Sakura snow, spring, cold or How to save money on a trip to Japan. Part two.
Start here: http://www.turpravda.com/ur/uzhgorod/blog-111730.html
SPECTURIES. Day two.
The morning of the next day met us, alas, with a "confused" sky. So what if we didn't see the rain? The only thing is that almost all the photos are taken with raindrops on the lens. It's something I didn't think of taking at least some kind of protection for the camera.
What can you say about a city with a thousand-year history? Uzhgorod is good. As for me, it is in no way inferior to Lviv. And even more “foreign” in appearance. Just to understand and love it, you also need to come to it more than once.
And one more thing. Uzhgorod is a multinational city, and therefore the main language of communication here is Russian. Everyone understands it: both gypsies and local Hungarian-Slovaks, and even more so Russians and Ukrainians, of whom there are also many here. Therefore, Transcarpathia is even more comfortable for Russian speakers than, for example, Lviv or Lutsk. And there are no Banderists here either. In terms of linguistic differences, there are no particularly specific "Transcarpathian" words (such as "laby" - legs or "nyska" - today) we have not heard. Everyone speaks quite normal Russian (more often) or Ukrainian. Is that the menu in the restaurant amuses : ). But more on that below.
In Uzhgorod we immediately came to the tourist information center. We took a map, left the car in the parking lot and went for a walk on foot. First - to the famous Holy Cross Cathedral
Poor quality photos. But it's just raining, and crowds of gypsies begging near the temple, and, as always, only the legs interfere with a bad dancer : )
It is quiet, solemn and very beautiful inside the cathedral:
Next to the cathedral is the episcopal residence:
There is a sundial in the courtyard (in the photo - on the left on the wall). The inscription on the dial: on the left half - "Time to scatter stones", on the right half - "Time to collect stones".
Then we went to see the Roman Catholic Church of St. George (Yuri). It's simple and elegant:
The church is located at the intersection of two pedestrian streets - Korzo and Voloshin, and probably for this reason, and also due to the fact that the cross crowning its main dome is visible from afar, Uzhgorod residents, making an appointment near the church, usually say "Come to the cross. " There are many coffee houses nearby (and coffee in Uzhgorod is the same cult drink as in Lviv), the embankment and the famous linden alley.
Next was the Uzhgorod castle:
Unfortunately, we didn't go inside - we just didn't make it in time. It's a pity. I know that in the castle there is a chic exposition of ancient weapons and trembita (for those who are not in the subject: these are such long wooden Hutsul pipes (they can be up to 3 m long), they used to serve as a kind of “mobile phone” between a shepherd who grazed sheep in the mountains, and the village).
One of the best preserved streets in Uzhgorod is Korzo (trading) street. In addition to the architectural beauties, there are also several unusual monuments on it. One of them is a monument to the lamplighter Uncle Kolya (they know how to pay tribute to simple hardworking artisans in Transcarpathia - remember the monument to the chimney sweep in Mukachevo? ). Monument to a man who conscientiously performed his work for decades:
Just Uzhgorod houses, streets, people:
Summary: Both Mukachevo and Uzhgorod are another Ukraine, right here “foreign”. Stylish, elegant, at the same time cute and cozy. Worth a look.
Thanks to everyone who read and watched to the end. And to be continued…
