BELGRADE SERBIA! 🇷🇸 | Major UPDATE! | Polish Citizenship & What's NEXT After 5 YEARS of TRAVEL!

[@davidostrowski679]

Hi everyone! Welcome back to Belgrade! The deeper meaning of this video (the end part) is that full-time travel was always an analogy for a RELATIONSHIP - ie sometimes it's amazing, sometimes it's toxic, dysfunctional, and a nightmare. That's why travel isn't always positive. The pizza in Chihuahua was a metaphor for an argument! Next up there will be some proper travel videos as I'm now settled properly! You can check out the following if you like! - My website - www.thetaoofdavid.com/ Music used in videos - www.thetaoofdavid.com/youtube-music Merch site - www.thetaoofdavid.com/the-tao-of-david-shop Book English lesson - www.thetaoofdavid.com/book-english-lesson ¡Hola a todos! ¡Bienvenido de nuevo a Belgrado! El significado más profundo de este video (la parte final) es que viajar a tiempo completo siempre fue una analogía de una RELACIÓN, es decir, a veces es asombroso, a veces es tóxico, disfuncional y una pesadilla. Por eso viajar no siempre es positivo. ¡La pizza en Chihuahua fue una metáfora de una discusión! A continuación, habrá algunos videos de viajes adecuados, ¡ya que ahora estoy bien instalado! ¡Puede consultar lo siguiente si lo desea! - Mi sitio web: www.thetaoofdavid.com/ Música utilizada en videos: www.thetaoofdavid.com/youtube-music Sitio de merchandising: www.thetaoofdavid.com/the-tao-of-david-shop Reservar lección de inglés - www.thetaoofdavid.com/book-english-lesson

[@pesyt1033]

I want to visit Serbia now

[@davidostrowski679]

Do it!

[@serbsrb]

7:00 national flag day, if you had went in the direction the kids were going you would have seen quiet a show with medieval knights, cavalry, music... as a part of a grand celebration.

[@davidostrowski679]

There's a flag day?! Awesome!

[@jardon8636]

12 times in beograd, must be great...

[@Beats_By_G]

I'm not a digital nomad, but I imagine it's probably a difficult thing to do. Loved those classic trams!

[@davidostrowski679]

i'm obsessed with them! great history!

[@pbmpharmacist]

Love the walking tour.

[@davidostrowski679]

Lots more to come!

[@cocochanel6495]

I remember when I left my hometown as a younger person. I thought I would be back. I only moved to another city, but it was like another world. It was really a game changer for me at the time. I did make 2 or 3 visits over the next few years back home. Then I went for a long period of 20 years with no visits. Recently I have gone back to visit a bit more often as my parents are elderly and they have decided they can't "ungay" me !! Perhaps you are looking for a change from the nomadic life and it is often easy to revert back to the familiar. Give it some time and see where life takes you. I like your videos, especially the walk and talk. You are a good orator and you have an ability to carry on conversations with your audience. Very few do that well, but you do !

[@davidostrowski679]

Thanks! I'm lolling at 'ungay'!

[@davidmag808]

wow great video thanks for sharing

[@erikawoods8975]

Thank for sharing your honest thoughts. In a way I understand. The city I was born in and raised feels very familiar, but no longer feels like home. The city where I now live is very familiar but doesn’t feel like home either. For me, my husband is my home. Odd how it goes.

[@davidostrowski679]

Your husband is your home! I like that! Hopefully one day I can say the same but about a cat! LOL

[@LailandiAdventures]

I feel ya, I have no idea where home is but I sure as hell know it's not the UK

[@davidostrowski679]

hell yeah i know what you mean! I mean I'd go back for a scotch egg and some scampi fries but that's about it!

[@vladas45]

Welcome back.

[@davidostrowski679]

Thanks Vlada!

[@legendarymoviescenes1926]

We are all full of doubts. Simple as that. Tea helps, I find that two teabags in one cup can remedy all the regular anxiety (yeah, Im aware of the irony here. A Serb lecturing Brit on benefits of tea). Welcome back to Belgrade.

[@davidostrowski679]

Haha thanks man, you probably know more about tea than me, I've never drunk it!

[@frostflower5555]

Tea is a cure for all by Serbian mothers :)

[@mjc42701]

David, you have learned home and family doesn't have to be where you were born or of blood ties, but where you feel at home, accepted and at peace with those around you, to me this video reminded me of Mexico with the centro gazebo, the streets and public transportation were a lot nicer though. I know you will hear good news soon and you deserve it.

[@davidostrowski679]

Hopefully! Yep loved the little bit with the music! I think once I have a permanent home and cat it'll be fine! Shall I put the best Mexican restaurant in Belgrade in a future video? No chimichangas trust me lol

[@mjc42701]

@@davidostrowski679 Yes, you should.

[@thejectorproject]

You should so totally go visit Whiskey. I have a ginger Angelito you can have.

[@davidostrowski679]

Send him over! Pspsps

[@LEGIOXIIIG]

Awesome video brother. Thank you. One suggestion on the thumbnail of the video. The correct way to say it is "Dobar Dan Beograde!"

[@davidostrowski679]

haha thanks man I've never seen it spelt that way! Serbian language is tough but the good news is I am really getting the hang of cyrillic this time!

[@LEGIOXIIIG]

@@davidostrowski679 yes the languages in that area are something. A few suffixes as an example: For Belgrade - Za Beograd Near Belgrade - Blizu Beograda Hey Belgrade! - Hej Beograde In Belgrade - U Beogradu Of Belgrade - Beogradski Belgradian - Beograđanin/Beograđanka

[@rgdssd]

As someone with immigrant parents and an immigrant husband, it sounds like you are starting to experience that ‘shuffle,’ where as you said, ‘home’ was more a birthplace than the place you ‘belong’ to. I remember my husband always talking about going back to Brazil…finally after 8 years he returned. At first he was excited, but after a few weeks he was confused because he said it didn’t feel like ‘home’ anymore. I love traveling, learning about other countries and exploring other countries. Doing so has made me realize that my birthplace (USA) is just that…my birthplace. 🙃 Love your videos and Serbia looks very interesting, I like it. I may just have to take a trip out there! 👍

[@svarogeuropeidentity4355]

It is sad that people are becoming immigrants, we should live in our countries, we should build a better society in our countries, build paradise where you are at home and not benefit from the fame and efforts of other peoples. Immigration is ok, but if there is too much that there are more migrants than locals then the country loses quality of life, Switzerland is known, for example, thanks to the Swiss people, because of Swiss precision, not because they have massimmigration outside from Europe who live from social care whole life.

[@maggiearaiza5761]

Hi David, this is a interesting video, and I'm loving Belgrade beautiful country I should say, I'm just like you very impatient can't things come so quickly but it is what it is Ha! 😂 But hope everything goes well in your future plans, can't wait to see more of Belgrade stay safe my friend.🤗🙏🏽

[@davidostrowski679]

Thanks Maggie! Still no update since I filmed this video! Argh!

[@leneekay1]

I can't say I totally understand, but my husband left the US, and have no intention of going back unless... Oh god, unless there's someone's funeral I think, anyway, he have his reason of not returning to where he was from -probably is best not to talk about it here. So, I can sort of understand where you're in that situation, even though he isn't a digital nomad. I am glad I stumbled upon you, it's nice to hear your British humor! Cheers x

[@davidostrowski679]

I'm the same! Right now I'd probably only back for a funeral!

[@Kerbside]

The beard suits you! DO NOT GO BACK TO ENGLAND! My reverse culture shock is still in full swing! Also, don't think that you will pick up your life where you left off. Everyone is doing exactly the same as when you left, the trouble is you have changed and it's really hard to get your head round it.

[@davidostrowski679]

YES HUN I always forget the thing about time standing still in the place you left. INGERLAND NO WAY let's go to Indo

[@Kerbside]

@@davidostrowski679 I'm sure pancake lady misses us!

[@dragan_avramov]

Welcome back, you bloody recidivist ;)

[@davidostrowski679]

Haha thanks it's good to be back!

[@dragan_avramov]

@@davidostrowski679 Say... Polish citizenship... Are you some sort of a linguistic pervert? kzbin.info/www/bejne/eZ2bknyfe66kn6c

[@pepeye]

David, if you keep making “proper” travel videos I will certainly watch them. But not because I love those sorts of travel videos that feature people walking around taking quasi-shaky video while talking with some drone shots interspersed. I don’t. I find them visually unappealing as a general rule. I watch yours because of you. Your interesting (that’s good), intelligent (also good), funny (even better) and sarcastic (best of all). And your story of becoming disconnected from the country you were born in and of a search for “home” is compelling to me (the country I was born in has lost its fucking mind and may not survive it). My point is that, as far as I’m concerned, you should feel free to make more videos were you just find an interesting perch and talk to us. But that does mean its just you talking to an inanimate object that (I hope) is not talking back to you. Do you have people to have real conversations with? That’s important too.

[@davidostrowski679]

Thanks man! The finding a home story seems to be endless! I find it difficult to even bother speaking to people in person, as I know I'll have to leave at some point. That's the main issue I guess. I like to think that once I have a home in the EU I can actually start getting a life again. Even in Mexico it was difficult for the same reason.

[@JaRozumiem]

I'm also waiting for my confirmation of Polish citizenship. I've been in the process for well over a year now. Despite my grandad obtaining his Polish passport, citizenship confirmation and birth certificate after the fall of communism in Poland - the provincial office are insisting on military documents from WWII and despite an archival search, we can't find them (yet). I have friends and family in Poland - I love it with all my heart and want to actually live there.

[@davidostrowski679]

I hope you can find those docs and get some traction! I had the same issue except no passports. Fortunately my uncle ended up finding military discharge papers. Without that it would have been a nightmare. I sent all my docs off in February, still got the same issue as I described with UK delays. Not heard a thing since! Fingers crossed for both of us! I know someone who only had to wait 3 months, but his mother is Polish so I guess it's much simpler than with grandparents

[@ChrisAIGuy]

I already got my polish passport last week

[@davidostrowski679]

awesome, how long did the process take for you?

[@ChrisAIGuy]

@@davidostrowski679 it took 4 weeks and you need to collect the passport in person, depending which town you are from

[@davidostrowski679]

Did you go through the citizenship process? That's what I'm waiting for. I sent all my documents off in February so until I have proof of citizenship I can't apply for a passport

[@adrianatriana814]

Entiendo esos sentimientos, saludos me agrado el video

[@davidostrowski679]

Gracias Adriana!

[@brilliantbutblue]

You articulated your thoughts really well. Bloody Finn😁. I'm envious of anyone that can leave there Country/State or even there home!!! I'm starting to get more and more bitter watching people actually be allowed to do anything like go to the shops or being allowed to go on a Holiday, the "privileges" are coming thick and fast here, as of today after 260 days lm allowed to go 10km from home AND can go to the Park for 3hrs (no eating, drinking, removing your mask or socialising) and nothing open but hey l can do it but only because lm "double vaxed" that's it until 5th November when we might be allowed to go to work added bonus!! I really enjoyed the stroll around the neighbourhood style pspsps 👍

[@visi_inspektor_besevic]

Glad to see you back to Serbia. Welcome to covid measures free country (or better say fake covid measures) 😀😀 Carefully with your diet. Not to much burek and bbq. 😀 Enjoy your stay more than any previous. 😀

[@davidostrowski679]

Hvala brate! Yes in 7 weeks I've only had burek twice!!

[@fredericktmiller]

You like architecture. I know you liked the blue and carved-wood interior of Notre Dame in Montreal. You will find now better mesh of the outside and the inside, than going to some services at whatever Belgrade church hits your fancy!

[@crisandiola6087]

Mexico is missing you..David!

[@connieg7692]

I've been working on obtaining my Mexican citizenship to be dual with my US citizenship. Getting my dad's birth certificate from Mexico was easy now that it's digital but getting extra copies of my mom's US birth certificate has been taking a while. 🤔I'm impatient too.

[@davidostrowski679]

I'm glad I'm not the only impatient one! I remember someone in Mex telling me getting copies of documents was easy, then they were shocked when I told them how long the UK takes. I guess US is the same! Argh! Hope you get some progress soon!

[@milenailic1437]

You have to marry to find stability! :) (in Serbia maybe, because girsl here are very serious about that)

[@davidostrowski679]

Haha and Serbian girls are very pretty!

[@Gorge1070]

David do you think your sense of not belonging any longer to the UK was enchanced by Brexit or that dosent make any difference on how you felt before ?

[@davidostrowski679]

possibly but I think it's just more that I haven't been there for so long!

[@markasdievovaikas]

Hello, David, from El Paso.... The trams are very cool, thanks for sharing that interest, and loved the children's parade.. Belgrade has an austerity and coldness that just doesn't appeal to me at all, there doesn't appear to be much charm, beauty, or enchantment there. The Eastern Soviet-block appearance is off-putting.

[@davidostrowski679]

Oh there's plenty of charm amigo! I did a lot of videos in Belgrade back in 2019 and 2020 showing some more 'charming' areas. The ones I did this year were spots I didn't get around to doing last time. A bit like in Mexico this year, going to places like Torreón as I'd already filmed in the 'nice' places. The unintended theme of this year's videos is 'real life'! Hope all is well in El Paso! Assuming I still haven't had any news on Polish Citizenship by early next year I'll probably be in Mexico again March (but for a shorter time).

[@matrix_x_]

Hey, I suggest you come to Croatia after Serbia. A new law has come out where You can stay for up to a year with some relief. Maybe this can be checked at the Croatian Embassy in Belgrade, if it is not on the internet. It would be interesting if you would like to lived in Croatia and toured Croatian cities. Zagreb for Christmas has a great outdoor Advent with a large selection of drinks, food and entertainment ... We are waiting for you !!!

[@davidostrowski679]

Hi I'd love to but unfortunately accommodation costs in Croatia are much higher than my budget so it's not really a possibility

[@matrix_x_]

@@davidostrowski679 Its only in center of big cities(Zagreb,Split,Rijeka). Everywhere outside the largest cities, in smaller cities and suburbs of large cities, prices are even lower than in Belgrade. In Zagreb, you can rent an apartment in the city center for 250-300 euros a month, and the prices everywhere else are significantly lower. For example, Karlovac is a city on 4 rivers in the center of Croatia, from where you can visit most of Croatia in a few hours, and the prices are lower than in Zagreb. Karlovac is less than an hour's drive from Zagreb. If you look, you can find much cheaper accommodation. In any case, in most of Croatia the prices of accommodation are much cheaper than in Belgrade. This is the most popular Croatian advertising search engine. Everyone uses it, the only thing is that there is no English version, so you have to manage a little. www.njuskalo.hr/iznajmljivanje-stanova

[@matrix_x_]

@Nemanja Ćirić Nismo mi skupi za njegov standard. Neka pokaže koliki mu je mjesečni prihod. Što se tiče smještaja Zagreb i Beograd su tu negdje. U Hrvatskoj se van Zagreba i obale može naću puno povoljniji smještaj nego u centru Beograda.

[@matrix_x_]

@Nemanja Ćirić Vjeruj mi on zarađuje prilično dobro. Rekao je da u BG živi na Vračaru. za te novce može i u Zagrebu naći stan... Razlike su minimalne. Itekako se što ima vidjeti van Zagreba i obale... Neka ode u Osijek, Karlovac, Varaždin.. ili negdje u predgrađe Zagreba.. Sesvete, Veliku Goricu... Hrvatska je vlakom i autoputom toliko dobro povezana da si za sat-dva bilo gdje. Jedino do Dubrovnika treba više sati vožnje. Dakle on je cicija... Skupo mu dati za pivo 2eura umjesto 1.5 eura, a u londonu plaća 7 eura. Gluposti.

[@ruralaura]

@@matrix_x_ Je l' može negde da se pogleda, ako ove godine imate Advent u Zagrebu, šta je planirano, satnica, i sl. Neki sajt ili nešto. I je l' ima neki program za Doček Nove godine, recimo u Dubrovniku?

[@anakatarina1622]

Can't wait to have so many foreign people living in Belgrade so that the price of flats rises so much that us, locals, will not be able to afford housing. Can't wait.

[@Pauli650]

Stay in Serbia

[@davidostrowski679]

I'd love to! Unfortunately as I'm self-employed it appears to be quite difficult to obtain residency and I still have another £400 to spend on Polish citizenship. But Serbia is always a possibility!

[@Pauli650]

@@davidostrowski679 open business and u get residency. It’s quite cheap

[@mandyluna7998]

I undertand You David You need a place call Home. Lo que quieras hacer está bien , el caso de todo esto llamado vida es seguir intentando

[@borikastanarevicbinder219]

🥰😘🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗

[@aliy986]

Out of curiosity, how many guys 200cm+ tall do you see there every day? What about 210+??

[@davidostrowski679]

I don't know how tall that is, I'm from the UK lol. I assume over 6ft? I can't say I take much notice of the height of people I'm afraid. It's just normal heights as in the rest of Europe, I'm 5ft10 which I'd say is average

[@aliy986]

@@davidostrowski679 Sorry, in your measurements I was asking if you saw many guys 6ft8+, or 6ft10 etc.

[@davidostrowski679]

I don't think I've seen anyone that tall!

[@biljanastojkovic1239]

?????????????

[@Komentariram]

Belgrade is much more than Dorcol you know 🤦‍♂️ Its the only capital in Europe with a beach ( Ada ciganlija ) New Belgrade ( bigger than old city, with all modern building ) Belgrade waterfront, Zemun ( austrian style buildings ) Splavs all around the rivers and so much more.

[@dzonikg]

Kosutnjak,forest in the city

[@davidostrowski679]

I know and I agree. I have filmed videos in many of those areas in the past. I don't know if you caught the part where I said I'd been to Belgrade 4 times. I was only walking in Dorcol because the drone shop was there #facepalmyourself Check out my 2019 videos from Zemun and 2020 for New Belgrade. Savamala and Waterfront also because I used to live in Savamala. Oh I forgot Senjak and Topcider! Filmed there too! The next one is from the Eastern Gate and BIGZ

[@davidostrowski679]

kzbin.info/aero/PLoj_p-4xXUCvvZuu4dolVKPT_yMpM0SIs

[@novak83bg]

@@davidostrowski679 Have you heared of Byford's forest in Belgrade?

[@davidostrowski679]

Yes! It's near an example of brutalist architecture I was going to put in the video after this but I didn't get time. Actually 2 examples of it! I will try to include it in a future one!

[@milanmiladinovic2997]

So basically you want to find a nice Polish woman or a man and settle somewhere in Poland?

[@davidostrowski679]

haha no I won't need to once I have a Polish passport lol (my grandparents were born in Poland). I don't intend to live in Poland, the original plan was Latvia.

[@milanmiladinovic2997]

@@davidostrowski679 Now I got it, thank you for the explanation Mr.David, Sir!

[@joshicune]

ili čoveka?????????

[@worldwidebear1967]

Well, David needs to settle down and get a bf, or not?

[@davidostrowski679]

Maybe if I was gay lol

[@ДраганНонковић]

@Nemanja Ćirić Gay or not...who cares...he's a nice chap ...

[@jardon8636]

beograd, is white city founded by the celts...... so your polish or slavic by your ancestors, but def not a gopnik... lol as for shiting yourself down a street, get more nutirion, also have you checked out: @ living ironically in europe,..... its a funny,sarcastic channel.... yes your a citizen of the world, the true meaning of a digital nomad......, life is about dramas and memories....

[@davidostrowski679]

Yep don't worry I am addicted to blueberry and banana smoothies since I've been back here. And plazma!

[@yam8523]

Serbia to EU!

[@davidostrowski679]

That would be perfect for me then I could just stay in Serbia with a Polish passport!

[@ventilatorbgd]

hopefully never.

[@ДраганНонковић]

We don't like EU...

[@yam8523]

@@ДраганНонковић poor and prideful.

[@ruralaura]

@@yam8523 We just dont like life in EU (migrants, crowds, crazyness) no thanks. Thats what our government wants, not majority of citizens. We want to be like Norway, parlamental monarchy, non - EU.

[@rale553]

Boring David.Get a life. Have some Serbian brandy and kebabs ( organic meat ) and enjoy your stay in beautiful Belgrade. You won’t find better place to be on holiday.

[@davidostrowski679]

I'm not in Belgrade you numpty this was in 2021, and I wasn't on holiday, I'm a Digital Nomad and have spent months in Serbia and filmed like 30 videos there so I've had plenty of brandy and kebabs thanks