I Feel Good

Today I've come to the forest for skiing again and I have been glad to take a camera again as I've faced a huge croud of people on skies. It's felt as if all town habitants have moved to the forest. But soon I've found some spectators and they've explained that it's been a marathon race for skies amateurs and they ran 50 kilometers race. So I've taken some pics of this race.

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Skiing

Today's weather is really fantastic. Terrific frosts went away and I have managed to ski in the forest. I've taken my camera and made some shoots of what I've seen

Full Moon

Today we also have a very beautiful full moon. I couldn't help myself from makin several photos though I was very close to my fingers get froze.

Speedway

This weekend my home town became a place for some interesting kind of races - speedway. This is moto races on ice. This competition takes place every year on our local stadium and gathers all inhabitants to watch it with delight. The roar of motors, real veers promise a portion of adrenaline to everybody. You can join to the show and watch the photos inside.

A Winter's Tale

This weekend we have a real Russian winter. It snows strongly, it gets colder. But it is as it should be this time of the year. I took my camera and went to our forest. This forest is wide and very beautiful. It is very popular among the habitants of my town especially those ones who like to ski (there are many ski lovers here). Children also like to come here to ride down the hills in their sleighs.

2012

That is how 2012 came for us... with lots of snow and new year mood.

New Year Is Coming!

Last Thursday I was in kinder garten to shoot New Year celebration for kids. Everything was very delightful and pleasant, kids were glad to receive their sweets and toy dragons. I liked everything too. Being among children is wonderful.

And by the way if you are still wondering where all snow is, I want to tell you that we've got all snow of the world here in Russia. See photos below.

Ecologically Clean Day

Today I've taken part in Garbage Gathering Campaign organized in many cities and towns of Moscow region. Of course it took place in my native Krasnogorsk. I've gone to Chernevskaya hill (Chernevo is the district I live). The hill is known as simply Cherka (comes from the word "Chernevskaya").  There were several points of garbage gathering in my town but I've chosen this one as it is the closest to my appartments.
As of Chernevskata hill, it is very popular place in our district: people come here just for walks or with their animals, for alpine skiing in winter or for picnics. Unfortunately, traces of these visits are seen just right here in grass and bushes: beer bottles, or packages of juices, chips, cigarette boxes and other papers....Some garbage is not so easy to see but if you look attentively, you'll see too much of it. That's what I have got sure personally today.

I've come to the hill by the set time - 11 a.m. but found nobody. So I've decided to make photos of some beautiful views opened from this point on Chernevskaya meadow. It is said that soon the meadow will be built up with a new districts though some enthusiasts tried to defense it but unsuccessfully...

Champions League Cup in Moscow

In my previous post I wrote about how wonderful I spent my weekend in constant walks. But there was also one event happened to me that I decided to dedicate a separate story to it.  The case is that in frame of Tour Champions League Cup was brought to Moscow!!! Though I am not a heartful footbal fan, still I couldn't miss it.
So, well... About the event...
A big pavilion was built in the very heart of Moscow, on the Red Square. The cup was exhibited inside. In spite of enormous queues and several cordons of security I got inside the territory fast enough. Some attractions took place near the pavilion. People could make some pictures near the coloutful, painted wall or try themselves in scoring goals into the gates in form of big ball. All the others watched a group of boys juggle with a ball showing their |sport skills. I decided not to hurry and to look around and after that moved to the entrance of pavilion. The inside plan of pavilion can be seen on the official web-site of the Tour Sponsor - UniCredit Bank. It is here. The exposition inside the pavilion was really exciting. It was represented by official Champions League balls of different seasons, players forms, video... I watched everything and moved to the centre of the exposition. I reached the basement where the Cup was set. According to conditions of the exposition only one person per time could reach the Cup.Every visitor was photoed near the Cup. After that the visitor was given  a brochure with a bar-code. The photo was layed on the bar-code from PC with a special scanner so that the visitor could then enter the website of the Tour, print his/her code and get the photo. So now I am waiting for my photo in great anxiety though we made many photos too. So look and envy. And wait for the Champions League Cup in your City!!!!!


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Autumn Walks in the City

I'd like to tell you that I spent a wonderful weekend walking in Moscow. Unfortunately I couldn't spend much time walking on Friday as it began raining and it was just my luck that I was without my umbrella at the moment. Saturday was quite the opposite. The weather was brilliant: the Sun was shining, the air was clean and autumn-like. Excellent! So I enjoyed my day. Below are some photos of autumnal Moscow. I think in future I'll write several posts about the most interesting places in Moscow so you, my dear readers, could get to know what Moscow is like.