Dneprovoy Alexey's Blog (63)

Birmingham castle

Birmingham is an amazing city, and there are probably a few interesting and quirky facts here that you never knew about.....http://tours-tv.com/ru/england

  • Tree Cheers! ... Other big cities are green with envy when you mention Brum's 6 million trees, more parks than any other European city, a record-breaking 14 consecutive gold medals form the Chelsea Flower Show and our National Britain in Bloom awards. 



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Added by Dneprovoy Alexey on November 14, 2011 at 9:13am — No Comments

Lion's gate country

Going on speaking about Africa, I would like to stop in Tansania, one of the most fascinating and magic countries: http://tours-tv.com/ru/tanzania

 

  • Mt. Kilimanjaro, which is the tallest African peak, is located in Tanzania.
  • The newly declared capital of Tanzania is Dodoma.
  • Sadly, one out of every ten people in Tanzania is affected with HIV/AIDS.
  • The official language of Tanzania is Swahili. Swahili…
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Added by Dneprovoy Alexey on November 10, 2011 at 8:51am — No Comments

African legends: Nicaragua

Nicaragua (http://tours-tv.com/ru/nicaragua)  is a representative democratic republic located in Central America. The country is situated between the Pacific Ocean, which lies to its west, and the Caribbean Sea, which lies towards its east. Moreover, it is located very near to Equator, just 11 degrees towards its north. The name of the county is derived from two words 'Nicarao' and 'Agua'.  'Nicarao'…
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Added by Dneprovoy Alexey on November 9, 2011 at 8:45am — No Comments

Heart beating beach

There seems to be one country in the world posessing the glory of the broken hearts home town - Costa Rica: http://tours-tv.com/ru/costa_rica_volcanoes

In any web site like this, there are bound to be a bunch of silly, maybe irrelevant, but often interesting tidbits that simply do not fit well under another location... so here are the Odds and Ends.  Little known, but true... and generally useless... facts about Costa Rica!  If…

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Added by Dneprovoy Alexey on November 2, 2011 at 5:24am — No Comments

Asian Europe: HK

One of my favourite Asian travel directions: http://tours-tv.com/ru/Hong-Kong

 

Hong Kong is a unique city and there are plenty of interesting facts about Hong Kong. Below you’ll find Noel Coward and his noon day gun, as well as sardines and skyscrapers in our selection of facts about Hong Kong.

  • Hong Kong’s official name is the tongue…
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Added by Dneprovoy Alexey on November 1, 2011 at 10:04am — No Comments

Japanese cuisine

The typically Japanese cuisine (http://tours-tv.com/ru/japan) comprises rice, meat, vegetables and fish. The Japanese emphasize more on the quality of the food and presentation. Therefore, it is no wonder that the Japanese complain of low quality food, when eating Japanese cuisines out of Japan. Let us now take a look at the interesting facts about Japanese food.

  • Large amount of raw food is used in the Japanese cuisine. In fact, you must…
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Added by Dneprovoy Alexey on October 28, 2011 at 5:42am — No Comments

Circles on the grass

A new short note regarding famous and strange field circles: http://tours-tv.com/en/Great-Britain-Crop-circle . 

Mysterious crop circles appear in different countries, but 90% of all circles are to be observed in England, and on the barley fields of…

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Added by Dneprovoy Alexey on October 17, 2011 at 9:58am — No Comments

Plastic bridges town

Today I'd like to travel to Newcastle, one of the most amazingcities in UK: http://tours-tv.com/ru/great_britain

ROMAN ORIGINS : PONS AELIUS, CONDERCUM AND SEGEDUNUM

Benwell, in the western suburbs of Newcastle upon Tyne was the site of a fort on Hadrian's Wall called Condercum but the later name of Benwell is of Anglo Saxon origin deriving from Beonnam-Wall…

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Added by Dneprovoy Alexey on October 14, 2011 at 8:00am — No Comments

Turkish delights

Today I'll have a short look into favourite Russian travel destination: http://tours-tv.com/ru/turkey

  1. The famous Trojan Wars took place in Western Turkey, around the site where the Trojan horse rests today.
  2. The first church built by man (St. Peter’s…
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Added by Dneprovoy Alexey on October 12, 2011 at 10:00am — No Comments

Korean highlights

Did you ever think about tr5avelling to an unusual country with completely different culture? Why not try? http://tours-tv.com/ru/south_korea

 

How do you say 'hello' in Korean?

Annyeong haseyo. Annyeong haseyo is a greeting used any time of day and translates, "Are you at…
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Added by Dneprovoy Alexey on October 11, 2011 at 7:57am — No Comments

Slovenia's traditional culture

Slovenia (http://tours-tv.com/ru/slovenia) will be celebrating its 18th birthday on June 25th 2009 after the country declared independence from Yugoslavia on June 25th 1991. Slovenia is still a hidden gem within central Europe with many exciting and varied travel opportunities. The compact country allows holidaymakers to experience a whole range of landscapes and activities just a short distance from each other, including city highlights, a beach…

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Added by Dneprovoy Alexey on October 7, 2011 at 9:08am — No Comments

USA today. September after summer.

Some new and up-to-date stuff about USA: http://tours-tv.com/en/united-states

 

As of 2009, six of the 25 tallest buildings in the world are in the United States. (12-2009)

As of 2009, the tallest building in the United States was the Sears Tower, also the 4th highest in the world. (12-2009)…

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Added by Dneprovoy Alexey on October 5, 2011 at 9:29am — No Comments

Dracula's homecountry

Romania - is one of the most attractive and enigmatic european countries: http://tours-tv.com/en/romania_landscape_nature

 

The capital of Romania is Bucharest. Once called the “Paris of the East.” Romania covers 237,500 sq km and the total population is 22.5 million. Apart from Romanian the languages spoken are Hungarian and German.



The Romanian Capital is Bucharest. Its history began in the fifteenth…

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Added by Dneprovoy Alexey on October 3, 2011 at 4:00am — 1 Comment

Danish humor

Dennish romance and funny stuff: http://tours-tv.com/en/denmark

 

In Denmark it's illegal to start a car while someone is under thevehicle, and before starting car you must check lights, brakes, steering and honk your horn



You can't leave your broken car on the side of the road without marking it with a red, reflecting triangle.



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Added by Dneprovoy Alexey on September 26, 2011 at 7:30am — No Comments

Don Qijote's homecountry

Some interesting and as always funny facts about flamenco's home country - Spain: http://tours-tv.com/ru/spain

 

  • They have funny looking sandals – especially in Barcelona
  • They say joder, coño, madre mia, vaya putada, ostia, gilipollo, esta de puta madre, hijoputa every few words. They all mean pretty much the same – damn, f…,  Jesus Christ, wtf (these are…
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Added by Dneprovoy Alexey on September 23, 2011 at 3:05am — No Comments

Russia's geographical friend

Surfing through the Internet I found some interesting stuff  about Russia's closest neibourh- Finland, http://tours-tv.com/en/finland 

 

1. the country has over 188000 lakes with 98000 islands!



2. They have a wife carring championship



3. A cell phone throwing …

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Added by Dneprovoy Alexey on September 22, 2011 at 8:30am — No Comments

October fest's fun!

Thies week is great for everyone who loves beer...Yeah, the October fest has started! So, I'd like to mention some interesting facts about October fest's home land: Germany - http://tours-tv.com/ru/german

 

There are over 82 million people in Germany. It is the most densely populated country in the world. The Germans have kept 31% of the country covered with forests and woodlands. There is the feeling of wilderness all around you.…

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Added by Dneprovoy Alexey on September 21, 2011 at 4:00am — No Comments

Global China Town

Today I will leave a short note about Chna:

 

  1. Beibei the fish, Jingjing the panda, Huanhuan the Olympic flame, Yingying the Tibetan antelope, and Nini the swallow are the official Mascot of the …
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Added by Dneprovoy Alexey on September 8, 2011 at 9:53am — No Comments

NY: famous and not

There are 20 most interesting facts about NY you can't live without http://tours-tv.com/en/soho-new-york-city

 

1. Dutch explorer Peter Minuit purchased the island of Manhattan (really its southern tip) from the Algonquin tribe for trinkets and tools worth about $24.

2. The first known name for…

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Added by Dneprovoy Alexey on September 7, 2011 at 8:30am — No Comments

Nearest neibours

One of my favourite Russian brother-countries is Latvia^ http://tours-tv.com/ru/latvia

 

he main national holidays in Latvia are May Day (May 1st) and National Day, on November 18, when all offices, government as well as private, are closed for the celebrations that include a grand parade in Riga. In addition to this, there are a number of religious and social events that are public holidays. Midsummer celebrations are among the most…

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Added by Dneprovoy Alexey on September 5, 2011 at 8:48am — No Comments

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