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    November 24

    I Wish You Were Here

    Wish you were here

    Wish you were here...
    Me, oh, my countryman,
    Wish you were here...

    I wish you were here...
    Don't you know, the snow is getting colder,
    And I miss you like hell,
    And I'm feeling blue...

    I've got feelings for you,
    Do you still feel the same?
    From the first time I laid my eyes on you,
    I felt joy of living,
    I saw heaven in your eyes...
    In your eyes...

    Wish you were here,
    Me, oh, my countryman,
    Wish you were here...

    I wish you were here...
    Don't you know, the snow is getting colder,
    And I miss you like hell...
    And I'm feeling blue...

    I miss your laugh, I miss your smile,
    I miss everything about you...
    Every second's like a minute,
    Every minute's like a day
    When you're far away...

    The snow is getting colder, baby,
    And I wish you were here...
    A battlefield of love and fear,
    And I wish you were here...

    I've got feelings for you,
    From the first time I laid my eyes on you...
    your company

    - Blackmore's Night -

    November 02

    To my Dad

    Samo za tebe tata, Just for you daddy

     

     

    Mi ne mozemo da biramo roditelje i boju koze ili da li smo bogati ili siromasni. Sve sto imamo je onaj izbor koji samo napravimo u zivotu. Godine mogu smezurati kozu, ali kad nam nestane entuzijazma to smezura dusu. Kad nasa secanja prekriju snove mozemo reci da smo ostarili. Ali ja mislim da se to jos ne moze primeniti na tebi jer u tvojim ocima jos uvek ima ona varnica i u tvome srcu jos ima snova.

     

    Zelim ti srecan rodjendan, puno zdravlja I nek ti se sve zelje ispune.Ok, ne bas sve ali eto bar onih pola koje zelis meni .  Da mi zivis jos ovoliko godina u sreci I zdravlju.

    Hvala za strpljenje I podrsku koju mi pruzas svaki dan.

     

    We have no choice of what color we're born or who our parents are or whether we're rich or poor. What we do have is some choice over what we make of our lives once we're here.

    Years wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul. When our memories outweigh our dreams, we have grown old. However i still see those sparks in your eyes and dreams in your heart.

     

    I wish you happy birthday, good health and may all your wishes come true. Ok, not exactly all of them. May you live 61 year more in good health and happiness.

    Thank you for patience and support that I get from you every day.

     

    Jelena

    October 02

    Angel came down

    Angel came down
    From heaven yesterday,
    Stayed with me just long enough
    To rescue me....

    And she told me a story yesterday;
    About the sweet love
    Between the moon and the deep blue sea.

    Then she spread her wings high over me.
    She said,Ill come back again to see you tomorrow....

    And I said fly on, my sweet angel.
    Fly on through the sky.
    Fly on, my sweet angel.
    Tomorrow Im gonna be by your side....

    Sure enough,
    This woman came home to me.
    Silver wings silhouetted against a childs sunrise....

    And my angel,
    She said unto me,
    today is the day for you to rise.
    Take my hand, youre gonna be my mind,
    And she took me high over yonder.....

    And I said fly on, my sweet angel.
    Fly on through the sky.
    Fly on, my sweet angel.
    Tomorrow Im gonna be by your side....


    Jimi Hendrix
    September 06

    Birthday party

     
    On 4th was Marco's birthday and we made small party for the kids, they enjoyed it much. Here are few photos from the party.
     
     

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    Marco

     

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    Milan

     

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    Blowing the candle 

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    "Craaashh" 

    August 22

    Angel loves..

    Angel Loves Him




    Angel Loves Him,

    Nothing she can do.
    He came into her life,
    Making dreams come true.

    He plays with her imagination,
    To keep their world alive.
    How long does she think,
    She will be able to survive.

    She has never kissed his lips,
    Nor looked into his eyes.
    Never spent the night beside him,
    Or heard his loving sighs.

    She waits for the chance,
    That he may call.
    She sits and wonders,
    If he thinks of her at all.

    Soon the phone rings,
    All that she will hear,
    A message of...."I LoveYou."
    Softly spoken in her ear.

    He Loves Angel....
    Nothing he can do.
    She came into his life,
    Making dreams come true.

    By: Christine McClimans

    I dont remember if I posted this song some time back but no harm is done when something beautiful as this is repeated.

    August 10

    In the ocean of your eyes

     
    Hello Friends,
     
    After very long time i have heard this song again, it is sang by Jagjit Singh, very beautiful and touching Ghazal. Thought of sharing it with you. My good friend Sanjay Agrawal has translated it for me long time ago. So here it is.
     
    Aapni aankho ke samundar mein
     
    Apni Aankho Ke Samundar Mein Utar Jaane De,
    Tera Mujrim Hoon Mujhe Doob Ke Mar Jaane De

    Ay Nayey Dosth Main Samjhoonga Tujhe Bhee Apna,
    Pehle Maazi Ka Koi Zakhm To Bhar Jaane De

    Aag Duniya Ki Lagayee Hui Bhuj Jayeygee,
    Koi Aansoo Mere Daaman Pe Bikhar Jaane De

    Zakhm Kitne Teri Chaahat Se Mile Hain Mujko,
    Sonchtaa Hoon Ki Kahoon Tujhse Magar Jaane De
     
    Here is the translation.
     
    In the ocean of your eyes
     

    Allow me to drown in the ocean of your eyes,

    I am your convict, permit to drown and die

    O new friend, I shall consider you mine,

    but first let the festering wounds of the boatman heal.

    The fires stoked by this world shall extinguish with time,

    Let some tear drops spread over my cloth

    I thought of telling you

    about the wounds inflicted upon me

    due to my love for you, but

    let it be..
    July 13

    Serenade

    SERENADE

    by Edgar Allan Poe

    1850

    So sweet the hour, so calm the time,

    I feel it more than half a crime,

    When Nature sleeps and stars are mute,

    To mar the silence ev'n with lute.

    At rest on ocean's brilliant dyes

    An image of Elysium lies:

    Seven Pleiades entranced in Heaven,

    Form in the deep another seven:

    Endymion nodding from above

    Sees in the sea a second love.

    Within the valleys dim and brown,

    And on the spectral mountain's crown,

    The wearied light is dying down,

    And earth, and stars, and sea, and sky

    Are redolent of sleep, as I

    Am redolent of thee and thine

    Enthralling love, my Adeline.

    But list, O list,–so soft and low

    Thy lover's voice tonight shall flow,

    That, scarce awake, thy soul shall deem

    My words the music of a dream.

    Thus, while no single sound too rude

    Upon thy slumber shall intrude,

    Our thoughts, our souls–O God above!

    In every deed shall mingle, love.

     

    Isn't it just beautiful?

    July 05

    Poem

    Hello friends,

    I have to thank Joyful Forester for song that he wrote as response to my “My Friend” blog entry. Here is the song and the translation.

    (I have to admit that I asked for help in translating song as I was just inpatient to do it my self…)

     

    DO DIL JO DHADAKE EK SAATH

    DO ZUBAAN BOLE EK BAAT 

    SOCHE DO LOG KUCHH EK SAATH

    NAZARE KUCHH DEKHE SAATH SAATH

    DEKHOO MAI PAIRO KE NISHAN

    JAATE DOOR TALAK EK SAATH.

     

    Two hearts which beat together

    Two tongues (mouths) which speak the same thing

    Two people who think the same thing

    The eyes which see same thing together

    I see the signs of the footprints

    Going too far.. together...

     

     

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    June 25

    My Friend

    HELLO FRIENDS

     

    Something very strange is happening to me, I have a friend to whom I talk every day. We tease a lot, rag and share happy and sad moments.

    Lately, well not lately almost from the beginning, it so happened that we say exactly the same thing to each other and at the same time. At first we didn’t notice it , but lately it started happening more and more often, and it was kind of uncanny to hear your words "echoing" from the other end, and what more, our actions it self became almost synchronised. I say, ok I will pick up the phone and call him and at same time I receive a call from him. Or I am sitting at my desk bored with myself and I think, let me check what he is upto, and at that exact moment he comes online “Hi”. Uncanny isn’t it?

    Moreover, it happened I think, three times in a row we said exactly the same thing to each other. Though we laughed about, it was strange.

    Now I would like to ask you spacers,has anything like this  it happen to you. What was your reaction. This is something strange, isn't it?

     

     

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    May 09

    PIX

    Just look at these nature beauties, I was left breathless when I saw them..
    http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e228/kalesin2zendar/polarbears.jpg
     
    White bears from Arctic
    http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e228/kalesin2zendar/Angelshark.jpg
     
    Angel Sharks
    They are listed as "criticaly" endangered.They are found in the northeast Atlantic Ocean,the Mediterranean and the Black Sea where once abundant.
    They are already extinct in the North Sea after years of overfishing for meat, liver and oil.In addition, many sharks are caught by accident by trawelers fishing for other species
     
    http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e228/kalesin2zendar/Whitetipshark.jpg
     
     Oceanic white tip sharks
    they inhabit tropical and subtropical oceans.Hunted for their fins, oil and meat, often accidentaly caught by trawelers fishing for other species.
     
     http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e228/kalesin2zendar/Bluepoisonfrog.jpg
     
    Blue poison frog
    The blue poison frog,a native of Suriname in South America,is listed as "vulnerable" by the World Conservation Union.One in three frog species around the world is in danger of extinction.With the destruction of its rainforest habitat, the blue poison frog has become one of the most treatened of all poison dart frogs.. Its collor warns would-be attackers that it can secrete poisons capable of paralyzing and even killing predators.
     
    http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e228/kalesin2zendar/Mantarays.jpg
     
    Manta ray
    Found troughout the world's tropical ocean waters,once hunted for their liver oil and skin.The rays have slow reproductive cycle and are still often caught accidentaly by fisherman.
     
    http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e228/kalesin2zendar/Goldenrumpedsengi.jpg
     
    Golden-rumped sengi
    A native of Kenya, the golden-rumped sengi is listed as "endangered". The species. related to an ancient goup of African mammals that includes elephants and moles, is losing habitat as forests are cleared for farming and timber.
    http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e228/kalesin2zendar/Pinkpigeon.jpg
     
    Pink pigeon listed as "endangered", native to Mauritius.Severe deforestation as well as the appearance of non native predators nearly wiped out the species,but recent recovery efforts have increased the population.
     
     
     
    April 08

    DREAMY SIGHTS

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    This is somewhere in Bangladesh
     
     
    http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e228/kalesin2zendar/great_ocean_road.jpg
     
    This is exit to sea Australia
     
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    New Zeland
     
    http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e228/kalesin2zendar/3-kameny-v-prilivu-ii_pp.jpg
     
    Dawn at sea
     
    ehh i was just day dreaming....
    April 07

    Poem

    Angel Loves Him
     
    Angel Loves Him,
    Nothing she can do.
    He came into her life,
    Making dreams come true.
     
    He plays with her imagination,
    To keep their world alive.
    How long does she think,
    She will be able to survive.
     
    She has never kissed his lips,
    Nor looked into his eyes.
    Never spent the night beside him,
    Or heard his loving sighs.
     
    She waits for the chance,
    That he may call.
    She sits and wonders,
    If he thinks of her at all.
     
    Soon the phone rings,
    All that she will hear,
    A message of...."I LoveYou."
    Softly spoken in her ear.
     
    He Loves Angel....
    Nothing he can do.
    She came into his life,
    Making dreams come true.
     
    By: Christine McClimans

     
    Awesome Poem i read it somewhere and it just amazed me,really beautiful poem....very very apliable....
     
     
    March 19

    Again my town

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    Winter in Belgrade
     
    http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e228/kalesin2zendar/the_old_bridge_in_belgrade.jpg
     
    The Old Bridge
     
    http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e228/kalesin2zendar/kalemegdan_belgrade.jpg
     
    Kalemegdan Fort
     
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    Summer on Kalemegdan and look at military museum trough trees....picture lost in time
     
    http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e228/kalesin2zendar/belgrade_kalemegdan_fortress.jpg
     
    Look at Kalemegdan asross river Sava
     
    I had to share these beautiful photos here, it is my town and i love it
     
    Enjoy
    March 17

    Ocean of your eyes

    Apni Aankho Ke Samundar Mein

     

    Apni Aankho Ke Samundar Mein Utar Jaane De,
    Tera Mujrim Hoon Mujhe Doob Ke Mar Jaane De

    Ay Nayey Dosth Main Samjhoonga Tujhe Bhee Apna,
    Pehle Maazi Ka Koi Zakhm To Bhar Jaane De

    Aag Duniya Ki Lagayee Hui Bhuj Jayeygee,
    Koi Aansoo Mere Daaman Pe Bikhar Jaane De

    Zakhm Kitne Teri Chaahat Se Mile Hain Mujko,
    Sonchtaa Hoon Ki Kahoon Tujhse Magar Jaane De

     

    Artist: Jagjit Singh

     

    Song sounds wonderfull and Sanjay has translated it to me but i cant search his blog for it now as it is burried there in that wonderfull mix of translations

     

    March 11

    Song

    CHALE JAISE HAWAEIN

    chale jaise havaa'e.n sanan sanan

    uRe jaise pari.nde gagan gagan

    jaa'e.n titliyaa.n jaise chaman chaman

    yuu.nhii ghumuu.n mai.n bhii magn magn

    mai.n diiwaanii dil kii raanii gam se anjaanii

    kab Dartii huu.n voh kartii huu.n jo hai THaanii 

    chale jaise havaa'e.n sanan sanan

    uRe jaise pari.nde gagan gagan

    koii roke koii aa'e

    jitna bhii mujhko samjhaa'e

    mai.n na sunuu.ngii kabhii

    apne hii dhun me.n rahatii huu.n

    mai.n pagalii huu.n mai.n ziddii huu.n

    kahate hai.n yeh to sabhii

    koii nahii.n jaana ki armaan kya hai mera

    chale jaise havaa'e.n sanan sanan

    uRe jaise pari.nde gagan gagan

    jaa'e.n titliyaa.n jaise chaman chaman

    yuu.nhii ghumuu.n mai.n bhii magn magn

    mai.n diiwaanii dil kii raanii gam se anjaanii

    kab Dartii huu.n voh kartii huu.n jo hai THaanii 

    chale jaise havaa'e.n sanan sanan

    uRe jaise pari.nde gagan gagan

    aa'e hasiina'e.n to aa'e.n

    mujhko dikhaane apnii adaa'e.n

    mai.n bhii kuchh kam nahii.n

    aa.nkho.n me.n aa.nkhe.n jo Daaluu.n

    dil na churaa luu.n hosh churaa luu.n

    koii ho kitna hasiin

    mera ho gaya voh jo ek baar mujhse milaa

    chale jaise havaa'e.n sanan sanan

    uRe jaise pari.nde gagan gagan

    jaa'e.n bha.nvare jaise chaman chaman

    yuu.nhii ghumuu.n mai.n bhii magn magn

    mai.n diiwaana mai.n anjaana gam se begaana

    huu.n awaara lekin pyaara sabne maana

    chale jaise havaa'e.n sanan sanan

    uRe jaise pari.nde gagan gagan

    jaa'e bha.nvare jaise chaman chaman

    yuu.nhii ghumuu.n mai.n bhii magn magn

    chale jaise havaa'e.n sanan sanan

    uRe jaise pari.nde gagan gagan

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    Translation

    Like a whispering, wandering wind,

    like a bird soaring in the sky,

    like butterflies flocking through a garden

    I will wander, lost in ecstasy.

    I'm mad with love, the queen of hearts, a stranger to grief;

    when I fear, I lose myself in what I do.

    Like a whispering, wandering wind,

    like a bird soaring in the sky...

    Any who stop me, any who come,

    no matter how much they reason with me,

    I will never heed them.

    I live according to my own whims;

    I'm insane, I'm stubborn,

    so says everyone.

    No one's yet realized the desire that drives me.

    Like a whispering, wandering wind,

    like a bird soaring in the sky,

    like butterflies flocking through a garden

    I will wander, lost in ecstasy.

    I'm mad with love, the queen of hearts, a stranger to grief;

    when I fear, I lose myself in what I do.

    Like a whispering, wandering wind,

    like a bird soaring in the sky...

    If beautiful women appear, let them;

    let them flaunt their charms before me.

    I'm no less than they are.

    When I look into others' eyes,

    I won't just steal their hearts, I'll steal their wits!

    No matter how beautiful,

    a person becomes mine who meets me just once.

    Like a whispering, wandering wind,

    like a bird soaring in the sky,

    like bees swarming a garden,

    I will wander, lost in ecstasy.

    I'm mad with love, unique, a stranger to grief.

    I'm a vagabond, but everyone has acknowledged my appeal.

    Like a whispering, wandering wind,

    like a bird soaring in the sky,

    like bees swarming a garden,

    I will wander, lost in ecstasy.

    Like a whispering, wandering wind,

    like a bird soaring in the sky...

     

    I just love this song it is really beautiful one from movie Main Hoon Na

     

     

    February 21

    DREAM

    This is like dream!!!
    MAURITIUS
     
     
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    Banian tree.....
     
     
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    Morne Brabant.....
     
    http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e228/kalesin2zendar/sunshade.jpg
    Sun shade....i magine my self on this tree in this shade ......
     
    http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e228/kalesin2zendar/mauritiusparrots.jpg
    It would be wonderfull to hear their chatter..
     
    http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e228/kalesin2zendar/thunderstorm.jpg
    The air after thunderstormis filled with ozone and freshnes rises from the grass.....
     
    http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e228/kalesin2zendar/enjoy-your-meal.jpg
    Best way to treat one self after seeing this beauties is sea food...isn't it just calling asking to be eaten!!!!
     
    Cheers
    Jelena
    January 07

    Orthodox Christmas

    Hello Friends,
    today is Orthodox Christmas and time of love, sharing and understanding
    so i have decided to share some beautiful pictures taken last year.
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    birth of Christ fresc from the wall of one of the monasteries
     
     
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    This is monastery Grachanica and this is christmas eve when christmas tree(oak tree) was burned,custom taken from old Slovene religion
     
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    same picture but different city.
     
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    Christmas Litugy held in Monastery Dechani
     
    http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a110/kalesin/manastirdecani.jpg
    inside of the monastery
     
    And one special photo of our royal family that was banned from this land for more than 50 years,but now days that mistake is getting fixed
    King Alexander, queen in the middle president Tadic,left to the king next to him one princ, next to the queen other princ. 
     
    http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a110/kalesin/kraljaleksandaripredsedniktadic.jpg
     
    one note: those monasteries are all on that turmoil land Kosovo and they are under prottection of UNESCO as heritage of one culture,and they are more than 300years old.They are from 12th and 13th century!!!
    Yeah
    one custom we do not say Marry Christmas we say : Christis born and reply to that is: It is truth he is born!
     
    Cheers and i hope that this Christmas and New Year will bring us all good.!!
     
     
    January 02

    New Year in Belgrade

    This is how my city celebrated New Year, just a 4 pics but i hope it can show the atmosphere!!!
     
     
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    Knez Mihajlova Street
     
    http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a110/kalesin/beograd1.jpg
     
    National Theatre
     
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    Knez Mihajlova Street New Year Eve
     
    http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a110/kalesin/hram3.jpg
     
    And theese are the fireworks near the temple of Saint Sava
     
    Enjoy
    December 14

    My City

    Belgrade my city and some of its beauties...
    Kalemegdan the Belgrade fort has great hystorycal meaning.
     

    http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a110/kalesin/image0010.jpg The Clock Tower

     
    6000BC:The Vinca culture flourishes in the teritory of today's Belgrade.
    267 BC: Scordisci founded Singidunum.168 BC: The Illyrians are defeated by the Romans.
    AD 378-441: The Roman settlement of Singidunum is destroyed by the Huns.
    535: Byzantine Emperor Justinian rebuilds the Kalemegdan fortress.
    610: Serbs settle here in Singidunum, changing its name
     to Beograd.
    868: The name "Beograd"
    appears in a written document for the first time, in a letter 

    from the Pope.

    The image “http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a110/kalesin/disdartower.jpg” cannot be displayed, because it contains errors.Disdar tower

    10th century: Belgrade taken over by Bulgaria, Hungary and Byzantium.
    1284 - 1319: - Serbian rule began when the Serbian king Dragutin, son-in-law of the Hungarian king Ladislav IV 

    got Belgrade as dowry.
    1403 - 1427: - Despot Stephan 
    Lazarevic's rule.
    1404: Serbian Empire collapses, Belgrade becomes the capital 
    of northern Serbia.
    1427 - 1521: - Hungarian rule 
    (In 1456-Turkish siege lead by Sultan Mehmed II did not suceed as Belgrade was defended by 
    János Hunyadi -Sibinjanin Janko).
    1521: Belgrade falls to Sultan Suleiman the Great. Serbia is becomes part of the Turkish Ottoman empire for 300 years.


     

    http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a110/kalesin/zindangate.jpg Zindan gate

    1526: The Battle of Mochas,between the Ottoman empire and Hungary. Hungary is deffeted and their king Louis II is killed.Hungary  loses its independence.
    1683: Vizier Kara Mustapha,the leader of the Ottoman army, suffers a great loss at the siege of Vienna.
    6 Sep 1688 - 8 Oct 1690: - Austrian rule
    22 Aug 1717 - 4 Sep 1739: 
     - Austrian rule-Prince Eugene 

    of Savoy captures Belgrade 

    and northern Serbia. The fort 

    is completely reconstructed 

    and modernized.

    http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a110/kalesin/zindangateinside.jpg

                                       inside the Zindan gate



    1789 - Sep 1791: - Austrian
    rule
    14 Feb 1804 - 3 Oct 1813: 
    - Insurrection against Ottoman rule. Karadjordje or Black Ðorde, led a revolt against the Ottoman Empire. Serbs takes over the fortress of Kalemegdan.
    21 Nov 1815: - Milos Obrenovic, prince of Serbia, leads a Serb revolt against the Ottoman Empire. He succeeds, but  a garrison of Turkish troops  remain in the fortress.
    Principality of Serbia (official from 6 Nov 1817) is founded.

    http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a110/kalesin/oneoftwozindantowersatzindangate.jpg One of the Zindan towers

     


    6 Apr 1867: -Two Turkish soldiers kill a young Serb. In the disorder a Serbian policeman is killed and another is hurt. The incident incites riots that continue throughout the night. The garrison then opens fire from the fortress onto Belgrade for four hours.Ottomans leave Kalemegdan fortress in Belgrade. 

    13 Jul 1878: - Independence recognized by the Congress of 
    Berlin.

    http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a110/kalesin/image0004.jpg 

    Enterance that leeds to Clock tower

    this wall was originaly built by Austrian empire , rebuilt by Otoman empire 

    6 Mar 1882: - Kingdom of Serbia
    11 Aug 1914 - 21 Aug 1914: - Austro-Hungarian occupation 
    of northwestern Serbia.
    2 Dec 1914 - 15 Dec 1914: - Belgrade occupied by Austria-Hungary.
    9 Oct 1915 - 1 Nov 1918: 
    - Occupied by Austria-Hungary and Bulgaria.
    1 Dec 1918: - Kingdom of Serbians, Croatians and Slovenians
     

    This is hronological data emersed with photos, hope that you will enjoy...i will post more on Kalemegdan fort and old Belgrade soon....

    Cheers 

     
    December 07

    Peru

    MACHU PICCHU
    The Lost City of the Incas

    The Inca citadel of Machu Picchu in Peru is one of the world's most spectacular ruins.  Houses, temples, staircases and agricultural terraces were built high among rugged and forested mountains with distant snow-covered Andean peaks providing a backdrop.  Far below, the rapids of the Urubamba river loop round the site.

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    The mysteries of Machu Picchu
    Machu Picchu is a mysterious place built in a staggering landscape for reasons forgotten with the passing of the Inca empire.  It is believed to have been constructed by the great ruler Pachacuti around the middle of the 15th century.  The Spanish conquistadors never found the site, probably because it was abandoned before the conquest.

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    Long after being abandoned by the Incas and overgrown by dense forest, Machu Picchu was rediscovered in 1911 by the explorer and historian Hiram Bingham.

    Because the Incas left no written records, historians can only speculate on the purpose of Machu Picchu.  Some believe that the dramatic location may have held geographical or astronomical significance to the Incas.

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    A view of now roofless buildings with dizzying peaks beyond. A bromeliad growing on an Inca wall.

    Inca stonework at Machu Picchu

     

    The intriguing buildings and structures at Machu Picchu are testimonies to the skills of the Inca builders. 

     

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    The Temple of the Three Windows includes large, beautifully-cut polygonal stones. The Intihuatana is a huge carved stone that occupies a high point in Machu Picchu.  It may have been an astronomical calendar or used for mountain worship.

    No other civilization in the ancient world was able to cut and assemble stone blocks so perfectly.  The purposes of many of the Inca constructions at Machu Picchu remain a mystery.

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    Many descendants of the Incas live in the Peru highlands.  They keep alive traditions passed down by their ancestors who built Machu Picchu

     

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    The classic view of Machu Picchu with mist swirling up from the Urubamba river valley far below.  Left of the central plaza is the upper urban area with many of the most important buildings and the Intihuatana stone.

    A sacred landscape



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    The buildings meld into a high saddle in front of Huayna Picchu peak.Seen from near Machu Picchu, the snow-capped peak of Salcantay rises above the clouds.  Salcantay was revered by the Incas who left carved arrow stones at Machu Picchu that point to its summit.