Travel

What a miraculous sky is there in Finland! Amazing, picturesque, hypnotic, beyond beautiful. This sky can any photo turn into a really special one. And it also changes the way we see the life underneath it. Rich and volumetic clouds, that are seen everywhere over the forests and lakes up to the very horizon, are making this piece of Earth look like a picture of a talanted artist, who is deeply in love with our planet. 

The view from an ordinary summer terrace here you will remember for ages, and a simple entertainments, that you’ve probably done thousands of times already, are evoluating to an amazing adventures. This summer we’ve spent almost a week under this unbelievable sky, trying to find out what are locals and tourists usually doing while having vacations on Saimaa lake. And before we will show you everything in our traditional video-guides, let me show you some backstage photos. I’m sure, you as well will be inspired by this sky! 

Oktoberfest in Munich is right at it’s peak now: the first barrel was ceremonially opened and even already forgotten after a huge amount of taken beer, specially produced for the world’s largest festival; beermakers have made their traditional procession with the loud orchestras and beautiful horses through the city towards the Theresa’s meadow, where an event is held; and up to six millions tourists, who arrive in Munich every year at this dates, are happily watching all this, taking photos and drinking beer.

So Munich today is a center for everything crazily funny and interesting. And will remain like that till the 4th of October. But who was the first? Who who was the first to put on dirndl and loudly (without beer but with an amazing company) celebrate the beginning of the “fifth season in a year”, as locals call Oktoberfest? Ta-daaam, this person is right in front of you! And I’m going to show you everything:) 

You know, what, friends? Looks like my world is never gonna be the same again! Because of two reasons. And the first one is this absolutely fabilous, magical sunset outside the Heaven 23 restaurant windows in Gothenburg (Sweden) earlier today. It painted all the old rooftops and interior details into an electro-orange color, turning them into one big fairy tail. People stared at it, took photos of it, were obviously amazed by it. 

And the second reason is…

I just love how perfect are Finnish holidays in the way of their relaxation. Like nowhere else, you feel here like you owe nothing to others here. No need to rush through all the sights if you’re not in a mood for it, you can easily stay in bed till lunch or even spend all your vacation without leaving the hotel – and no one would ever blame you for that. And it’s not because of standarts of trying to be polite with tourists. It’s just in the nature of Finnish people. They know, how to enjoy every moment of life and appreciate what they have right now, without waiting for a better future or smth. You can forget about conventionalities and just deep into what you really like. And only because of that all the hotels and resorts we had a chance to visit this summer were organized the way it is the most comfortable for everyone to have the best rest ever without going far away. 

I want to be honest with you – I couldn’t even imagine it was so hard to produce timelapse video! After Alesha asked me to help him, I felt so much pain in my back and legs… And all that for just 30 SECONDS! Beautiful, but such a short result…

So why is it actually so hard? 

Many people don’t get why are we so addicted to car travels. But when you only seen the world from the car window, you immediately understand, that there is no better way to fall in love with it. Czech from this side is all about amazing pastoral views, that give you harmony and piece, neat villages with a mandatory breweries, where elderly people ride segways, and here you finally understand what really matters in this life, also about marvelous trdelnik smell and 160 km/hour to skip extra calories:)

I suppose, people should visit Czech exactly for this – rashy, always too short, but oh so emotional autojourney. And thanks to Skoda I could share my this summer journey with Alesha.

Visit another side of Earth to find out you really miss all those classes, exams, libraries, long courseworks and vacations? That is so me! But how could you not catch the “study fever”, when schools in Singapore feel like home? The country that only celebrates 50 years of history (pre-historical period of colony doesn’t counts!) is pretty much concerned by its education and puts all the best and creative in this part of life. That’s why local libraries look more like archive from “Men in Black”, school yards are decorated by small lakes for meditation and all people from all over the world want is to become a part of this wonderful, ultra modern and highly professional life.

I was lucky to visit 2 of Singapore famous schools: french business school INSEAD with one of the world’s best MBA course, and LASALLE – College of the Arts that can make any person really creative:) I will show the second one in details today.

С каждым днем я все больше убеждаюсь, что для того, чтобы сменить обстановку, увидеть что-то новое (и прекрасное), вовсе не обязательно далеко ехать. В одной только нашей московской области можно открывать новые и новые места практически до бесконечности – столько тут памятных уголков! В эти выходные мы впервые побывали в музее-усадьбе Абрамцево, что под Сергиевым-Посадом. И не просто так, а потому, что сегодня, 11-го августа, музей празднует свой 95-летний юбилей. Чем не повод для репортажа?

I promise, you’ll have a chance to look at Finland’s nature and lake vacation opportunities from normal angles really soon, but now let’s enjoy the sky views once more. Don’t they have that special magin in them? Today we will show you some picturesque places nearby Saimaa lake how only birds see them.