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Graffiti in Belgrade is everywhere. The first few days, it really caught my eye. I was amazed by how much of it there was, and sometimes by how poorly it was executed. Though some pieces are actually pretty cool. Over time you get used to it and stop really noticing it.

But I never got used to the graffiti supporting Ratko Mladić, who's serving a life sentence for war crimes. If you don't know anything about him, check here. There's this weird standoff in the city: one group writes the graffiti, another crosses it out. It's this endless cycle. It's especially ironic seeing Mladić's name on George Washington Street.

PS. The other day I went to dinner with a Serb and a Kosovo Albanian. They introduced the latter as a resident of Serbia who doesn't speak Serbian. When the conversation accidentally turned to the Kosovo conflict, it turned out the guys had completely opposite views. It didn't come to blows, but things got pretty heated. Although both of them, like me, were kids during the conflict. In the end, they each stuck to their own perspective.