Wednesday, 12 March 2025

Wednesday, March 12/2025


To The Three Bears Drink House (pub, no idea how it got its name) where Caroline is giving a talk and slide presentation to the foreigners on her recent trip to Serbia. Bit too much light in the room for ideal presentation of the slides but the talk more than makes up for it. Fair bit of history and social commentary and her archaeologist’s view of the oldest village discovered in Europe.

Lipinski Vir (various spellings) was a village on the right bank of the Danube, dating back as far as the tenth millennium BCE. Well into pre-history. Even pictographs go back only about five thousand years and script a little less. For truly ancient history the story is in the archaeological sites.

Very moving to see reconstructions of the little trapezoid homes. Reminded us of Choirokitia, the Neolithic site we visited west of Larnaca. It was first settled in the seventh millennium BCE and some of the round huts have been recreated.

The dwelling places of Lipinski Vir are not intact either, of course, but a number of red sandstone piscine sculptures are. Strange little fish faced creatures. Presumably associated  with worship and the creation of a people who depended on the river for sustenance.

Dolmuş back from nearby Dima, a supermarket much bigger than our local and with some - but not all - prices better than our little one. Home with some fruit and veg and our favourite Malbec.