Always thinking, President-Elect Alex Reczkowski began his featured speaker segment with shots of rakija (traditional Serbian cherry brandy) for the assembled masses. With the libation in hand, the group settled into a very interesting presentation about his recent trip to Serbia.Alex summarizes his trip below:
The host club for the project was Bor, with the project led by Vladan Mijailovic and Marko Ratkov. The current president of the Bor club is Jelena Ristic.
(there was a video of her singing, and she's in the news clip). While there, I visited kindergartens (preschools) in Bor, Negotin, Zajecar, and Subotica.
I also attended the 25th Anniversary party for the Subotica Rotary Club.
I met with Rotarians from the following Rotary Clubs: Belgrade City, Cukarica, Senta, Subotica, (and later Szeged, Hungary), as well as from the Savannah, Georgia club (they were doing a site visit for another Global Grant). Sites that I saw were: Belgrade tour (including Kalemegdan, the Belgrade park where the Danube & Sava Rivers have their confluence), Oplenac (the royal mausoleum with the amazing mosaics), the Royal winery, the Matalj winery (in Negotin), the home of Stevan Stojanovic Mokranjac (in Negotin, he is a composer who was on the currency I showed), and the gold and copper mines of Bor.
In Bor I met with the mayor Alexander Milikic, and we got some great press:
Thanks Alex for the shots and the great report of your Serbian mission.