• Travel

    Totma.

    We love to travel in our region. Vologda region is big and there are many interesting places to visit. One of them is Totma. This is an old town. Totma was founded in 1137. The architecture in Totma has its own style. Churches were built by rich people and in the act of championship – to build the most beautiful and interesting building. Those rich people mostly were traders. They get their fortune by selling fur. They traveled by ships and the marine theme was converted to the architecture style – the churches were made look like ships. Also Totma churches have specific cartouche style. They are not glued to…

  • Nature,  Travel

    A trip to Vytegra

    A trip to Vytegra was one of the most interesting trips we’ve had. On the way to Vytegra we passed the forest. It is actually true that the whole way was through the forest. In the middle of the road we turned into the woods to take a break. It was a lovely sandy road among pines. This is an old lingonberry from the last season. Here are the flowers of lingonberry. This is a huge pine! Then we came to Vytegra. The most interesting place there is the museum of a submarine B-440. The museum was nicely organized. Getting the orders! 🙂 Kingston – this is kingston valve that fitted…