Cities

There are lots of places in the world worthy to visit or to live in. There are mass of admirable coasts, fairy valley, breathtaking mountains and so on and so on. But everything I mentioned is made by nature. But there are lots of artificial staff which can delight you. Everybody can see majority of artificial stuff in different cities of the world. They are buildings, palaces, gardens, fountains, towers, works of art and so on.

As for me I have visited enough plaсes and cities, for example I have been in Stockholm, St.Petersburg, Bishkek and much more cities, each of them has its own charm, fascination. I like each. Almost each maybe.

I like European cities such as Stockholm, there are so much appalling architecture, ancient and ultra modern, everybody is civilized and polite.

I like small sea cities such as Eysk, Anapa for atmosphere of holiday and relax.


But I can’t answer to question about my prefer living place. Sure, I’d like to live in San-Chose (it is in selicone valley), but I really don’t sure I will be more happy living there.

Trip to Scandinavia

Trip to Scandinavia.

This summer I traveled a lot. I was in St.Peterburg twice, in Moskow several times. I was in Pereslavl, in Kirgizia, Volgograd, and in Scandinavia.
The route was: St.Peterburg – Helsinki – Stokholm by ferry – Kobenhavn by bus and ferry and back.
There was for of us: me, my grlfriend Olya and one more couple: Lena from St.Peterburg and Mike from York.
First we spent about a week in S.P.

So, our trip began with Finland and its capital Helsinki.
It is rather small city, there is no any hightscrabbers, any hight buildings. |
There is no subway, just 4 or 5 stations. Bus the city is rather good, interesting.
People differ from russians. |There are lots of “Vikings” – people with big beards, mustaches, braids.

A ferry. It is a large building on water. There are restorants, shops, disco, cabins. Lots of cars, trucks, buses get into holds. It gives greate impression to everyone.
Our ferry sails thought Baltic sea. It is tremendious, there are plenty of ilands, small and tiny.
It is popular to buy a small iland, construct a house on it and sail on a boat to relax. Like dacha in russia.

Stokholm.
In stokholm very fascinating architecture. It is like in fary tales of Astred Lingred. You see it and you fall to little dream.
Stokholm is build on several ilands, it is said “north Vinice”. There is lots of bridges, quays, city is very green.
Vasa. This is the greate flagship of sixteenth century. It was made and sank down right away. I was impressed by it very much, it is greate.
Astred Lingred.
Subway. The most unusual, most inimitable in its beauty and most empty subway in the world.

Eastern soviet city

There wasn't cells in Soviet times, so in Bishkek my mobile didn't work too :) I think it was a problem with my mobile.

When you are in Bishkek you can know you aren't in Russia by advertisement, it isn't in Russian. But majority of signs are in Russian. Everywhere you can speak in Russian, everybody knows it. Even pedestrians speak Russian, even they are Kirghiz. I was wondered a lot.

Roads are bad, maybe like in Ulyanovsk, there are not lots of cars, so there are not traffic jams. Lots of cars are old European cars: mersedes, audi and other. But new cars doesn't looks chic. Maybe they needs to be cleaned. The town is very green. Rare town in Russia has so much trees.

International airport Manas reminds me Ulyanovsk railway station. It looks so provincial, non-fussy. There are lots of U.S. military transport airplanes.

Living standard is very small. There is no lots of car, there is no other chic stuff. I didn't see provetry too, but residents told me in country there is abject poverty. People live by natural economy, lots of people go work to Russia or Kazakhstan. Some numbers for comparing. Taxy to airport costs 350 som, pizza in cafe about 150 som. The minimal pension is about 400 som.

There is some kind of charm of eastern town. Maybe, it is like Latinos charm. Bishkek gives impression of native town, Russian language is everywhere, resembling regimentals, resembling architecture, ww2 victory's monuments, streets are named in onor of Russian writers... Eastern Soviet town.

Trip. Sergiev Posad

So, last vocation we were in Pereslavl. It was stunning trip, but everything has his own time... you can see pictures her

Our trip began by bus from Ul to Sizran. 'cause of there were some problems with tickets we bought tickets Sizran-Moskow. It was nice part of our trip: we were only two in train's section and I got grate pleasure. Evening we fell asleep in one place :)

Ok, in Moskow we went to Yaroslavskiy railway station and took two tickets to Sergiev Posad. In Posad Igor and Kate met us.
The city is known by its lavra there saint Sergiy Radonejskiy's mortal remains are beried. Lavra is grate, inspiring pacification and filosophical reflections. We went through it for looking it after that we sat to car for going to Pereslavl...