1. Barcelona

Merry tourist bustle on the broad sidewalks in Rambla is an ideal habitat for pickpockets. Once visited Barcelona the visitors often note that putting hands in the pockets of other people in this city has become a sort of a national sport. So before you freeze in admiration for the creations of Gaudi, hide your wallet a little deeper, or you will have to earn for a return ticket by sweeping the pavements in front of the creations of the great architect.

2. Rome

The striking architecture of the ancient city, full of historical events, leads tourists to such an excitement that they totally forget to monitor their wallets and cameras, which is not missed by smart local pickpockets. In the crowd of thousands of people who admire the Trevi Fountain and the Pantheon, hunters for another person’s property may be more than the tourists themselves.

3. PragueIncredibly beautiful and extremely narrow Charles Bridge is decorated with 30 beautiful statues in Baroque style. Every day tens of thousands of tourists are going to look at it, that’s why the bridge is crowded, as in the subway at rush hour. The tourist, trying to hold for a figure of good fortune and not be swept away with the passing crowd is a perfect victim for the pickpocket. Keep this in mind when, after drinking the excellent Czech beer, you will embrace the pedestal of the statue of St. John.

4. Madrid

Picturesque El Rastro – Madrid’s flea market is often mentioned as the most dangerous place for your pocket. Nor should you relax in museums, which are numerous in Madrid. Victims celebrate the incredible ingenuity of Madrid crooks. For example, a pretty senorita can point you to God knows a suddenly appeared stain on your jacket and begins to remove it with his handkerchief, and “casual” passers-by would help her. The result is obvious – you have no money, no camera, and no documents.

5. Paris

In Paris pickpockets are particularly active in the train from the airport Charles de Gaulle to the downtown. And their targets are often not only the tourists loaded with luggage, but also the Parisians themselves. And, of course, as usual, do not relax in the metro, museums, and at the foot of the Eiffel Tower.

6. Florence

Florence is not inferior to the capital in the number of attractions, crowds of admiring tourists, and perhaps that not inferior in the number of virtuoso pickpockets. So, after looking at the majestic beauty of David by Michelangelo, instead of telling your friends the biblical story, it is better to get a stronger hold on your wallet.

7. Buenos Aires

Minor crooks of the capital of Argentine, basically use the same scheme as their Spanish counterparts. If during the inspection of the Colon Opera House stranger points you to the bird droppings on your shoulder and will kindly offer you to clean off with his napkin, which he already holds ready, get away from him. Otherwise, he will quickly clean your pockets.

8. Amsterdam

Amsterdam can easily lead travelers to a relaxed state by its friendly relaxed atmosphere, and tourists are often caught in the channels or into the hands of thieves, for whom it causes no difficulty to turn inside the pockets of a traveler overstayed in coffee shops.

9. Athens

Legendary ancient city is full of white marble of ancient monuments, and tourists can easily sink into the atmosphere of ancient Greek myths, completely forgetting about the modern dangers. As long as the eyes admire the perfection of the Parthenon on the Acropolis, the hand should firmly hold the bag.

10. Hanoi

The old quarter of the capital of Vietnam is literally strewn with the monuments of colonial architecture and hundreds of temples and pagodas, which attract crowds of tourists, and tourists, in their turn, attract fans of easy money. However, except for small thieves, we can say that Hanoi is one of the safest cities in the world.

1. Paris
In September the city comes back after the summer tourists’ influx. The weather is not very hot and it is possible to walk quietly, without rushing into shops all the time to buy a bottle of water. In the middle of the month the yearly Autumn Festival starts, which is dedicated to all types of modern art, from the literature and music to circus and painting. Up to September 7 it is absolutely obligatory to drop in Louvre, on the exhibition “ Apogee of European clock technique “, dedicated to Avraam-Lui Brege, the father of all modern clock models. That is he, whom we are obliged to for the appearance of a large number of pocket and wall clocks. The first wrist-watch, made already after the master’s death, borrowed a lot of things from his inventions.

2. Harvest in Burgundy
You can go to Burgundy anytime, as it is always good here. But September is a special period, when you can see the harvest and the process of wine making with your own eyes. On the 5th of September the Dijon folklore and wine festivals will be held where the national work lovers can admire performances of two hundred collectives from around the world, and the lovers of eating and drinking will get an opportunity to taste the wines of the region in unlimited quantity all day long. Those who will not manage to taste in full, can go to the festival of wine-pressing in Shenov, which will be held on September 18 and 19 this year. In 1238 the dukes of Burgundy constructed wine-pressing factories where first-class wine was produced for 600 years. Nowadays these wine-pressing factories are monuments of state level, and one of them is completely restored. It is the very place where the festival will be held, and the visitors of which will be able to see the whole process of making wine, and at the same time to taste its different sorts. Besides that the program includes jazz bands’ performances, folk songs and dances, and cart rides. And, of course, they won’t do without the village sausage, fried pork and traditional Burgundy snails.

3. Barcelona
If you are lucky with the weather, then you will still be able to bathe in September. Though, in the evening you will, probably, have to put on something warmer than a shirt and shorts. In any case, Barcelona is a city not depending on the weather, since the weather in Spain is the thing you have in your soul, not in the sky. But the quantity of tourists in the streets is significantly smaller, and it is possible to stroll in the Guell park or to climb the Sagrada Family. As to the Port Aventura, which is in an hour’s distance from the city, queues to attractions will be significantly shorter, thanks to the fact that the majority of children went to school already.

4. Andalusia
If the capital of Catalonia is already visited, then it is time to go to Andalusia – the most southern and the merriest part of the country. The sea is the warmest here, and the summer is the longest. And, certainly, it is worth going far away from the cost to the foot of Sierra Nevada Mountains, firstly, in order to get to Granada, which in Middle Ages was the center on Muslim state. Besides Alhambra, about which the Spaniards say, despite its Mauritanian origin: “who hasn’t seen Alhambra, he hasn’t seen Spain». It is necessary to stroll along the Mauritanian block Albasin, to drop into a bakery with traditional Arabic sweets, and to visit Arabic baths, consisting of a lot of pools, one warmer than the other. And, of course, you shouldn’t lose the opportunity to see a real flamenco and to walk along the gypsy quarter. As to the nature fans, they’d better set for a horse hiking along the foothills of Sierra Neveda, which are offered by local companies in a large number. Choose those places where night staying is offers in the cave hotels, since spending the night in handmade cave, equipped with all the comforts of civilization, can be rather curious.

5. Ibiza
The clubs of Ibiza are impossible to imagine without crowds of people and the atmosphere in empty places will hardly seem attractive. The peak of parties is in August-September, when famous DJs and residents of the most famous clubs of the world gather at the island. And still, going to the cult island, it is worth waiting for September. Clubbers will be in sufficient number again, but not so many to feel like sprats in a tin in any place. There will not be little joy in the first autumn month, but without traditional August craziness with jumping prices and impossibility to hire a car.

6. Apouly (Italy)
In September it is still summer on the hill of the Italian boot. The sea is warm and the supermarkets are filled with fresh vegetables and fruit of local origin. Tomatoes, or oranges, and especially figs are soft, juicy and unusually tasty. In ancient Rome this district used to be specialized in bread producing; now it is famous for its cheeses. In the first half of September, a festival of cheeses is held, when in every small village the local people boast of their production. Cheeses for tasting are put on the tables in the middle of the street, and it should be drunk down by traditional local wines “Castel Del Monte”.

7. Vienna
If music always sounds in the head and there is a wish to enjoy it in full, then your road should lead you to Vienna. In September, the musical season starts in Vienna. Almost every evening concerts of classical music are held in magnificent Vienna philharmonic. Besides that 2009 is declared the Hayden year, and a separate rich program of philharmonic is dedicated to the composer’s works. Autumn is also the season of first nights in Vienna Opera.

8. Czech Republic
Traditionally Czech Republic is famous for its beer, but in September it is habitual to come here to the Znoimen wine festival. And this year it will be held on September 11-12. As usual, here it will be possible not only to enjoy the favorite drink, to see knight tournaments, to buy souvenirs at the fair of ancient trades, and to eat fresh bourchak. This traditional drink, which, in a way, reminds of fizzy mustard, in reality, is sweet and at the same time piquant partly fermented wine. According to the legend the man who will drink seven liters of bourchak at once, will be able to boast of his excellent health for a long time.

9. Athens
In September the heat in Athens reduces, the average temperature sets at about 24 degrees, and it is possible to walk along the ancient ruins, without the fear that the shining sun will melt your brain. This month is the most suitable time to evaluate the latest tourist improvements of the Greek capital. For example, the prohibition for car movement around Acropolis or the new museum, where since last autumn the statues of Golden Age of Athens democracy and other exhibits have been guarded, those which in the former time could hardly be placed in the small museum at the top of Acropolis.

10. Seychelles
If you want some exotics and magnificent sandy beaches, then the best of all is to go to Seychelles in September. Besides the traditional tropic fairy-tale, this is the time when you can observe the whales, sharks and cramp-fish in one of the national parks.

Carried away by Turkey and Egypt people, somehow, forgot about sanatoriums. However, some time ago people did not at all go to the Red Sea to see the corrals every year, but half million citizens used to go to restore their health. Vacation is, first of all, the time to rest. According to the data of Russian Public Opinion Research Center, though people travel to foreign resorts, they do not have any rest there, as 65% of questioned admitted. Some of them organize alco- or sex-marathons; the others get exhausted by going to excursions. And they all come home tired, with just one wish, to relax after this kind of “rest”. The tiredness is accumulated during years and brings to serious illnesses. And only 14% confirmed that it was for treatment why they or their relatives went to resort in 2008. The specialists are concerned because during the last decade the ideas of “rest” and “treatment” were confused.

Why do people go to foreign beaches more often than to sanatoriums in their countries? Maybe people just forgot what the resort treatment means?

People go to foreign trips for a week or for weekend. It is good if there is no time zone change. Otherwise, two or three days will be spent to rebuilt and adapt the organism to the new conditions. It is much more difficult with the treatment – it is completely useless to go for a weekend. Many people, perhaps, remember the classical recommendations to rest 21 days, and they sigh with sadness when they think that it is impossible to leave the work for such a long time. Nowadays, however, due to the modern medical technologies, short-term rehabilitation programs have been worked out, the whole course of treatment can be passed in two weeks.

After arriving at an Egyptian resort or going for a tour along Europe, tourists rush to see, try, and feel everything as much as they can, literally regardless of their own health. Really, as soon as they have come to such a far place, it is necessary to manage to see all the palaces of interests, castles, museums, bawdy places, to taste all the exotic delicacies and to try all the local alcoholic drinks. As to the sanatorium, here everything is done according to the strict prescription of the doctor: procedures, the diet – no excesses.

Nevertheless, some perfectionists even in medical places try to load themselves “in full measure”. As doctors tell, they often have to come across with individuals, claiming: I want everything and at once, having in mind that everything is paid. Why to overload the organism with unnecessary procedures – is not clear. Doctors remind of the old truth: medicine in big doses becomes a poison.

Not many people go for a trip alone. It is habitual to join into a big company of friends or at least take a crowd of relatives, starting with the mother-in-law. But for those people who are engaged in work, vacation is the only time to meet with the wife and children. By the way doctors recommend going for treatment without any company. Then you will not have to invent every hour, where to leave your child during the procedures, or to think every moment how to keep the child busy. Treatment is also working. If there is much time left in the sanatorium for meeting your relatives, then you do something in a wrong way.

Not many people can afford a vacation abroad (according to the data of different questionnaires, only a little percent of the world population rest abroad). All aware Russian Public Opinion Research Center states, that the overwhelming majority of citizens explain it by shortage of money and time. Sanatoriums are ignored on the same reason. So far a part of sanatoriums are funded at the account of federal budget, and the only thing for which the state workers, who were lucky to get a permit, must pay is the fare. A big part of places in sanatoriums is also bought by big commercial companies, which pay for their workers 50-80, sometimes even all the 100% of the price of their rest. Of course, sometimes not all the workers are aware of this opportunity, and they are not always able to achieve getting the due permit.

France, Check Republic and many other countries give a lot of opportunities for getting treatment: there is no shortage in muds and mineral waters there. Then, what to choose?

The main thing for which one should be ready is the problem of language. To overcome it will be much more difficult if a man came to get treatment, but not to travel. In the best case the patient will have an interpreter (by the way, not always a qualified one), in the worst case the holiday-maker himself should master a foreign language at the level of an interpreter for a soap opera “Doctor House”: the doctor will have to be explained the shades of physical state, told about the complaints from the anamnesis and those which will appear while getting the treatment. If your attitude to the health is serious then you can’t do without the knowledge of language.

The other problem of the treatment abroad is the change of climate. If the climate at your motherland is thought to be terrible and not good for life, your organism will get used to it. Even a positive change will be an additional stress for the organism. Thus, sometimes it is better to pay attention to the sanatoriums, situated in your area, than to long for expensive complexes abroad.

Among the advantages in foreign sanatoriums the high level of service is mentioned.

1. Museum of dog collars
Leeds Castle, Maidstone
People have established long ago the tradition of decorating their four-legged friends. Make sure that you can visit the museum dedicated to dog collars at Leeds Castle. More than a hundred exhibits, presented here, belong mainly to the Middle Ages. Owners of small pocket dogs, seeing the exhibition, perhaps, will die of envy, because many of the presented can be viewed as a real work of art rather than a banal collar.
By the way, the castle is interesting not only because of the museum. Of course, it is also worth to see the history of the museum with hundreds of rare and exotic birds, and, finally, walk through the labyrinth, the walls of which are formed by 2400 trees planted in a strict order.

2. Museum of antique pushchairs for children
Pailton, Rugby
The museum is dedicated to travel means for children. Its visitors will appreciate its rich collection of not just ordinary four-wheel cradles, but also complex designs for twins. And even walking wheelchairs, which can turn into a small table and chair. You can also see doll wheelchairs. The creators of the museum are confident that after watching so many expositions and listening to lectures about how real means of transport for children must be, any parent would be able to easily choose the right carriage for their offspring. And it will be equally interesting to all to see how far modern technology has stepped in children vehicles producing.

3. Museum of lawn-mowers
Southport
You can have a look at the lawn-mowers collected here, for only two pounds. Together with the ticket you will also be offered and audio guide, which tells in detail about the history of this or that mechanism and how it came to be in the museum. A separately organized exposition tells about the devices, with the help of which the lawns of the most powerful people in the world, such as Princess Diana and Prince Charles, were mowed. And on part of the museum, you can see “racing” cars, based on ordinary lawn-mowers.

4. Museum of plush bears
London
The museum, dedicated to one of the symbols of Britain – Teddy Bear, tells about the cultural importance of the Bear character. Here you can see toys that have witnessed important historical events and toys owned by historical figures and celebrities, as well as collectible plush bears, often existing in a single copy. In addition, it is the very place for buying a Teddy Bear.

5. Museum of dragonflies
Ashton Wold, Ashton, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
The creators of the museum argued that it was created with the sole purpose to set up people on charity in relation to long-winged insects and to introduce mankind to the extraordinary information on dragonflies. It is not clear how such high ideas are combined with the need to previously killing the exhibits.

6. Museum of Magic
Boscastle, Cornwall
The museum, which all the fans of Harry Potter should necessarily visit, is in the county of Cornwall. Although it appeared long before in 1951) the popular books were published. There is an extensive collection of everything that has anything to do with witchcraft: from witch knives to beams of dried herbs. At the same time, you can see that, apart from trivial divination by the hand – palmistry, there are many other methods as well.

7. Mustard museum
Norwic
A small museum of the history of mustard in the shop of one of the world-famous companies producing spices will please its fans with posters of last century, photographs of mills, where formerly this sauce was made, and various forms of jars with the “Colman’s” labels. At the same time it will be possible to learn about the variety of mustard recipes and flavour shades of the raw material, grown in different places.

8. Pencil museum
Keswic
The museum is located in the province of lakes and hills, on the border with Scotland. It was here in the XVII – XIX centuries that the only graphite ore in England was extracted. The exhibition is devoted to just this page of history of these places. Apart from the fact that there are completely different, sometimes quite unusual, types of pencils here adults and children alike can learn how to draw. And, of course, no one can walk past the museum shop, where, perhaps, is the largest assortment of stationery in the world.

9. Museum of jute
Dunde
Once upon a time this Scottish town famous for its factories for the production of jute. Here the most modern equipment could be found and a lot of people bought local products. However, the demand for jute fell, factories were closed one after another, and only one of them, Verdant Works, rather than drop into nothingness, has turned into a museum. Most of the exhibits in the museum can be touched with hands, and you will be even offered to try to weave your personal jute rope.

10. Museum of packing
Notting Hill
The museum, now numbering over 10 thousand pieces, one way or another related to packaging and advertising, has appeared thanks to a 16-year-old boy, who 200 years ago, rather than throwing away the packaging of the eaten cookies, preserved it, and that was the beginning of the collection. Here you can see packaging, toys, posters and magazines that are relevant to the industry of sales and promotion of consumer goods.

Museum of Glasses and Lorgnettes

380, rue Saint-Honoré, 75001 Paris
Metro Concorde
When walking in the 1st district of the French capital, it is worth to have a look at this interesting museum, where there are more than 3000 items – eyeglasses, monocles, pince-nez, lorgnettes and other optical devices facilitating the life of long-sighted and short-sighted people. The prototypes of eyeglasses were manufactured as far back as the XIII century; in the collection there are also items of subsequent centuries, belonging to various historical figures. A separate part of the exhibition holds the telescopes and the spyglasses.

Museum of Hunting and Nature
62, rue des Archives, 75003 Paris
Metro Hôtel de Ville, République and Rambuteau
Inveterate hunters should not miss the opportunity to visit the museum dedicated to hunting weapons – from crossbows to lances and modern guns, hunting trophies, as well as works of art – the collection presents the paintings of Bruegel-senior, Rubens and other painters, depicting hunting scenes.

Museum of Magic

Ecole de Magie, 11, rue St-Paul, 75004 Paris
Metro Saint Paul
By slightly opening the door of the Museum of Magic, the visitor is suddenly transported into the mysterious world ofbeautiful mirrors and optical illusions, magic sticks and boxes, all kinds of tricks and stunts – everything that can deceive and confuse the sense of an uninitiated observer. Here you’ll find the secrets of the props of illusionists and fortune-tellers, will feel yourself on the verge of mysticism and science, secret and knowledge.

Museum of Health
47, quai de la Tournelle, 75005 Paris
Metro Saint-Michel, Cité and Maubert-Mutualité
To learn how the first electrocardiogram was made, how the nursing and treatment of sick people in the Middle Ages was carried out, to learn about the path that science has traversed, how much medical instruments have changed – all these is possible by visiting the Museum of Health. More than 10 thousand paintings, prints, drawings, medical supplies will tell about all kinds of aspects of the work of doctors at different times.

Museum of Sewage

in front of the house 93 quai d’Orsay, 75007 Paris
Metro Pont de l’Alma and the Alma-Marceau
Is it worth to dedicate a museum to such a base object, as sewage? However, if you appeared in the medieval stinking Paris, you would understand how important this issue is. The first sewerage system in these areas appeared in Roman times – the old pipes are still under the ruins of Roman baths in the Latin Quarter. But after a few centuries, these inventions were forgotten, and the city mired in dirt and infections. Going down, under the ground, into a real tunnel, visitors will learn the history of the Paris sewage and sewage network, see the collector, the system of protection against floods, and much more, without which the life of the modern French capital would not be possible.

Museum of the XVIII century of Nissim de Kamondo
63, rue de Monceau, 75008 Paris
Metro Villiers, Monceau
Would you like to visit a real house of a French bourgeois? Then be sure to visit this unusual museum. The count Moses de Kamondo, who lived in the early twentieth century, was fond of collecting items of the XVIII century.He organized a museum for his impressive collection in his house. And since some visitors come here for the rarities of the count, others come to see how people lived a hundred years ago, because after the death of the owner in 1935, nothing has been changed here.

Dermatological Museum

l’hôpital Saint-Louis, Avenue Claude-Vellefaux, 75010 Paris
Metro Goncourt
Since the mid XIX century, French scientists have begun to gather a unique collection of plaster-cast images of skindiseases. Now the museum, opened at the hospital Saint-Louis, has several thousand items, among which you can find any of the known human diseases! A lot of models are especially devoted to the manifestations of syphilis. It turned out that not only doctors are interested in the museum: curious visitors without a medical education come here for having extreme sensations.

Museum of Forgery
16, rue de la Faisanderie, 75116 Paris
Metro Porte Dauphine
Many of us have no idea how developed is the industry of imitations worldwide. In this museum created by the French Association of Manufacturers are presented counterfeits of all sorts: starting with today’s DVD and CD-ROM drives to fake amphorae of the Gallo-Roman period and the fake statue of Rodin. Here the visitor will learn about the role of fraud in the modern economy, the protection of copyrights, the penalties for the manufacturer of counterfeits, and perhaps next time will think once more before buying a fake Rollex or going to the market for a new movie.

“Argonaut” Submarine

30, avenue Corentin-Cariou, 75019 Paris
Metro Porte de la Villette
To visit a real French submarine is possible by going to the Town of Science and Industry in the Park La Vilett. Since 1958, this ship has furrowed oceans and was the flagship of the Toulon division. It spent more than 2000 days at sea and had travelled around the Earth for 10 times. In 1982 the submarine “retired” and seven years later became a museum.

Museum of Music
221, avenue Jean-Jaurès, 75019 Paris
Metro Porte de Pantin
A collection of several hundreds of musical instruments has been collected by members of Paris Conservatoire. Of course, such museums exist in many countries around the world, but you will rarely be able to hear the true sound of old instruments in other museums of this kind – here you have this opportunity: the visitors are given audio guides with recording. This museum is a part of the Paris Music Town, combining several concert sites, exhibits, music library, and halls for master classes.

Today it is difficult to imagine a tourist going on a trip without a camera. Canon, Nikon, Olympus have long been an equally necessary part of baggage as a swimsuit or a first-aid kit. More and more often, people setting on a journey, aim not only to visit other countries and cities, but also to bring back their memories of the trip – including in the form of good shots. And for some it even becomes a primary goal.

And then travelling will have to be put on a new level, because obtaining good images in a bus tour, through the glass of a dungeon on wheels speeding through the mountains and valleys, is not possible. Of course, some images may be good and even remind tourists of the favourite sites visited, but the percentage of really good and interesting pictures would be insignificant.

And this is logical – after all the tourists travelling in a bus tour, stay mostly out of town, where there are not so many interesting objects to shoot, and in the morning and at night they are occupied with checking in and out of the hotel and collecting fellow travelers, as well as travelling between cities. And during the day, when the sun cuts the streets and faces with sharp shadows, the tourists cruise in organized mobs by the monuments and squares, literally flying in for a moment into the museums and hanging around for long near the bus, waiting for belated comrades lagging behind in a jewellery shop. To photograph an interesting monument or scene in this mode can only be a miracle.

A little better in this regard, are the so-called “basic” tours, when the fare, visa and hotel, are paid and the remaining trips are paid for on the ground. On such trips a morning shooting can be organized as well as a run around the city, “adjusting” and choosing the place where it is worthwhile to stick longer with a camera, waiting for a good moment, or where you can call on at night. But he best of all is to use such tours as a way of become more intelligent.

The point is that the really valuable art photography can be done only by investing the idea, by exposing its image in objects and people, presenting them exactly as you want, with the necessary technical means. And it requires from the photographer not only a great deal of preparatory work, but also good knowledge of the city and the place of shooting, as well as its geography. Therefore, for the first time a photographer is to go to the town just to get acquainted with it. Walk around the streets and main square, visit the tours, consider what of interest might give the history of this place, which events are characteristic just for it, where and how the light falls on local attractions, what time the streets are busy and when deserted, and where the local residents are gathering, and whether they can be photographed or better not.

And only then go for images, with a large amount of free time that you can safely spend in the shooting of the desired frame, having waited for all the main characters and removing everything superfluous from the shot. In fact, sometimes, to achieve the correct lighting, you need to wait not a day, but longer to include in the frame people in the proper sequence – stand by an arch an hour or two. Shoot a long parade or a carrying-out of a saint from the very beginning to the end, to picture the entire history of the event.

To go for a couple of hours to an art gallery when your friends and relatives are breathing you in the back, already craving for a drink of beer “out in that bar” is physically impossible. Not to mention that a rare partner will agree to wake up at 5 am for a morning shooting and few husbands and wives will regard with understanding the need to jump out at night for a couple of hours, to shoot bridges and deserted streets.

The best thing is, to go on a journey of shooting in a company of like-minded photographers, or on your own, or with a very understanding partner or friend. Organize beforehand, what places you would like to visit and how long it may be necessary to shoot a particular idea or object. Also leave time for morning and evening shooting, when the light would not be too harsh. Have the opportunity to sit in a cafe or on the square a couple of hours, waiting for interesting scenes or stand on a tower, waiting until the ray of sun will light the angel’s face.

If it is a long way to travel from one unfamiliar city to another, it is better to stay in each place for several days. For example, to come to a town during the day, settle and go to explore. Then to use the early morning hours to take pictures of monuments and streets without people, the day – to inspect and shoot the interior furnishing of churches and mansions, and the evening and night – to shoot scenes with passers-by and atmospheric shootings. And the next day – repeat the cycle from the beginning or go further. If you do this your photo-journey will not result in a failure, and the images will be varied and interesting.

We look for companions because we do not want to overpay for single occupancy: some hotels do not make the distinction, one or two people to settle in the room, and take a fixed fee per room – that is, in fact, sometimes living may cost twice as much.

But freedom is worth paying for. After all, traveling alone is, first of all, freedom, it is not only desires, but also on standards, assessments of other people. Thus, in a foreign city the view of strangers can be ignored. So what if it does not threaten life and health, is worth trying for the first time, for example, go to the nudist beach or join the demonstration of “green”.

There is no need to reckon with the wishes of fellow, even in small things: the differences may begin at the discussion of stage route. What lies ahead of you? Living in one room is a serious test. All people are different: one likes to order friends and always creates mess, one can not without the TV, the second prefers silence. This companion will want to sleep until noon, then eat, even though you have just got from the table, then devote a full day hike for shopping, then visit a stuffy museum, located on the wild outskirts of the city. Some even take offense if they offer a break for a while of interest, and then meet. The ancient Greeks said that the biggest thieves are our friends, because they steal the most precious – time. In the trip, when every second counts, especially a pity to spend hours at something that you personally do not need and uninteresting. And if you have to go with a girl, loving pictures, most of the day will go to the photo session, variety of items which would be envy of any glossy magazine. All this time will be able to save, if you go alone. However, if there is to click the shutter on the camera, and to be photographed, you have to regularly turn to strangers, even risking to remain without a photo.

A friend would need some other needed services in the journey. For example, look at the bags while you go to the toilet (in some airports and train stations in the road this institution through a few ups and down).

Most importantly, we need to be aware of the fact that all the problems will be solved themselves. Close people will react quickly if you need any help, because when you have bad feeling, the speaker explained in a tongue of Aborigines will be much more difficult.

On the other hand you can always just talk – remain a long time in silence, without being able to share emotions, to discuss the impression it is not easy, but finding the other person, without knowing the language, even more difficult. Therefore you have to consider what to do in anticipation of the voyage, during a long journey, and take it with a DVD or book.

While those who are fluent in at least English, by contrast, is a tune that they will not be able to relax quietly: casual companion usually looks for a person for many tales of the vicissitudes of fate it is among single people. So the chance to get acquainted with interesting people, and with a boring windbag at times grows.

And finally, the journey alone is an excellent way to stay alone with you. Because we are so often surrounded by family, friends, colleagues, there is not any moment to pause and reflect on life. And this is probably the biggest plus of such visits.

When traveling alone:

• Sign reliable friends the exact route of showing all flights, transfers, and coordinates of the hotels, which plan to stay.
• Leave your friends a copy of the passport, insurance policy.
• Considered and agree, thatthey can forward you some money if the need arises.
• Always keep emergency numbers with you: insurance company, the local police, the number needed to lock the card and cell phone.
• Do not take a lot of things, but do not have to constantly spend time searching for luggage storage.
• Do not leave belongings unattended: always use a hotel safe, and if it is not in the room, take advantage of the safe at the reception.
• Do not keep all the money and documents in one location, purchase a bag, hidden pockets on the belt, arm or leg, but do not forget to leave some money in a purse, so as not to disappoint and thus not angry robber.
• Keep an eye on the balance of your mobile phone .
• Never talk to the strangers, of course, will fail, but do not necessarily communicate to them all the details of their lives and to make any allusions to the level of wealth.
• Have fun and enjoy being alone – in the everyday lives many of us are rarely left alone!

The most interesting thing is that museums do not really need visitors. The main objective of their employees is to preserve, enhance and explore the treasures available to them, and not unsuccessful in their weight, attempts to explain the value of exposure to the crowd or the visitors, who do not understand in the history of art. Tourists themselves also are not always enthusiastic about the need to go for land, to stand in queues and walk miles of the museum halls, only because, coming to Paris and not visiting Louvre, is a bad habit.

Perhaps for these reasons in the early 90-ies the museums of the world have begun to move in virtual space. Today, almost every exhibit has its own web page, where you can find at least the basic information about the exhibited collections, hours of work facilities, the cost of tickets and how to reach it. But this, of course, was not enough. Gradually, museums have begun to spread on the Internet photographs of their collections, and then, with the development of technology, to create a virtual space on the web where you can get any picture or statue of the mechanism and to distinguish its three-dimensional image from all directions. Almost simultaneously, the possibility to search the collections, not only on the author’s works, but, for example, in his colors. One of the best expositions of virtual world can boast Hermitage, where will be able to easily walk and the Louvre or the Prado gallery.

Wishing to make a computer trip, or even just find out what museums exist in the world, stands on the site call the Virtual Library of Museums, which considers to be the most popular by country and by topics.

Following the digitization of real objects and the museums have come to turn the creation of exhibits that have no physical embodiment, and existing solely on the World Wide Web. Most of them were initially devoted to computers and digital art, and later there were sites of scientific laboratories institutions. Perhaps the oldest of the exhibits is a collection of computer-Museum of Computer Art, born in 1993 and dedicated to digital art and photography. Existed for in a web space more than a dozen years later, in 2008, the museum is still a real gallery, opened in Brooklyn.

But perhaps the most interesting opportunity to travel to galleries the world without leaving home, offer sites that collect and catalog a collection of various museums. After such a virtual gallery, you can get acquainted with the exposition, disparate parts of which are remote to many thousands of kilometers of ground, but collected in one place, provides a new view on the subject. For example, the Virtual Museum of Canada brings together the collection of 2500 local institutions, including the tiny exhibit. It is unlikely that even the most meticulous traveler could ever visit all of them in reality.

Of course, in order to carry out a computer trip, you need to have high-speed Internet channel and, preferably, a powerful computer. Otherwise, many of the opportunities provided by museum sites are inaccessible. For example, at the Museum of Hampsona you can download and to consider the objects from all sides (and even across) found during archaeological excavations Indian habitats in Arkansas.

It is believed that the relocation of the museum exhibits from the real world to a virtual world, sooner or later will lead to the closure of the real galleries and to reduce the number of tourist trips around the world.

“Aurora”, Russia, St. Petersburg
Cruiser, standing at Nakhimovsky college in St. Petersburg, is known not only for its historical single volley, which was the signal for the storming of the Winter Palace. The vessel was launched in 1900, floated a half-century and in 1957 became a museum. It was decided to make a cruiser training ship during the years of service it was able to visit in the Mediterranean Sea, off the coast of Africa and Madagascar, in the Far East to take part in the Battle of Tsushima and the two world wars. In 1945-1946 Aurora transformed to another legendary ship for some period of time- she played the role of the cruiser Varyag in the film.

“Argonaut”, France, Paris 
A small French diesel-electric submarine (length – 50 meters, the crew – 39 people) was first launched in 1958 and from 1991 exhibited at the Paris campus of Science and Industry La Vilett. Over the years, the vessel undertook 2000 days at sea, it was the flagship division of tulonsk submarines.

“Victoria”, United Kingdom, Portsmouth
The ship, run flat on the water in 1765, became the flagship of the English Navy and is known today as the “ship of Nelson”. Huge military sailboat took part in many sea battles. In 1805 during the battle of Trafalgar on the Atlantic coast of Spain the English fleet commander Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson was fatally wounded on the board of the ship. Since 1922, the ship embarked on eternal parking in the old maritime dock in Portsmouth. The sailboat received the same interior, which it had in the times of the legendary battle before the museum on the ship was opened.

“Vityaz”, Russia, Kaliningrad 
Now this ship has become a major exhibit of the museum of the oceans. Mess-room, room mate, and many other exhibitions are presented on the ship. However, the ship is not only interesting, but it also has a long and complicated history. It was launched in Germany in 1938 under the name Mars, after the war it came to Britain, where it stoped in the Empire forth, but a year later was transferred to the Soviet Union and was named Equateur. A few years later, it was decided to do transform it into a research vessel for USSR Academy of Sciences, and it was renamed Vityaz. Since then, the ship made a 65 runs in three oceans, and, according to scientists, has made a major contribution to science.

“Novosibirsk komsomolets”, Moscow, Russia
Just three years ago, the submarine found a haven on the shores of Himkinsk water park in Northern Tushino. Since 1981, the 90-meter vessel, has been plunging to a depth of 300 meters, to serve in the Soviet Northern Fleet, to fulfill tasks of patrolling the Russian borders in the Barents and Norwegian seas, and make trips to the Atlantic Ocean. Following the cancellation the boat was bought by Moscow Government. Various ambitious projects to install it near the walls of the Kremlin, on the pedestal in Central Park of Culture and Rest named after M. Gorky, or on the quay at the Bagration bridge have not been implemented.