Parks and Landscapes

Ice sculptures, Chelyabinsk, 12.2011

Elena Tachtaeva — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 12:15:35 +0000

In december 2011 the ice sculptures were made on the central square of Chelyabinsk. The main theme is the Olympic Games 2012. Ice sculptures represent various kinds of sports and the emblem of the Olympic Games.

Vuurwerk op Oud en Nieuw

Elena Kaledinova — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 20:20:49 +0000

Het bericht naar gemeente Rheden (Nederland): Geachte mevrouw van Wingerden, Op Oud en Nieuw werd veel vuurwerk weer afgestoken. Het vuurwerk kabaal begon al 2 weken voor Oud en Nieuw en was nog 1 week achteraf te horen. Ik heb veel last gehad van dit geluid. Ik denk, dat meer mensen last van het vuurwerk hebben gehad. Wat nog erger [...]

Christmas market in Chelyabinsk

Elena Kaledinova — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 11:56:31 +0000

Pictures of Christmas market 2012 in Chelyabinsk: http://mv74.ru/blog/archives/rozhdestvenskaya-yarmarka-na-urale/

Christmas market in Duiven

Elena Kaledinova — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 20:44:35 +0000

On sunday December 18th me and my husband visited one of the biggest indoor Christmas markets of The Netherlands in the garden centre Intratuin located in Duiven. You immediately find yourself in a very special atmosphere of Christmas holiday. People can buy here everything for decorating their homes for Christmas: large artificial Christmas trees, all possible types of [...]

Naarden, Netherlands

Elena Kaledinova — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 15:50:34 +0000

Naarden, the Utrecht gate (‘Utrechtse Poort’) The city of Naarden has existed for a long time. It is a medieval city, which developed as a fortress and as a part of the Dutch waterline. The city is surrounded by numerous moats filled with water. If the weather is good, you can even take a boat tour [...]

In search of mammoths

Marina Volkova — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 18:15:14 +0000

Where to go for the weekend? One of the most exotic answers to this question: “Go to seek for mammoths”. To put it more precisely – not mammoths, but their bones. Also you can seek for the bones of other ancient animals such as bison and ancient horses, that were living on the territory of present-day [...]

IKEA-Swedwood в Карелии

Elena Kaledinova — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 18:32:06 +0000

В среду вечером 2-го ноября по каналу ARD немецкого телевидения в программе Plusminus показали сюжет о вырубке лесов компанией IKEA-Swedwood в Карелии вблизи финской границы. IKEA-Swedwood взяла в аренду 295 000 гектаров леса в Карелии и занимается там заготовкой древесины для производства мебели. В прогрмаме показали, что после вырубки леса остаётся только чёрная земля, так как [...]

Hamilton Island

Katya van Ginkel — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 14:14:17 +0000

Pictures of Hamilton Island, koala and parrots:

Brugge, Belgium

Elena Kaledinova — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 13:02:46 +0000

Pictures of Brugge, Belgium: 123►

Egmond, Netherlands

Elena Kaledinova — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 19:56:11 +0000

Pictures of Egmond, Netherlands (North see, light house, dog-rose, beach, dunes, seeside sunset):