and it was a very good summer -
Tyrrhenian sea, Stromboli island and volcano (Italy).
Aegean sea, vicinity of Marmaris (Turkey).
Ionian sea, legendary Ithaca island (Greece).
and it was a very good summer -
Tyrrhenian sea, Stromboli island and volcano (Italy).
Aegean sea, vicinity of Marmaris (Turkey).
Ionian sea, legendary Ithaca island (Greece).
OK, everything good ends some day. But not this blog!
Didn’t write for some time - well, it was summer: vacations, sea…
For those interested in military history, a new museum opened in Sevastopol Michael’s battery:
I strictly recommend it to visitors of Sevastopol. Exhibition presented by private (!) collectors is as good as the well-know Black Sea Fleet Museum in Sevastopol.
A lot of work is done also at 35th Battery (it’s about the siege during WWII) and interesting tours are available.
Besides I’ve got a new hobby: yachting. Passed theoretical course in May and then practice in Sicily waters in June:
So now I’m a certified yacht skipper:
Thanks to Russian Association of Yacht Skippers and personally to instructor Vladimir Vatrunin. Frankly I’m only a nominal skipper at the moment, need more practice to become real. So I scheduled trips to waters of Croatia and Thailand. So if my mobile number is unavailable then I’m probably twenty miles offshore.
So this is how the break happened: partially because of summer activities, partially because I became tired. Writing isn’t easy for me, really. Basically there are two ways for me: either to put word by word and tie them together somehow - with results that look strained.
Or to kick myself - “you won’t get out of the desk until it’ll be done well” - and inspiration will come sooner or later. But a lot of mental energy is spent this way and finally I feel exhausted and need a break. But now writing is easy again and I accumulated thoughts for a dozen of posts.
Thanks to those who expressed a word of support! I’ll continue writing as long as you find my thoughts interesting and useful.