Smolensk photos

[mousquet]

I had a short trip to Smolensk city and region around it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smolensk

The full album is linked below. Most of photos are not edited (sorry).
http://regfoto.ru/album/achtung2014/SMOLENSK/1

 

[King_JCD]

Sooooo pretty

 

[PR3C1Z10N]

Wow! I wish my area had historic downtown areas like that.

 

[WaLLy]

Very nice! Thx for sharing.

 

[Infinity17]

very nice shots like you are right there thxs

 

[MikeK]

Been there some 7-8 years ago and it looks much better and cleaner now! Great!

As to the 'historic downtown', you guys need to go to Italy. Not speaking of all the places in Rome, there are towns where they have private houses built-in the walls of local coliseums or defensive walls. If you ever have a chance to go somewhere, it MUST be Italy. And it's really great to rent a car and see some of the not-so-mainstream cities and towns because each and every of them is some 2000 years old, with local tiny churches, great landscapes and everything else you could imagine.[DOUBLEPOST=1402769356][/DOUBLEPOST]And yeah, Italian girls are... well, you normally can't help but stare and
In the southern part only, though.

 

[mousquet]

Been there some 7-8 years ago and it looks much better and cleaner now! Great!

This city really looks great. Transportation, information, shops, restaurants, parks - all these are in excellent conditions. Hotel was lowly but had excellent comfort and equipment. Historical landmarks are carefully restorated - you saw this on my photos.

 

[MikeK]

This city really looks great. Transportation, information, shops, restaurants, parks - all these are in excellent conditions. Hotel was lowly but had excellent comfort and equipment. Historical landmarks are carefully restorated - you saw this on my photos.

I really don't get how every russian hotel in every small town has free and working wi-fi while I was searching for a hotel in French Alps to stay at next winter while skiing and there are, like, only 5 hotels in the town with wi-fi. Also, everyone comments that neither of them actually works or (in the very best case) you have to pay like 10 euros a day for the wi-fi alone

 

[jasmine]

thank you for letting us enjoy your little trip LORD

 

[BuckRogers]

@MikeK - lovin all things italian,: the food, the coffee, the peeps, the landscape, the history,

My advice? ditto mike, you'll learn more about 'Italy' out of the Cities than in them, tho of course Rome's a must (4 days in Rome and you'll feel like you did 4 Marathons!!) Plus Florence, Sienna, Pisa, The lakes, Sicily, Skiing the Alps, etc etc etc lol

Wots not to like?

 

[Rexz >:)]

That is lovely! Wouldn't mind going to those parts of Russia some time soon.

 

[theGenius]

nice pics! beautiful place