New York City associates with the following plot for the movie: Times Square with its grandiose skyscrapers
Architecture
Hungary (part 1): Budapest (Buda Castle, Fisherman’s Bastion, Chain Bridge, Parliament, Heroes’ Square, Vajdahunyad Castle)
Budapest is a city, where you could spend a weeklong holiday, visiting lots of thermal baths, museums, walking along the cozy streets and enjoying the promenade near the Danube river.
Dubai, UAE (part 6): Dubai Frame museum – the past and the future of the city
The Dubai Frame is a new sight, which was opened in January 2018 and locates on the territory of Zabeel Park. It is museum of the city history, amazing viewpoint of modern Dubai at the same time. Moreover, you can see here the projects of the city development in the future.
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Dubai, UAE (part 4): artificial islands – building miracle: Jumeirah the Palm, Jebel Ali Palm, “The World” Islands
Jumeirah the Palm Island
Jumeirah the Palm Island is a building miracle, which was constructed from the piled up sand of the seabed. It is a unique place, which impresses so much! The Palm island was created to increase the coastline in Dubai for 520 km.
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Dubai, UAE (part 3): review of the most interesting must-see sights in Dubai
The distance between the sights of Dubai is rather big, that’s why it’s important to understand, how will you move around the city.
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Dubai, UAE (part 2): History and Traditions of UAE, the Sheikh Mohammed Centre for Cultural Understanding, Dubai Creek
If you starve for a sun on the beach in winter time a swimming in the sea, pay your attention on Dubai city in UAE (United Arab Emirates). Here you can successfully combine excursions and beach leisure. The winter temperature here reaches +27 C, what is rather comfortable for walking and swimming at the same time.
Dubai, UAE (part 1): Burj Khalifa – the highest tower in the world and the largest shopping centre Dubai Mall
Burj Khalifa – the highest tower in the world (828 metres high, 163 floors), sight number one to visit in Dubai. The tower got its name to the honor of United Arab Emirates President – Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, who was the sponsor of the tower construction.
Kolomyia, Hutsul & Pokuttya museum, Pysanka museum, New Year in Verkhovyna: Carpathians, New Year in hutsul style (part 2)
The next morning we were joined the tour bus in the centre of Lviv and headed to the Carpathians. First we visited the Museum of Hutsul and Pokuttya region in Kolomyia. Here household items of the inhabitants of the Hutsul region were collected, like: elegant clothes, items carved from wood, tools, models of the interior of Hutsul houses and much more interesting exhibits.
Lviv: “New Year in hutsul style” (part 1)
We went to celebrate the New Year in the Carpathians to enjoy the beauty of the Carpathian Mountains, to plunge into the cozy Hutsul atmosphere. Western Ukraine is, as always, hospitable and “warm”, despite the winter frosts.
Weekend in Kamyanets-Podilskyi, Ukraine – city of ancient historical castle and music festival “Respublica”
If you think about the place, where to spend weekend in Ukraine, we recommend to visit Kamyanets-Podilskyi city, Khmelnytskyi region (about 500 km to the southern west from Kyiv).