Traveling with a gravid and emotional goal in mind

[Mira]

Today I show you my path from Berlin through a stop in Vienna airport and descent and arrival in Belgrade.
From there we traveled with a car to a small and ancient Serbian town, Vrbas. It’s where my mother was born in 1923, and a place I have heard about all my life.
She was born to my grandparents who were the ministers in a methodist church there. And she was born in the parsonage right next to the church.

First two Berlin, on departure, I asked if they were selling and was told they are still hot.




The connection to Belgrade was so tight that I almost could not take this photo, but I did, and we were the last ones boarding.


On the descent into Belgrade notice two things: The Danube, and all the windmills in the landscape


The blue Danube again, just because I love it, and because I was on Austrian Airlines, and Strauss Waltzes and Tales from the Vienna Woods were playing on the plane.



Study the half only but pretty real looking car that expels the luggage to the conveyor belt



And then one more - the destination we reached in a driving rain - the house my Mom was born on the right, and the church my grandfather was ministering on the left.



As we arrived a nice youngish man walked up to us, and he spoke German quite well. He turned out to be the minister who now lives in that house with his wife, two small children and two uncaged birds. He was wonderful, warm, welcoming, and immediately took us into his kitchen, introduced us to the wife, and a number of Methodist parishioners sitting at the kitchen table in the house my Mom was born, and they were about to start Bible study.

We sat through all of it in Serbian. At the end I was able to thank them for allowing our presence and revealed I had understood two words: John Wesley.

They were such great people, and here they are:

[elleng]

1. Thanks so much, Mira,

for the pics and the explanation!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. These are wonderful photos, my dear Mira!

Thank you so much for taking us along with you, and for the great captions.

These lovely people in the last photo! They look warm and friendly and intelligent. I love that you included this photo.

Have a wonderful trip!

[JohnnyLib2]

3. Thank you so much.

The series really takes me along with it/you!

[mnhtnbb]

4. What an amazing trip you are having.

Thanks for sharing the photos.

[Solly Mack]

5. Wow! How incredible!

[CC]

6. Wow. What a wonderful gift

you are getting. I love that you are there and were welcomed into the home you mother came from. I know you will cherish every second.