ВЛАДИМИР ПОЗНЕР Журналист, телеведущий
VLADIMIR POZNER Journalist, TV Host
‘What do you mean when you ask:
‘What is your favorite country?’ To live in?
Or to visit it as a tourist? It makes a huge
difference. Take a man going to Mexico
with no command of Spanish at all. He
loved it very much there. But what does he
know about the country? How deep could hee
st
feel it? His conclusions are shallow as he is just
a tourist. I love Japan infinitely. I have been there five times or so.
But I do not know a word. I have not been to a single Japanese
house. Have not lived there, do not know a thing about the Japanese housing and communal services, have not paid the taxes,
have not dealt with red tape. Just paid considerable amount of
money for which I was driven around the country and saw different sights and I liked it. Very much. But I give myself reference
that I don’t understand a thing about Japan.
Most of all I like France where I was born. Love the food,
wine, the lifestyle of the French, humor, the way any waiter in any
eatery would ask me: ‘Well, how was it?’, the spirit of freedom,
and so on and so forth. I go back there every year, sometimes
twice or even three times. It does not mean I do not like other
countries. I am going to visit Iceland for example. I think it will be
wonderful.
I love Italy (very much), I love Spain. But I love them as
a foreigner, you see? I rarely come back. And if I come back –
because I have not seen enough, have not gained enough to my
satisfaction. And I come back to France because I feel well there.
This is what love is’.
АНДРЕЙ КИРИЛЕНКО Баскетболист, бронзовый призер Олимпиады-2012,
президент Российской федерации баскетбола
И МАРИЯ ЛОПАТОВА Жена Андрея, соосновательница фэшн-агентства Fashion IQ
ANDREY KIRILENKO Basketball Player, Bronze Medalist of 2012 Summer Olympics,
Russian Basketball Federation President
AND MASHA LOPATOVA Andrey’s Wife, Fashion IQ Agency Cofounder
‘The most unforgettable vacation was
two years ago with our four children. It was a
cruise on the largest private catamaran in the
world through the islands of French Polynesia. Tahiti,
Bora Bora, Murea, Huahin, Raiatea – we saw pineapple fields,
visited Gaugin museum, went swimming with sharks, fishing...
When we travel without kids, we like to take little luggage and travel at far distance spending a day or two in each
city. One of the most memorable trips was visiting Japan (from
Tokyo to Osaka to Kyoto), then Singapore, then Maldives, then
Dubai. We flew from Los Angeles and ended in Nice – it took us
about three weeks’.
«Наш самый незабываемый отдых случился два
года назад. Мы с нашими четырьмя детьми отправились
в плавание на самом большом частном катамаране в мире
по островам Французской Полинезии. Таити, Бора-Бора,
Муреа, Хуахин, Раиатеа – мы видели ананасовые поля, побывали в музее Гогена, плавали с акулами, рыбачили...
Когда же мы отдыхаем вдвоем, нам нравится путешествовать налегке. Одной из самых ярких была поездка
по маршруту Токио – Осака – Киото – Сингапур – Мальдивы – Дубай. Стартовали мы в Лос-Анджелесе, а закончили
в Ницце – все путешествие заняло недели три».
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