Summer trip in the North-West of Russia (1-st day)
We live in the Moscow Region, so we began out trip from this territory. The map of our travel you can see here:
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6207/6073748068_a80846e559_b.jpg
At first day we drove rather fast because we wanted to come in time to the Mediaeval Knightly Festival in the Pscov Region "Iron town - Izborsk", that was our first goal. That’s why during the first day we made only several stops for short rest.
One of these breaks we spent near the field overgrown by gigantic plants - Heracléum sosnówskyi (of Umbelliferae family). This tall weed is not native spices for the Middle Russia, but it has become very common there because in the past it was grown as fodder plant for livestock and then moved to the nature ecosystems. It’s rather dangerous plant: if its sap gets on human skin it will make there a strong long unhealed burn. So, we had to be very careful there!
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A few next stops we made near storks – beautiful large white birds with long red legs and beak and long neck. Some people in our country tell to their children that they were brought to them (theirs parents) by storks. Maybe that is one of the reasons that people don’t hunt on storks and these birds are not afraid of people at all. We saw big nests of storks near the motorway – they were built on the roofs of small houses as well as on the tops of concrete poles and trees.
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The first night we spent somewhere in the forest and in the morning we discovered that we slept just near the home of swallows. They made small burrows for theirs young in the old sandpit.
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6085/6073720254_544a340e2d_b.jpg
In the early morning of the second day of our travel we arrived in Izborsk Fortress (of the Pscov Region). We came in time – the Medieval Knightly Festival just had started.
To be continued ))
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Summer trip to the North-West of Russia (1-st day)
We live in the Moscow Region, so we began out trip from this area. You can see the map of our journey here:
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6207/6073748068_a80846e559_b.jpg
On first day, we drove rather fast because we wanted to arrive in time for the Mediaeval Knightly Festival at "Iron town - Izborsk", in the Pscov Region. That was our first goal. That’s why, during the first day, we made only a few short rest stops.
One of these breaks we spent near a field overgrown by gigantic plants - Heracléum sosnówskyi (of the Umbelliferae family). This tall weed is not a native spices in Middle Russia, but it has become very common there because in the past it was grown as a fodder plant for livestock and then moved to into the natural ecosystems. It’s a rather dangerous plant: if its sap gets on human skin it will cause a strong long unhealed burn which takes a long time to heal. So, we had to be very careful there!
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6080/6073571436_e530f93f7b_b.jpg
A few of the next stops we made were close to storks – beautiful large white birds with long red legs and beak and a long neck. Some people in our country tell to their children that they were brought to them (theirs parents) by storks. Maybe that is one of the reasons that people don’t hunt on storks and these birds are not afraid of people at all. We saw big stork nests of storks near the motorway – they were built on the roofs of small houses as well as on the tops of concrete poles and trees.
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6189/6073173153_d4bd08515c_b.jpg
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6090/6073176591_a93230ce6f_b.jpg
The first night we spent somewhere in the forest and in the morning we discovered that we had slept just near the home of swallows. They made small burrows for theirs young in an old sandpit.
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6085/6073720254_544a340e2d_b.jpg
In the early morning of the second day of our travel we arrived at Izborsk Fortress (in the Pscov Region). We had arrived in time – the Medieval Knightly Festival just had started.
To be continued ))
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