Travelog for: Hanne Hü

Beautiful horefrost appeared that day! That's what I captured during the way to the univercity with my host.

Hello everybody! Long time no see
I'm having good time here in Tomsk. Sorry for not writing for so long. We weren't able to use Internet Now, all is ok and I can tell you how Mia and I spent the time.

On Sunday there was an orthodox Easter. We decorated the eggs with the red paint and ate 'kulich'.















Letters XB mean 'Христос Воскресе!', which means 'The Christ is risen' in Russian. They say it instead of 'good morning' on Easter day.

The spring has come! The snow has melted! The weather is warm, so we can walk longer and go further
Dasha took Miia and me to the historical center of Tomsk.

This is the house next to our's...



Just a beautiful roof



Kids are playing



The river Ushaika.



The bridge through this river.









A Catholic church.



Finally we reached the Voskresenskaya hill - the place where Tomsk started its life. (I'm a bit out of the photo... )







On the left there is the first City Hall, and on the right there is the first church built in Tomsk.





We went inside it...





The monument of Russian rouble



Something strange is on the opposite wall %)



It was a really nice day

For May holidays we went to Novosibirsk. There is a traditional big carnival on the 1st of May called Monstration. Here is how we got ready to it, making funny posters...







But everything went wrong. There was no Monstration because of political problems in Novosibirsk. We had to return back to Tomsk.
Although, we are going to visit the capital of Siberia again and have a great fun!

Hello everyone!
We went to Novosibirsk again to visit one amazing event which I will tell later This time, we managed to walk all the day and to see almost half of this large city.

In some places it looks a bit like Tomsk.



In fact, it is capital of Siberia and the third biggest city in Russia.
This is a symbol of Novosibirsk, the Opera and Ballet Theater.



Of course, there stands Lenin, as in any other city center in Russia









The railway station.











This was a hot day. We stopped to have some ice coffee in Pervomaiskiy square.







The flags of Russia and Novosibirsk on City Hall.













The river Ob'.









Old drink machines of USSR times



Then we went by the bridge...









In evening, we visited... the concert of Scorpions! That was wonderful, they rocked us like a hurricane





I need a rest after such a tiring day, so don't worry if I will keep silence for a while!

Love,
Hanne

Hello guys! Did you miss me? Yeap you did I know

I travelled a bit in Russia with Miia and my host! That was great.

First we took a plane from Novosibirsk to St Petersburg.









We visited Peterhof, a residation of XVIII century of Russian emperors. It is famous for its gorgeous fountains.































We saw the Gulf of Finland, the Baltic sea and Neva.















No photo can tell you about real beauty of St. Petersburg; it is impossible. Everyone must come and see it with his own eyes

They made a statue of me in the park!



And planted some beautiful flowers near it, how did they know I love them? This place in St.Petersburg I liked the best.

After a week in St Petersburg, we took a train to Moscow. We walked a lot, saw Red square, Ostankino tower, Arbat street and Patriarshy ponds, famous by "Master and Margaret"

Hi,
I m in Poland with my new host Anna.

Today I visited Cieplice. Cieplice it s a very nice part of Jelenia Gora

I saw very nice building here  :-) The palace in Cieplice (previously: Bad Warmbrunn) was erected between 1784 and 1788 as a residence of the Schaffgotsch family. Now the palace in Cieplice is in very good condition. Some of the original, Classicist elements (floor, paneling, plafond) have survived to this day in some of the chambers on the first floor. The palace right now  is used as an Off-campus Educational Unit. The inside of the palace may be visited by prior arrangement with the University authorities, but it is not generally open to tourists. One can also attend an academic event or an exhibition mounted in the palace.
I like it very much.

Today I meet a very nice deer :-)  I think he liked me :-)

I was in Germany today :-)
and I visited Berlin.
I really like this city.
We saw Reichstag, Brandenburg Gate, Fernsehturm, Berlin Cathedral and Humboldt University of Berlin

After visiting some tourist attractions I had very nice surprise. We went to Christmas Market :-)

We are in Wroclaw.
Wroclaw is the largest city in western Poland.
In 2016, the city will be the European Capital of Culture.
We saw Wrocław Old Town Hall. I like it very much.

I also saw very nice monument It s Boleslaw Chrobry. This man was Duke of Poland from 992 to 1025, and the first King of Poland in 1025

It s very, very cold today. So we were unable to visit Centennial Hall, but I hope I will be able to see it next time.

Very interesting way to explore the city is seeking out Wroclaw dwarfs. There are over 300 dwarfs spread all over the city.  We found one of them  :-)

Today we saw some beautiful winter landscapes.
Karkonosze mountains are really amazing. But...very cold here. We had a very nice time here.

What's that sound? Is someone purring to me?

And now I hear another sound... Oh, wait! My envelope gets opened!