AGAIN (former) Soviet Union (continued, Part 6) unfriendly Kharkov Ira was waiting for us near the pedestal, we met and immediately went to the nearest restaurant. It seemed to me that she was not at all happy gift, and I did not even notice the shadow of a smile on her face when photographed her with the Marina. I wanted to say: "I have traveled thousands of miles to get to your creepy cursed town, we stopped the outskirts of hell, in a room with no hot water, and you could at least make it look that happy to see us." Slightly more than my head, is not it? Half an hour later il-"ulybashka" apologized and walked away. When we parted, her face slipped past a shadow of a smile. Well, thanks for that. We immediately went to the marina to the station to prepare for tomorrow's departure to Kiev. I asked Marina to buy tickets for the very first train to quickly get out of this hell. For tomorrow the number of seats were already sold out, so we headed to the bus station where you've purchased tickets for the morning bus departing at 7 am. Again began to rain, so we went down to the subway, rode to the center and went into an internet cafe. Again the rain on my phone started playing the melody - it was a message from Victoria, she returned from work and wanted to meet us. We sent each other four or maybe five posts, and she finally found us. Victoria would like us to show us something in this gray city, but we decided that with us enough. Again we walked in the rain in the flooded streets, I was tired and miserable, I was anxious to go back to our room, read a book and then go to sleep, wake up, get on a bus and go very quickly.
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Country pleasant vampires, or where "take flesh" - Part 2
Cigarettes, DRACULA, WINE AND FISH (continued, part 2) Next, we went to the city of Brasov, which is located among the snow-covered Carpathian Mountains, in the heart of Romania's Transylvania. Since we came here partly because of the legend of Count Dracula and Vlad Tepes (the ruler of Wallachia of the XV century, prim.perev.), It was very difficult to keep a straight face when a very dear woman designed the administrator of our hotel. Look her green eyes pierced through and through, and in her mouth were pointed incisors. She said, like a vampire from the movie, with a typical Transylvanian accent. "I hoschschu ... show you the kitchen - she said. - Hoschschu ... show you your room. " And in fact, Brasov was rather beautiful than scary. The town has a big beautiful square, perfect for observing the passers (and eating ice cream), and the myriad of flowers and brightly painted houses. All very nice, despite the vulgar words "BRASOV" Hollywood-style, which towers over the town, shops and an abundance of western companies on the main street (of course, we're not the first inhabitants of Portland, who came to this city, we realized this after the saw the nearby shops, "Columbia" and "Nike"). In the following days we even managed to get out of town. We spent half a day in Sighisoara, a small village, where Vlad the Impaler spent his childhood years, then we are back in town to visit his church, an ancient cemetery, which has about a thousand years, and the numerous towers that protrude from the walls.
Voyage Manchester gentleman Ukrainian cities - part 9
AGAIN (former) Soviet Union (continued, Part 9) We visited the church of St. Nicholas and a walk along the shore. I took off her shoes and socks, rolled up his pants and went into the water. Damn, well holodina! The one who searches always finds! We left the island and started up the hill on which was very close to the Park of Taras Shevchenko, which turned out to be permanent while away leisure time many local residents. Occupation they were simple enough - almost all playing dominoes, some - in chess. Going a little further we came to the Historical Museum, located on the main street - named after Karl Marx. Front of the museum, directly under the open sky have been installed tanks, armored cars, and various anti-aircraft artillery from World War II. We examined the military equipment, and then walked on Karl Marx Street toward downtown. I must say that during our long walk we are pretty hungry. I'm hoping to find a good restaurant, which serves succulent steaks. Since we were at the very end of the street, the search proved unsuccessful. Nearby was a snack of an international network «TGI Fridays», I studied the menu through the window display, however, enthusiasm for this document have not caused. I talked with one pass lad and asked him if he could recommend a good place to eat inexpensively. He remembered a German restaurant, which is located on Komsomolskaya Street not far from Karl Marx. It turned out that we need to go in the direction from which we have just arrived.
"Grand Slam" Denali Park - Part 4
The wild beauty of ALASKA (continued, part 4) Normally during "Tundra Tour" makes a stop for lunch at the far end of the Toklat River bridge. This place is the middle route. Employees of the park has been put there tent that serves as the center and to the tourists. We were warned that food out of the bus pass can not, because if you accidentally drop it, we can come here bears. We have done little to stop, but at lunch went to Mount Stony Dome, then to return to the tourist center in the Toklat River. From the summit of Stony Dome in good weather you can see Mount Denali. In the morning the weather was getting better, but the clouds have not dissipated, and the Denali has remained out of sight. At Stony Dome, there were several buses that brought tourists from different routes. All eyes were on the south-west, like cameras catch ghostly outlines of the mountains. Down the road, going to the northwest, all backs ran for another wolf. He went 50 meters, then turned and disappeared into the bushes. Normally secretive and shy animals, wolves Denali Park have developed some immunity to the buses and tourists. There was a slope of the last signal to land. Once again, I turned around to make sure that Mount Denali and has not appeared on the horizon. The bus departed for the return journey, but first we stopped at a tourist center near the Toklat River. They are there exhibits of local fauna and souvenirs. The Centre has not yet fully ready. I learned that the visitors of this center could receive a special stamp my passport, which provides additional opportunities when visiting national parks.
Voyage Manchester gentleman Ukrainian cities - part 2
AGAIN (former) Soviet Union (continued, p.2) In the morning we decided to walk on the Potemkin stairs. Typically, a city famous for its towers, monuments or buildings, but one of the symbols of Odessa is a set of 192 granite steps located unequal marches. We counted the number of stages in the marches, we've got the numbers 12, 19 and 20, and then we fed to these calculations. Happiness - is a warm gun «Happiness Is a Warm Gun in Your Hand», happiness - is a warm gun in your hand, sounds like that original name still one of my favorite songs of the Beatles. And the sarcastic anti-war slogan has a great look as the title of this section. Now continue the story of the city of Odessa. Welcome to the glass house! Most people know that such a Potemkin Stairs, thanks to the classic Sergei Eisenstein film "Battleship Potemkin". In June 1905 Russian sailors rebelled and took the ship under control. At this point, for the past two weeks in Odessa were massive strikes. The leader of the uprising had been shot and his body thrown to the bottom of the stairs. Thousands of people came to express my respect and support to rebellious sailors. After some time on the part of the city came up units of troops loyal to the king. Soldiers opened fire on a peaceful crowd and people began to flee, many jumped into the sea, killing about two thousand people. Do you want to know a secret? «Do You Want To Know A Secret», as an avid Beatles fans, I continue to entitle paragraphs song titles, this time I chose a track where the lead singer - George Harrison.