Nothing better than coming back home after a long time (13 years since my last visit), seeing my family and eating Mom's food:
Matzo-ball soup for Passover:
Beef and bone marrow - I dug it out of the bone and salted it:
Spinach&cheese pie:
Around the dinner table:
Grandpa:
The best chocolate/walnut torte in the world. It takes about two days to fix and is very rich. I had it every birthday when I was a kid, and also every time when I cam back home from travels. This time included:
Cannot visit Belgrade without having a chocolate banana....
.... and Niksicko pivo, the amazing Montenegran lager:
Then we had to rest on the balcony, enjoying my mother's garden:
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