April 1, 2019
Три города (Мальта)” rel=”noopener noreferrer” target=”_blank”>Birgu (Vittorossa). The Turkish army passed by Mdina, but, according to the legend, a nun visioned the attack in her dream, and, by her recommendation, very few soldiers and dwellers of Mdina got together at the top of the bastion to make the impression of many inside. The Turks got scared and decided not to…
October 10, 2018
In August 2018, we made a spontaneous trip through the Balkans. We visited five countries: Montenegro, Albania, Kosovo, Serbia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Today we share our main impressions both about the region and about the particular countries. Still, the distinctions may vary and are more blurred near borders. 1. Nature Nature in the Balkans is beautiful in its diversity.…
October 1, 2018
With the population of 5700 people, Valetta is 27th in the rating of the least populated capitals in the world. It is too easy to manage for a tourist, there is just one wide street and very few places along it. Yet, you might want to spend a couple of hours there combining it with visiting another place on the…
September 1, 2018
Initially, Ulan-Ude was just on our way from Irkutsk to Mongolia , but when we came there, we found that this was a great place to visit. Most of all, we enjoyed seeing Lenin’s head statue and Ivolginsky Datsan Buddhist temple.
May 11, 2018
Guides on the Internet usually recommend seeing Stockholm, Uppsala, and Abisko National Park in Sweden, but the more we travel here, the more we admire the number of other absolutely amazing attractions. Last weekend, we travelled from Stockholm to Gothenburg by car, and, by the recommendation of a colleague, visited several attractions on the way. We did not expect these…
May 1, 2018
Taltsy is similar to Open-Air Museum in Tallinn or Skansen in Stockholm. Taltsy is called architectural and ethnographic museum: it tells a about everyday life of Baikal region inhabitants via the display of Baikal architecture from indigenous huts to the estates of the 20th century.