Petro from a birdfly

A couple of Petrozavodsk panoramas taken from a high building not far from my workplace (guess which one building I work in. It must be on the second picture).





Both pictures are clickable. You can see most of Petro sightseeings and notable buildings on bigger resolution only.

Yep, that's me!

City photo competition powered by "National Geographic". I have not participated still I think I have no enough talent to exhibit my pics.



Thanks Little Hippo! ;)

Pics for monkeys

Some years ago a friend of mine who was a doctoral student in the Institute for information transmission problems talked to his supervisor and he said a nice idea. “A real scientist must be able to explain everything with words or at least with formulas. Pictures are for monkeys”.
Nowadays while writing to the blog I see that was true. The easiest way is not towrite anything but just to post a couple of pics and this will be met. Especially when you are worried that your words could be looked like monkey.


So, well. A couple of pics from Moscow. The lsat Moscow trip was not really fruitful on photos (the weather was not good for taking pictures and even fro just walking around)/ Nevertheless something is available.






These views are exotic for somebody. But at the same time this ‘somebody’ see Eiffel Tower, Mount Corcovado or Manhattan skyscrapers. The things I can not see and push my camera’s button. The life is so unfair. ;)

Tulips in Moscow

One of my favourite spring flowers. Moscow is not Holland but tulips are typical feature of May month here.

A view from the window

This is what I see from the window right now. The snow has melted and there are brand new grass and leaves at the trees. It is quite cold now though so I have to wear a winter jacket. Ironically, we say “it is not May month” in Russia during such a cold weather.



The construction across the street has not changed since winter. The recent week there were some revival but today there is no single man at the construction plot and the crane is not working either. Likely the World Economical crisis has caught this construction like it catch the sky-scrapers in Moscow-City. Pity, we are going not to know what is it supposed to be. Anyway the city is going to get a new mystery.

Spring happens

One week after Moscow new spring is at us. The weather was all right so I used the days off to spend them at the nature. You are welcome to find some pics.

The main destination of my trip was Kivach waterfall, one of the most scenic waterfalls on Suna river in southern Karelia. There are waterfalls bigger but this one is the most famous due to the poem of Gavriil Derzhavin who used to be the first governor of Olonia back in 1700th.





You see it's plenty of snow in the forest.










There ere quite few early flowers in our latitudes. Coltsfoot.



Mezereon.



Willows.





Scenic views from Sampo rock.

Springtime in Moscow

Ok, finally it is warm at my street. If I may say “my” about streets of Moscow. This is the week in the end of April when one change winter coats for t-shirts for several days. Now a thermometer on Tverskaya can confirm. It is spring.



Maybe one of these girls in Ukrainian national dress is the Spring. I haven’t asked them.



It is warm, it is sunny, and it is dusty. For there were no any rain and there are no green leaves yet. All the dust accumulated on the snow during latest five months is on the streets after snow has melted down. Tverskoy boulevard is waiting for the first green.



So Suvorovskiy boulevard does. The building of Oriental Peoples Art Museum is seen from the opposite side..



Green leaves are late this year. Last year there was all green these days.



Poplars on Fruktovaya (Fruit street).



The bushes are more advanced to compare with trees. Lilac.



Elder-bush leaves are quite big already.



This is how I first met spring this year. Now I’m waiting it to come Petro. :)