On one brilliant Indian Summer day the girl named Rapunzel flew, from the brothers’ Grimm’s fairy-tale “Rapunzel” to the Olivia’s window. The morning was splendid. Mom and Dad were very busy somewhere. So, Olivia was alone. In the bright sunshine beam she saw fluffy fair hair of the girl and her big sparkling blue eyes….
Crawling onto the second floor of one of the popular Japanese Sushi-Bars at the Shibakoen, we were met politely and sat at the high tables to have a fill. In today’s menu there were sushi and Rock sushi, Hawaii rolls, Hibachi, sushimi, tatami, spicy tuna and a Ji Japanese Mackarel, Sushi Sashimi combo. We quickly…
From Tokyo Station (Marunonchi Central Exit) is 15 minutes’ walk to the Tokyo Imperial Palace, this is our excursion with our knowledgeable tourist guide Larisa. I, personally, was not tired to be surprised how quickly she adapted to the metro system of such megapolis as Tokyo: transfer here and there and here we are in…
We walked about 5 minutes from the Tokyo Prince Hotel where we stayed in a shaded sidewalk that led us to the side area of the Zojoji Buddha temple grounds. Zojoji temple with the Tokyo tower on the background presented for some the great contrast pictures between old and new Japan though. The first things…
When we arrived at Tokyo on the 8-th of August, 2014, the weather was summer-like: hot and humid. Our limousine took us directly to the Prince Tower Hotel. Upon dropping off the bus, we were met with the myriads of crickets choir hidden inside the bushes next to the hotel entrance. I was taken aback…
Our this summer 2014 itinerary: St. Petersburg, Russia-Calgary (Canada), from Calgary-Dublin Irish Airlinges-Lanzarote (Spain), Madrid (Spain), Doha (Quatar Airlines), Tokyo (Japan)-Dubai Emirates Airlines)-St. Petersburg, Tokyo-Paris (France Airlines)-Vienna (Austria)-Amsterdam by KLM-Calgary (Canada). Summarizing our trip routes, one needs to mention that it was covered thousands of kilometers by distance, at different altitudes: from Northern Pole, Greenland,…
Among huge bustling crowd of passengers heading in different destinations throughout the world, who happened to be at Paris Charle de Gaulle Airport, is sounding live beautiful music…and by passing the people. We are like everybody else, and everybody else is like us, tightened in a series of transfers. Long, moving transporters are helping to…
This last August 2014 we spent in Male Levare, Slovakia, staying at Jan and Jana Holly’s place. The house was modern, with the beautiful yard and garden, flowers and cypresses, well kept and pleasant to live in. The main attraction, however, was the hostess Jana, a talented nice woman, who cooked for the family three…
Janko Holly, who is from Canada, used to read the book “Levarky” every night while at his security job. On page 284 there is a fascinationg photo of Josef Hujsa, 103 y.o., accompanied by his granddaughter Marishka, standing in front of Male Levare Church, dressed in the old peasant kozukh. For the third time visiting…
One. Calgary Stampede 2014 is closing to-night. The peculiarity of Calgary Stampede this year can be considered horses who are regarded as as high-performance athletes. So, it follows that there is a lot of specialized support available for them behind the scenes – help that wasn’t always there before. Treatments these days include massage, horse yoga,…