Christmas Vacation, or How Girls Caroled>>> We chose the local resort of Morshyn as our place of residence, namely the Boniface Hotel, which we liked last time.
The Christmas holidays were approaching. It was very tempting to breathe the fresh air of the winter Carpathians, recharge your batteries, gain strength and vigor.
Montenegro. The Velvet season. Part one. "Introduction" >>> Montenegro. The Velvet season. Part two. "Excursion-tourist" >>> And sane! Having got acquainted with the expanses of the sea, mountain peaks and urban architecture, one cannot ignore the gastronomic part of the program, because everyone kn...
Montenegro. Velvet season. Part one. Dating>>> In order to get to know the country better, of course, you need to delve into its history and modernity. Despite its modest size, Montenegro is very different in its climatic zones.
I would learn Serbian just because That you can laugh without purpose. Montenegro this year has become a general hit of the tourist season, which is confirmed simply by a huge number of stories, from which we have already familiarized ourselves with all the tourist and non-tourist sites in det...
If the thirst for knowledge of new latitudes and discovering unknown routes exceeds common sense, it is useless to fight it. Therefore, when the next national holidays loomed ahead, we went to the exclusively national natural biosphere reserve on the Kinburn Spit.
"Untwisting the twisted branches Of noisy youth of ages, See the place of each century On the trunk of human history. Cutting into the future Remember, without destroying the ancestral paths, Knowing the past space, Let's know ourselves in time» The northern coast of the Black Sea… endless step...
The wind carries the salt of the firth, Excavations of Thera behind the wall, And the fortress of Ackermann breathes With its ancient antiquity. Two and a half thousand years have passed since the time when Greek ships from the ancient city of Miletus sailed to the lower reaches of the Tiras Riv...
Such a cozy, quiet town! It's on the Danube, right on the border. Who stayed in it for at least one day, Will definitely want to come back. There, instead of the streets, eriks flow, The houses stand on whitewashed piles, In spring, early apple trees bloom, And on May Day the frogs sing.
The ways of the Lord are inscrutable, and sometimes heading to very ordinary and inconspicuous places, you can find yourself in unusual and amazing corners, so amazing that at first you don’t even believe your eyes.
Most recently, I was brought to the expanses of the Kirovohrad region to the Tulip Ball. But how to be at the ball and not see the capital of the region. I could not allow this in any way and went to get acquainted with the city.
I, as promised, continue to talk about the amazing nearby. This time, fate threw me to Kropyvnytskyi, and not just anywhere, but immediately to the ball. It was a magnificent Tulip Ball that swirled me in a waltz of its splendor!
"White sail over the estuary And acacias in bloom I see the city of shipbuilders On the high bank". Yes, it is Nikolaev that is called the city of shipbuilders, because it owes its birth to the Black Sea Fleet.
This essay opens a new cycle of stories "Amazing Ukraine", in which I will share with readers about the amazing nearby, about those places that we sometimes do not notice, although they are no less unique and inimitable than the well-known wonders of the world.
Traveling abroad is always interesting! But the global epidemic has made its adjustments and universal chaos, even in our daily lives, not to mention tourist life.
Epigraph "The taste of cool wine is pleasant He is as light as a breeze from the Loire River Tossing a small piece of ice To the bottom of a deep ringing glass. And immediately a peach with field mint, Then a hint of honey and vanilla He will bring me a golden drink.
So 2021 has arrived. And the coronavirus is not going to give up its positions. Moreover, this mutant reproduces more and more new generations. The promised vaccine frightens with its ambiguity.
I want to tell you a story about a southern sunny city that you may not know. Of all the cities in southern Ukraine founded by the order of Catherine II, Kherson was unique, as it was a fortress city.
Masons are a secret world community of a religious and political nature. The word "mason" means "builder, mason". The movement arose in the 18th century as a closed organization.
During our trip to Spain, I was impressed by another city, and I remember that it was divided into two different time periods in one day. These were traditionally the Old City with its cathedrals, narrow streets, ancient fountains and a light flair of the Middle Ages, and the New City of Science and...
Exactly five years ago, we traveled around Spain, and we had a chance to visit one amazing city that struck my imagination and was remembered more than others. This is the former capital of Spain - a city of special destiny Toledo.
– Abram Moiseevich, do you know who these Rosa Luxemburg and Clara Zetkin are? - I think they did sell flowers. In the course of a long debate on the issue of canceling - not canceling the holiday "International Women's Day" under the onslaught of all segments of the population, the Verkhovna Rad...
I considered the story of our vacation in Shayan not relevant due to the expired statute of limitations. But after receiving a number of messages from readers with questions about Shayan, I still decided to write a short essay about this small corner of Ukraine, which is at the very edge of our geo...
Well, since such a topic has come up and we are talking about skansens, then I want to tell a little (very little) about the largest open-air museum in Ukraine, a real ethnographic treasure of our country - the Museum of Folk Architecture and Life in Pirogovo.
I love autumn. . . and not just a season of the year, but a state of mind. Nature reveals its last beauty, calms down for a while, finds harmony and merges with man. Both of them are a little sad that summer is leaving along with the warmth, and with it the bright colors of the bustling life.