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• Highlights of 28th Aeronautics Festival in Velikye Luki

  The Velikye Luki Aeronautics festival (Воздухоплавание) is a yearly championship of flying hot air balloons that takes place in the city of Velikye Luki located in the south-east part of Pskov Oblast. The city is also called the Capital of aeronautics in Russia. The festival has been taking place since 1996. After a year-long wait, I was finally able to indulge and witness this festival first-hand! Here’s my experience of the event.

  25.10.2024

• St. Petersburg’s Hidden Gems: Day Trips to Nearby Treasures

  In November, when autumn gives way to the first hints of winter, St. Petersburg serves as an excellent hub for day trips to nearby destinations that offer a glimpse of this beautiful seasonal transition. Here are some places that are easily accessible by train and perfect for enjoying the end of autumn and the onset of winter:

  24.11.2023

• Registan: The Pearl of Central Asia

  Registan is the pearl of Central Asia, one of the most magnificent squares in the world, located in the center of old Samarkand. Everyone who is lucky enough to be here cannot remain indifferent: the greatness and beauty of Registan elicits in everyone, without exception, a feeling of delight.

  18.07.2022

• Ayaz-Kala: A Fortress From the Distant Past

  The Ayaz-Kala archaeological site encompasses the ruins of three ancient fortresses from the time of the Kushan Empire, located in Uzbekistan’s Kyzylkum Desert. The name of the settlement translates as "fortress in the wind." Built when Kushan culture was at its peak in the third and second centuries BCE, it bolstered the empire’s northern defenses and protected those territories from foreign encroachment.

  23.05.2022

• Lake Ladoga: A Quick Getaway from St. Petersburg

  The largest lake in Europe, the second largest in Russia after Lake Baikal, and the 14th largest freshwater lake in the world — that’s Lake Ladoga. Such an enormous lake with 48 species of fish and even its own endemic seal species (the Ladoga seal) seems like it should be in some far away, long forgotten spot only accessible to the most dedicated of travelers. And yet, it’s right outside of St. Petersburg! So easily accessible, it’s the perfect place for a little weekend getaway.

  18.02.2022

• Checklist: What to Visit in St. Petersburg in 2 Days

  When you live in the most popular tourist destination in Russia, all your friends ask you one simple question: what do you recommend seeing? In my three years of living here, I developed a checklist which I will be happy to share with everyone.

  12.10.2021

• St. Petersburg is Bigger Than You Think

  The picture of St. Petersburg for some people is just beautiful buildings with old and authentic architecture, Nevsky Prospect, and the Hermitage, but there are more places that are worth your attention. I want to tell you about my most favorite suburbs that are actually now parts of our city. Lomonosov, Zelenogorsk… If these names don’t ring a bell, then I invite you on a journey to these amazing places.

  21.05.2021

• A Trip to Veliky Novgorod

  You want to get away from the hustle and bustle of the city for a while? You should consider going to Veliky Novgorod, an incredibly peaceful and charming town not far from St. Petersburg.

  06.03.2020

• A Train to Vyborg!

  Looking for a short getaway close to St. Pete? Why not consider the historical town of Vyborg? The author of this blog shows how it could happen…

  11.02.2020

• From the Capital: A Trip to Moscow

  The sky is clear. The wind is not so strong. The sun is slowly setting, and the tallest trees are as interconnected as any big forest by the road. Darkness is slowly becoming light. It seems like the last rays of the sun and the yellowing of the sky lasts only a short while and then the end of the day and the start of the night will begin.

  07.11.2019