Helsinki: Day 1

Actually, day 2. We arrived yesterday late in the evening, had dinner and went to bed. So it didn't count for a day really. 

Me in front of the campus wearing 2 (!) jackets

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      Till now I've been trying to fall asleep since 23 o'clock. Well, let's say I got 12 more hours of the day before flying back to Austria
     It feels absolutely strange to come home for two weeks, being, actually, a guest at your own place. I don't even mean being a temporary visitor in my parents' flat, but feeling alien when trying to live the way I did before. Hope, you understand, what I mean.
      It's as hard to leave as great to return. A neverending story.

Zaz – Eblouie Par La Nuit  and some city views...

Garden, where Magnolia is blossoming

      Spring is definitely the happiest season ever. When it's a real one, of course. The one with blossoming lilacs, tulips and apple trees. With "sweet-scented" air and rain during sunshine. With these little birds bathing in creeks of fontaines...

       

      Весна- это, определенно, самое счастливое время.  Разумеется, когда она - настоящая. С цветущей сиренью, тюльпанами и яблонями. Когда воздух становится вязко-сладким от аромата цветов и когда идет грибной дождик, когда маленькие птички купаются в ручейках фонтана...

  

Alps

      On the top of a mountain it feels free like nowhere else: standing on a couple meters wide rock at the height of over 4500 feet, taking a breath of cold crisp air, looking down at the surroundings. You've just overcome yourself again and reached your aim. Now you're going to eat a sandwich and drink a couple of burning hot tea, watching the world from above. Although it was tough, you will feel a little sorrow that your way up is over. And it's going to take another couple of hours to get down, but the way back will seem to you much shorter than before.

Art of Art

   
      How great it is from time to time just to let things happen. Yet yesterday evening I had no plans for today, but unexpectedly it's become such a wonderful day: my friend called me last day and suggested to go to a dog exhibition with her. Of course, I couldn't say no and that's how the day began. The dogs were just awesome.

Peacock castle

             As I promised once to continue walks through the city, today we're heading for a place in Graz, where you can find a castle, surrounded by a park with peacocks walking - Schloß Eggenberg. It's located almost on the borderline of city, in front of the mountains. I don't think, I should tell you the history,but if you are interested, then read it here: Eggenberg Castle, Graz. Let me just say, it's one of the greatest parks I've even seen. And now you'll understand why...

            В продолжение темы прогулок по городу сегодня мы отправляемся одно чудное место в Граце,где есть все, что нужно настоящей принцессе - замок, окруженный парком с гуляющими в нем павлинами: в Замок Эггенберг. История его создания довольно занимательна (особенно часть, касающаяся архитектуры), можете почитать здесь Замок Эггенберг, Википедия. К тому же, я бы сказала, это один из самых красивых парков, которые мне удалось посетить. И вот почему...

Once upon a Saturday

Today's look

          This weekend I'm at my boyfriend's parents' house in Upper Austria. They have a tradition to meet their friends every Saturday at 11 o'clock in a cafe in the centre of town. I suppose, they've been doing that for over 30 years! So we were there, chatting with friends and I suddenly realised, that I forgot my body cream at home and took just my face cream. Surely, we went immediately to the drugstore and popped in to some other shops on the way there. ;)

The girl, who went up a hill, but came down a mountain

          Do you happen to have a special place in the city, where you live? Where you always enjoy the beauty, independent of how the weather is? A place, that means a lot to you?

         Есть ли у вас такое место в вашем городе, которое вам особенно дорого? Где вы всегда чувствуете себя уютно и спокойно, несмотря на то, что происходит вокруг? 

As busy as a bee

 Karl-Franzens Universität Graz

              Have you ever noticed that different cities have different rhymes of life? I mean, in some you can do 1000 things a day and not get tired, but in others just going to buy some fresh bread in the bakery feels like a "round-the-world trip"?
             Today I had a busy day: an exam in Business Administration, lunch with friends, then some shopping and again a meeting with a friend. You can say, it's not that much to do and you'll be right. But here, walking down narrow streets and getting to the opposite side of the the city just in 30 minutes it feels exactly like this.

            Вы когда-нибудь обращали внимание на то, насколько ритм жизни в разных городах отличается друг от друга? Например, в некоторых вы успеваете передать тысячу дел в день и не почувствовать усталости, а в некоторых поход за булкой хлеба превращается в настоящее приключение?
           Сегодня у меня был как раз напряженный день: экзамен по экономике, ланч с друзьями, немного шопинга и снова прогулка с подружкой. На самом деле, не так уж много, скажете вы. Но здесь, гуляя по узким улочкам и доезжая до другой части города за полчаса, у вас возникает именно такое чувство.