EuroTrip '08 - Belgrade, palacinke

Last night's dinner - crepes filled with a mix of cheese, eggs and sugar, baked in the oven with some sweet cream:

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And, for the drinking game, we used 'Vranac', an excellent Montenegran wine:

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