Caviar and Honey: Festivals in Russia
The Russian Culture has always been considered unique in the whole world. Here are just some of the festivals celebrated in Russia:
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Eastern Europe
12 Best Places To See Christmas Lights
The holiday season is upon us, and cities around the world have begun stringing up millions of lights into breathtaking festive displays.
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Prince of Darkness: The Real Count Dracula
The popular image of Dracula is of a blood-sucking vampire, who snoozes in a coffin and turns into a bat when the sun goes down owes much to Bram Stoker who created this blood-thirsty Nosferatu based on the equally gory heroics of a real Romanian Prince in his novel published in 1897. But who was the real Prince of Darkness?
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The Russian Railways & World War 2
The first part of this journey, 1500 miles or so from Moscow to the remote city of Labytnangi on the edge of the Arctic Circle, can be travelled by regular passenger train. Departing from Yaroslavskaya Station in Moscow every other day, the ‘Polar Arrow’ express sleeper train takes around 48 hours to reach the end of the line at Labytnangi. Travelling across a bleak, almost featureless landscape for hour after hour, travellers have plenty of time to reflect on the terrible conditions under which the railway line was originally built, during WWII.
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No Christmas Here!
As the biggest festival of the largest religion in the world, Christmas is celebrated in some form in pretty much every corner of the world. Here are the nations that don’t!
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