Eastern Partnership Photography
Nadezhda Degtiariova (Belarus)
design. The city is getting refreshed, with
construction work going on at a fantastic speed! I cannot draw comparisons, as
I had not been to Baku before that trip,
but during the sightseeing tour of the
city we could hear every now and then:
built last year, accomplished this year,
even though they have both the perfectly
preserved old city, and interesting Soviet
architecture.
pictures for my alpine skier friends. So I
took a walk around the town and asked
a local how far it was to the lifts. They
happened to be at a distance of around
two kilometers, but I only had half an
hour. “Such a pity I won’t make it!” I
said. And he replied: “Yes, you will! I’ll
give you a ride!” I started asking him
not to bother, but he had already start-
Georgia has wonderful natural surroundings! I know I am not the first to
say this, but the delight this country
gives is beyond words!
Georgia is a land kissed by God, a
heavenly place on the Earth. Here there
is everything: mountains, snow-covered
summits, waterfalls, a tropical paradise
with palm-trees at the seaside, wonderful lakes and rivers. And Georgia’s
people are also wonderful! Everybody
has heard about oriental hospitality,
and it is no myth. But Georgian hospitality is hospitality squared! Absolute
strangers are ready to help you in every possible way. We were passing an
alpine ski resort in Bakuriani, and I had
a personal interest there: I was eager to
have a look at the lifts and take a few
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Valentyn Aleksandrov (Ukraine)
ed the car… And they are all like th