On my way in to Smart Office I stopped at Coffee Cup to get a coffee and something for lunch and got another reminder that things aren’t always what they seem in different cultures. I may have mentioned already that in Belgrade an Iced Coffee is not a coffee with ice in it but rather an elaborate milkshake thing made with coffee… not that I’m complaining but I certainly can’t suck those down like plain coffee. I also ordered what was very clearly labeled a chicken salad sandwich and was given a mason jar filled with lettuce and chicken. Still not bad… but surprising. Some of the other members of the group have been good enough to put together weekly “Tech Talks” so I headed to the office to attend an introduction to Swift. For dinner I went to Casa Nova which was very good. Belgrade doesn’t seem to have quite figured out fine dining yet. They’ll do things like prepare a filet mignon and then pile a bunch of McDonalds style french fries and onion rings on top… not necessarily bad. The real stand out at Casa Nova was the service, that alone makes it worth visiting. After, I headed over to the joint birthday party for my roommates last month which was excellent.