Island-hopping in Portugal this may. Stop 2: Sao Miguel, Azores
I start the second post about our short Portugal trip with a picture of a boiling hot spring as a teezer followed by the map of our trip and places we visited marked with numbers: […]
Island-hopping in Portugal this may. Stop 1: Madeira
In general, it is quite easy to drive on Madeira – it has a perfect speedway from São Lourenço to Ribeira Brava; the other roads are relatively good but winding and sometimes narrow. While Google maps didn’t work perfectly on Madeira, below is the map of our trip. I have marked the places we visited with the numbers and given [...]
Fairytale Gent
During our last weekend in Belgium we decided to go to Gent instead of Bruges and didn’t regret it at all. Gent is literally stunning: big old city area, cobblestone streets, dark-red tiled roofs… You breath the history in every corner. Less words, more pictures… […]
Mini-road-trip through Balcans
Easter holidays in Germany are pretty long: four days. “Why not to add another two days off and make a full-value trip through some of the Balcan countries?”, we thought and booked a round trip Berlin-Skopje-Berlin. […]
Как поменять заграничный паспорт в Берлине.
Так как путешествую я очень активно, и россиянам почти везде для въезда в страну нужны визы, страницы в моем заграничном паспорте закончились быстрее, чем его срок действия. Встал вопрос о замене паспорта. Решился он довольно просто и безболезненно по сравнению с другими бюрократическими задачами. […]
Benvenuti a Napoli
A weekend trip to the south of Italy. Naples is absolutely worth it. Less words, more photos. The essense in 5 abstracts. The best view to the city is from the viewing point in the medieval Castle Sant'Elmo that is situated in the uptowm (you can reach it with one of three funiculars). From above you can see the island [...]
Paris, Paris… Cliché and hidden gems.
Third time in Paris. Almost all cliché highlights already seen. Several to be visited again: you can’t just avoid it – being in Paris and not seeing the Notre Dame de Paris or Eiffel tower. To climb it or not is another question. In addition to these overwhelming-touristy must-see places we included couple of “hidden gems” in our list and [...]
Weekend trip to Lombardy: Milan and Bergamo
With Milan we definitely don’t have a match. Last time I’ve been there it was over Christmas, all shops and restaurants were closed, it was raining and everything but Duomo was grey. Last weekend I decided to give this city the second chance, because, in general, I like Italy a lot. Here are a couple of my personal tips and [...]
A little Baltic journey: Lithuania and Latvia. Part 1: Lithuania
I’ve been always confusing the names of these two countries: Lithuania and Latvia. In Russian language they sound indeed very similar: Литва – Латвия. As soon as I got an opportunity and a couple days of vacation, I decided to feel and learn the difference once and for all. What it the best way to learn something? To try it! [...]