Anything... What it's like... The weather... The scenery... Your favorite things about it... Notable people from there... Anything at all...
Weather is changeable, it's UK. Starting to be autumnal but last week everything south of the border had a resurgence of summer and sun while we, in Scotland, still had grey rainy days although warmer than normal. They said indian summer is over and tonight it is colder than it's been. Leaves are falling. By Halloween, the air will be sharp and cool and by November...well November 5th is Guy Fawkes night. Bonfire night. I have been looking up into snow, at bonfire night. Winter is almost upon us. On Guy Fawkes night, we do fireworks and bonfires, little kids build their bonfire for weeks before it and they make a Guy. It's an effigy of Guy Fawkes. They make him out of old clothes and a hat and they drag him round the doors and ask you "Penny for the Guy" and you give them loose change. On bonfire night, they put the Guy on top of the bonfire and burn him. Pagans eh. Then we roast potatoes in the fire and set off the fireworks. http://www.bonfirenight.net/ There are loads of notable people from here. Honestly, I'd be here all night. Many inventors. Many philanthropists. You'd be surprised how much world culture has been influenced by quiet Scots.
From Russia. Cold, cloudy weather normal in November,on the trees almost no leaves, wind north. All the as usual.
Wood is beautiful. In the woods very quietly as if nature is preparing to rest. It is hard to say ... In the city as usual, people are living their own affairs. Life goes on little steps
What about October over there in Smolensk? I'm in Belgrade, Serbia; currently days are sunny and warm . Nights tend to get colder in this period of year...
In the now Smolensk is night . There will be time to take pictures of the forest. I live not far from Smolensk. From my house to the woods "Taiga" is less than one killometer.
Sorry I just jumped in and stuck with an Evil A. I'm from Serbia but resided in the IL for a while (few years)... feel free to ask anything about my country or city if you wish to. Cheers!
October and November are very bad month in the year always some uncertainty whether something. Cold at night now down to 2-3 degrees Celsius. During the day is warm a little, at this time the wind north or north-west
It's a difficult question and every answer equals personal taste. Personally, what I intend to do is to pay a visit to Viminacium and here you can find more about archeological sites and similar. http://www.viminacium.org.rs/IRS/index.html?language=english In Belgrade I'd go with.... Kalemegdan fortress and museum of Nikola Tesla http://www.tesla-museum.org/meni_en.htm P.S. Please, tell no one, but sometimes I enjoy driving a bumper cars in a luna parks (who'd ever guess that? lol)
It's cold...brrrrrrrrrr Do you have some ski slopes nearby? Composer M. Glinka was from your area (Smolensk oblast) and one of my favs (Piter on the pics)... think I posted it at 'Mother Russia' thread. [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2fVRxtm5ow"]Glinka "Waltz-Fantasia" / Ðлинка "ÐалÑÑ - ÑанÑазиÑ" - YouTube[/ame] I'd love to know much more about your city/area... something maybe I can't find on the net easily?
Asian drug gangs comin' in through Canadian border... DOJ: Ethnic Asian Gangs Dominate Drug Smuggling From Canada, Increasingly Active Inside US October 3, 2011 Vietnamese and other ethnic Asian criminal gangs smuggling illicit drugs from Canada into the U.S., dominate the narcotics trade along the northern border, according to the Department of Justice.
I live just north of Brisbane in the state of Queensland in Australia. The weather today was fine but yesterday it rained. Notable people from Australia include Howard Florey, John Monash and a bunch of other people I can't be bothered to name.