Nick Stone 16 - For Valour by Andy McNab

Author:Andy McNab [McNab, Andy]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
ISBN: 9781473508538
Published: 2014-10-23T04:52:55+00:00

PART EIGHT

1

Ulica Pariska, Belgrade

Thursday, 2 February

09.55 hrs

I caught the late Turkish Airlines flight from Vnukovo to Aerodrom Nikola Tesla. The eight-hour stopover in Istanbul suited me fine: it gave me plenty of time to switch back to my bomber jacket. It was also a fraction of the price of the Lufthansa non-stop, and only a nutter would take it. Or someone who didn’t want to be followed.

I sat next to a Serb in his thirties on the final leg of the journey. He was beanpole thin and dressed in black. He’d gone for the Russell Brand look – long dark hair and a wispy beard – rather than the jarhead and leather-jacket combo, so he clearly had a big sense of humour. Seconds after take-off he pointed at the emergency exit alongside us and told me he’d be very happy to open the door if I wanted to leave early.

I thanked him, but said I was planning on going all the way to Belgrade because I’d never been there before. He didn’t need any further encouragement. For the rest of the flight he told me what I had to see (the fortress, the St Sava Temple, the NATO bomb damage), and what I had to eat and drink (ćevapčići, which sounded like the Serbian version of a lamb kebab; karađorđeva, rolled veal coated with breadcrumbs and stuffed with cheese; slivovitz, their plum-flavoured rocket fuel, and a bucket or two of Lav beer). He even pointed me in the direction of a nice little hotel halfway along Vajara Djoke Jovanovica, on the southern edge of town.

I thought for a moment that he was going to offer to escort me there, but he left with a smile and a handshake at Passport Control and I headed for the hire-car counters beside the arrivals hall.

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