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Montserrat Mountain: Journey to the Catalan Shrine
What is the connection between the world famous opera singer Montserrat Caballe and the spiritual center of the Catalan – Mount Montserrat? The Catalan tradition is such that every third girl is given the second name “Montserrat”, believing that this is a guarantee of future happiness and protection under the wing of the Holy Virgin. In this story, we share our impressions of visiting an amazing place in Spain – Montserrat Mountain, as well as tips, using which you will not make our mistakes.
This tour was, as they say, “for a snack” in our travel plan for Spain, on the last day before flying back to Russia. I must say that after traveling to Barcelona, the Salvador Dali Museum in Figueiros and several other towns of impressions were already over the edge, you can say too much. Therefore, we decided that an afternoon excursion to Montserrat would be quite enough, because on the last day I really wanted to Continue reading
Curacao
Curacao is a tiny “Holland”, which can be seen on the map only with a multiple increase. This is truly the pearl of the Netherlands Antilles, surrounded on all sides by the azure Caribbean Sea. As soon as you hear the local speech at the airport, papiamento, you understand that the culture of the island was significantly influenced by the Dutch, Spanish, African and Caribbean cultures – and the mix turned out, it must be said, is wonderful!
Curacao is a very well-groomed, poorly developed resort with good service, where it is amazing to hear native Russian. It is worth going here if you want to rest comfortably, there is no beating poverty, very safe. The small streets of Willemstad resemble Europe, except for a different color: bright houses, cheerful graffiti, iguanas, immortalized and reproduced, it seems on everything, anything and everything: paint on fences, cars, glass, house facades; in the form of clay figurines, porcelain plates, stone (and not only) sculptures, from cream on cakes, finally. Continue reading
Costa Rica
This small mountainous country, which has settled the isthmus between North and South America, You can see the land as it was at the creation of the world, and on the same day observe the sunrise over the Atlantic Ocean, and the sunset over the Pacific …
Coat of arms of Costa Rica What attracts travelers to Costa Rica above all? Of course, the unique beauty of its nature. The country is very “photogenic”: mountains wrapped in togas of clouds, volcanoes, theatrically spewing pillars of smoke and fire against a stormy sky, sparkling waterfalls in the sun, lush rain forest, rainbow wings of tropical birds, outlandish butterflies that look like flowers and flowers , similar to the fluttering wings of butterflies, melancholy-smug iguanas – just have time to press the camera button … Continue reading
