Usually, city names sound similar in different languages. Berlin, London, and Delhi sound almost the same in German, English, or Russian. So when we decided to visit Breslau during the autumn school holidays, I was surprised to learn that this name exists only in German — in English, Polish, and Russian it’s called Wrocław.
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BG in Dresden
I remember back in school, I often borrowed books and CDs with music from my classmates. In 7th grade, one of those CDs was the Navigator album by BG. At that time, there was no Spotify to suggest similar music after the album ended, so I listened to this Boris Grebenshikov album about fifty times. […]
Vacation in Antalia
After the last short vacation in April and ccol weather in Germany I literaly counted days till beach vacation. This time we dicided to spend it with family from Russia and it is hard to find more appropriate lacation than Turkei. Erdogan is balancing between west and east between democracy and dictatorship and geting there […]
Trip to Hamburg
We arrived in Hamburg on Monday and spent five days there. As someone from the aerospace industry, I was, of course, aware of the huge Airbus plant in the city, and I couldn’t help but wonder if I could see myself living there.
Köln
After school began, we’ve become very dependent on our son’s schedule. So, during the autumn holidays, we had no choice but to travel somewhere. We chose Cologne (Köln) as our destination, as we’ve never been to the western part of Germany, and among the remaining big cities, this one seemed to have the most entertainment […]
Stuttgart
When we book the hotel and got itinerary next step was to choose where to go with kids. And it was the first unplesant surprise – there are two auto museums in the city: Mercedes and Porsche, but after BMW museum we were reluctant to go there. And aside these two destinations we found nothing […]
Pirna
This weekend we visited city Pirna not far from Dresden. History of this city bagan from fortress mentioned in 1269. In different time it belongs to Bohemia, Prussia and Saxony. In 19th sentury it became an industrial city. Among all sandstone mined here was used in houses building all across the region: from Dresden and […]
Pillnitz Castle
Last month I switch from my ticket around Dresden to Deutschland Ticket and now I can travel around Germany as much as I want for the same price. However, my family could travel with me only around Lower Saxony Area. But so far we have plenty places to visit. This weekend we have been in […]
One year of the War
It’s hard to forget the morning of Feb 24, 2022 in Kyiv. The loud burst, the noise of neighbours dashing around the apartments, BBC web site with news about Russian invasion to Ukraine. After it was the endless traffic jam on the road from Kyiv with brave Ukrainian soldiers rushing in the opposite direction to […]
Kikabidze
One of my favorite movie is an old Soviet comedy Mimino. I’ve seen it dozens of times and know each line by heart. And of course I am in love with the main character – Valiko Mizandari, honest and kind pilot who dreams about international flights. Valiko was played by Vahtag Kikabidze, who took part […]