Category Archives: Photography

Finally we have some real winter:

It’s not often that I get carried away by night effects, however in this case there must have been something in the air of the old park: Не так часто меня привлекают ночные эффекты (темнота все же она и есть … Continue reading →

‘Twixt air and sea

Along the border between Germany and Austria, on the southern limits of Bavaria, lie three castles built by the Bavarian King Ludwig. Paul Verlaine called him ‘the last real king of the 19th century’, Visconti created a major film called … Continue reading →

This is the most recent trip we undertook, travelling from Austria north and west along the southern German border. Somewhat unexepectedly the trip turned out truly fraught with impressions, so I will split the tale into several posts, so as … Continue reading →

Hello all! After some prolonged silence finally there’s positive energy seems to slowly be coming back. It certainly is a comfort to see move into the haze of past the infamous mess that has become my workplace and indeed partly … Continue reading →

Having to go on business to Kostroma, one of the ancient cities not very far from Moscow and belonging to the Golden Ring – practically the only real cultural / historical tourist attraction in Russia, apart from Moscow and St … Continue reading →

Горный Алтай – в прошлом отдельная республика. Местные жители, тюркоязычные и монголоидные, не любят. когда их путают с Алтайским краем. Из всех неожиданно многих и довольно далеких странствий этого лета для меня лично Алтай – место несомненно самое красивое, если … Continue reading →

Якутск – столица Якутии, город, стоящий на берегу реки Лены. Yakutsk – the capital of Yakutia, a city on the great river Lena.     Похоже, в Якутии специфический взгляд на рекламу и PR  (особенно мне, конечно, нравится надпись про … Continue reading →