Ghetto of the world: Bedford: the English hinterland with an Italian flavor
Today, the story of one of the most amazing combinations that one can imagine of such dissimilar peoples – Italians and British – we continue our column on the ethnic ghettos of the world. Get ready to go with us to the cold and rainy Bedford, where we plunge into the warm Mediterranean atmosphere. Continue reading
Varanasi. Crematorium city
Someone calls it a city of temples, someone – created by the gods, and someone – a crematorium on the Ganges. Today we will talk about the Indian city of Varanasi, where death does not frighten anyone and has long become a business. This one and a half million metropolis, located in the north-east of the country, according to legend, was founded more than five thousand years ago by the god Shiva. Continue reading
South Goa
I stayed here for two weeks, but this is not enough – it is desirable to go here for a month. Here, in fact, the soul rests from all that is superfluous … It is fun to drive to discos, excursions, cities, villages, all cultural and historical places, but in fact you’re mentally tired. Now, if you want to recuperate, moral and physical, find the place where you just rejoin nature and your beginning – go to Goa … Continue reading
All-inclusive and even more: unusual hotel service
Feel like a five-year-old, falling asleep under stories with an instructive end, in the Andaz Liverpool Street London Hotel. Tired of the real world, visitors here are offered the service of reading bedtime stories. To remind the forgotten stories and lull the guests, they invite even writers and journalists. Continue reading
Country with the aroma of incense. Oman
Oman has long been in the shadow of the tourist boom and glorified luxury of its neighbors – the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia. But lately, the country has become increasingly popular for Europeans and lovers of distant wanderings from around the world. And just because it managed to retain its eastern identity, to refrain from chasing the scales that are not accessible to countries that are not so generously endowed with oil reserves. Continue reading