
all right so we've made it in studio Monastery and the first thing we notice is this massive
and beautiful white marble Church which is actually the Church of the Virgin Mary now
they've done something very smart on the inside of the church and they've left the original 13th
century and 14th century paintings which to be clear are worn down is sort of missing in spots
but really command some respect and have a certain Vibe inside the church that has really formidable
and Grand although because of the old paintings they do not allow cameras in there so you'll
have to take my word for it because they protect the paintings from the flash of the camera now
there's actually two churches at this Monastery the Church of the Virgin Mary as well as the
Church of the king now the king in this instance is Stefan Nemanja who founded this Monastery in
1190 as well as I believe believe he's the founder of the medieval Serbian state so he's at least to
some degree the father of medieval Serbia and I believe his final resting place is here as well
now to be clear we are more or less in the middle of nowhere which sort of adds to the feeling of
the monastery it's a very quiet and peaceful place and the stone wall around the outside almost makes
it feel like a fortress at times but it is a bit of a drive to get here and there isn't really
anything to do other than learn the history and appreciate it although for me I enjoy a monastery
visit to start a road trip day you guys know I talk fast I'm very [ __ ] this place is very
calming presence it's like medicine for the soul I believe it's still a monastery today because
there are religious people around yes with long beards and black robes yes very calming that's
for sure very peaceful so uh with that being said let's continue our road trip let's go let's go
all right stop number two on our road trip today is meglitz Castle which you can see
way up here and I guess the story is there was a bridge connecting here to here but it was washed
away by some sort of flood and or high tide and so nowadays they have this volunteer boat that
goes across every two hours lucky for us we came here at the perfect time and it's going right now
we feel grateful for that and big shout out to the volunteers who get
people across to see some uh very unique history so let's go Meg Leets Castle
okay here we go oh your feet might get wet
okay something new Ibana
technology but it works shout out to the volunteers man can't beat it
all right made it across the boat ride which in the end was pretty
Scenic and actually free of charge so can't complain and now we have a short hike up to
the castle this is actually the Fallen Park camp Oh there's something like that
some ponies some goats running around and where we're trying to go is up there
and I got distracted we gotta go we got two hours to skip back because that boat
goes every two hours you missed the last boat you're spend the night in the volunteer camp
these volunteers gotta build a cable car
oh
Alice the pad right now looks pretty nice yes
oh my God yes oh my God yes right here guys
by the viewers gorgeous to be clear we're hiking at 2PM it's the hottest
part of the day yes no water no sunscreen no common sense in skirt and sandals oh
oh my gosh let's check this Fortress [Music] we are inside the Magnificent Fortress
let's explore you sound excited
all right so introducing Meg Lee's Castle which I guess has some Renovations and reconstruction
happening to it which is a good thing because the view up here in the history is second to none so
you guys know I love fortresses and Forts and strongholds and castles but the history here is
very unique so this place was built to defend against and actually has
history defending against the Mongolians rather than the Ottomans so it was built
in the early 1200s so early 13th century which only puts it like 200 years older
than the other fortresses we've seen that were used against the Ottomans but something about
the Mongolian Empire just sounds like a thousand years older than uh the Ottoman Empire I'm just
no no no what you're doing is you're going to the ladder oh come on come on don't stop
come on don't stop this is gonna be special good Viewpoint up here the Adventure Continues
I need like some kind of popsicles
oh yeah Ivana this is the place to be right now
this is it beautiful pathway here with the wooden uh fence are guardrail beside it just nice you can
imagine the son of Stefan pneumonia named Stefan Naman yitz he built this Castle who was the first
king of Serbia and his other son was Saint Sava who was the first Archbishop of Serbian orthodox
so pretty incredible lineage and this is what makes these road trip days so special to me
because honestly through all the sweat and sunburn and muscle cramps this place is so
much better than any classroom I could ever sit in so we've learned a lot today about uh some really
important people in medieval Serbia and what better place to learn all this stuff than up
here with these incredible views uh there's a boat we came on up there's a river running through you
can imagine right here something like 800 years ago Serbian people fighting off the Mongolians
and then a couple hundred years later fighting off the Ottoman Empire uh seriously special place too
walk around all these little passageways and uh do feel kind of scary on this wooden platform part
but uh come on this is how you can actually learn for me and retain the information
because if I sit in a classroom the info goes over here and out the other ear if I come here
I can actually remember it in store because what an adventure we've been on today from the boat
ride all the way up to the uh staircase and now we're oh my gosh hanging on the edge of a castle
Serbian road trip success
with that being said let's uh go find some food maybe we can eat the same thing that
Stefan amanie would have eaten what would a founder of a country eat Ivana
maybe maybe roast maybe bread maybe roasted pig I was gonna say hi Mark
kaimak let's go find some good Serbian food wow look at the view here babe
and with that we go for lunch scene so check out our accommodation everybody
here we are in Carl yavo top floor you can see with the slanted ceiling got the bedroom
looks like two rooms actually but it's actually the same room now that I realize it and kitchen
over here I will say one of the easiest check-in processes in all of Serbia right the guy who check
us in names are on was very good now our very cool window here on the diagonal uh our plan was to
go explore Carl javo which is where we are now but as you can see the storm is coming
trees are moving and the wind is blowing so I think we're gonna wait for the Carl Diego vlog
for tomorrow morning so Ivana and I are not going to make it to go out for dinner
it just started raining right now oh lightning the storm is literally coming right now you can
see the lightning so rather than go for dinner Yvonne's gonna make us some very
delicious cold cuts and cheese sandwiches which is very exciting and we'll show you guys Coral
Gable tomorrow evidently there's a huge Sundial but uh yes you're not going to see a sundial in
a storm so see you guys tomorrow transition so wakey wakey eggs and Bicky everybody it is
now tomorrow morning we are here in the center of Carl yevo where there is this
statue here this big monument that also doubles as a sundial which is a pretty unique feature
of a downtown or center of a city at least from what Ivana and I have seen in our travels although
I'm going to expose my lack of brain power in the coming moments here because this is the
shadow coming off the sundial as you can see it points way to this sort of Gray Line here over
here you can see VII which to me means seven over here v-i-i-i which to me means eight so
the shadow is in between seven and eight which makes it feel like it's 7 30. unfortunately the
time right now is something like 9 18 9 18. so we are totally missing how to read this Sundial uh I
think we're doing it wrong but it looks like it's between seven and eight to make matters
worse there is a Cyrillic uh letter here that looks like a three I'm sure it's not a three but
somewhere between seven and eight and three somehow that makes nine fifteen
anyway it's a nice statue nonetheless so come along with us as we explore the
uh Center of coralieval maybe for a morning coffee let's go [Music]
all right simple breakfast here today guys we found this nice spot for our sandwich and a
coffee We're not gonna eat too much this morning because later today we're driving to Niche for the
greatest restaurant in all of Serbia we're gonna go back there we were there two years ago and we
uh had the best Serbian food we ever had so we're gonna go back to Cafe and mirac later today uh
Serbia tends to make good sandwiches because they have good bread and good prosciutto yeah this one
is simple but good the bread is good oh and cheese all right fresh bread yeah all right all right
there you have it everybody yes I'm tired actually we've done a full yeah not a lot and yesterday
hiking visiting Monastery magnet's Castle don't miss it yes you guys know me I love the
fortresses I love the castles that place is nice it was so beautiful up there yeah worth the hike
all right cheers everybody cheers and uh we'll see you from the next
video at Defender mirac maybe the best restaurant in the whole world yes [Music]
[Laughter] okay probably will give them a piece then a piece that's better yes
nope they don't like sandwich I mean they prefer Jeff up I don't know
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oh gosh look what I've done Ivana the animals are coming around everywhere birds and dogs everywhere
the best Castle we've seen yes we saw some nice ones in Romania this is real
history not refurbished for marketing purposes this is real deal this is like
pornari castle where vladby and Taylor actually live right right and spend time
nice Castle beautiful I think it's my favorite castle I tend to be a victim of the moment and
do hyperbole but no no no no I agree with you I agree with you yeah look at this oh
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