Two floors of ecstasy
It all started with the fact that a friend of Masha returned from annual leave, time-lozhila on the table four packets of photos. I started to comment: \u0026quot;That\u0026#39;s me in Paris. At the Eiffel Tower?\u0026quot; Of course there was. No, it\u0026#39;s not Paris. Do not know - Alexander Platz, one of the main squares in Berlin, named after Russian Tsar Alexander I. This is interesting images - \u0026quot;red-light district in Amsterdam. And in the pack - the Paris Disneyland.
Tour of Europe begins with a bus - as the theater with a hanger. Rule that must remember every self-respecting tourist: what will be a comfortable car, the more pleasure you get from travel. The most reliable buses are equipped with the emblems \u0026quot;Mersedes\u0026quot;, \u0026quot;Neoplan\u0026quot;, \u0026quot;Van-Hool\u0026quot; and \u0026quot;Setra\u0026quot;. In addition, all machines are divided into one-storey and two storey sesquioxides. With the first all clear. Example-but the same, only less comfortable ride on our streets. In one and a half bus passengers sit slightly higher than the drivers, and therefore, review them much better. In \u0026quot;dvushke\u0026quot; you can optionally choose the upper or lower \u0026quot;deck\u0026quot;. Seats in the cabin are always the same, varies only the distance between them. The higher the class of the bus, the less it seats and, consequently, salon pro-reversal and more convenient. Standard sesquialteral buses designed for 42 seats, two-storey - at 62. Location of your choice is fixed in the permit and stored throughout the trip. The best in the double-decker bus ental is the place in the front windshield on the second floor directly above the driver. Overview fantastic! But take them uneasy: Apartement experienced tourists these places for a month and a half before the start of the tour.
Where ragged?
So started. Prior to the first border in Brest, we can drive more than a thousand kilometers. Then move to Poland and the long-awaited night in a neat and cozy hotel in Germany. It should not be sightseeing fervor, and good rest. City tour of Berlin is waiting for us on the way back, but in Amsterdam, where the bus is sent very early in the morning, we will not be back.
We are rushing to netryaskim European roads and search dreams. In the instantaneous-tion open my eyes. We in the Netherlands! This fact is irrefutable mill Nice, lined up along the highway. What a wonderful contrast create emerald meadows and peaceful Dutch cow with mad-free, noisy Amsterdam!
The fact that Amsterdam - a city of cyclists, you will see for yourself. But the manners of those desperate guys you are obliged to inform the guide. For residents, moving on two wheels, here to create the most favorable conditions. If you knock a cyclist on a dedicated bike route where he has an advantage in motion zhenii, he can not even stop.
\u0026quot;Surprise!\u0026quot; - Cheerfully shouted our guide joker - \u0026quot;Who wants to try infusions Officer-Dutch cheese - for me.\u0026quot; Present Company \u0026quot;. Everybody wants. Folk wisdom \u0026quot;free cheese is only in a mousetrap\u0026quot; does not work here. Now we know for sure - not only! At the gates of the factory, which is located in a suburb of Amsterdam, we are met by the master cheese splendor. In wooden shoes, colorful apron and a smile in the style of cheese on his face. He sings songs, and constantly jokes, stories, Vaeth on its production and, finally, invites us to taste the cheese, these tasty, fresh and fragrant, which takes your breath away. Having eaten his fill to satiety and bought souvenirs, go back to the city center.
Carefully walking on the sidewalk (just do not step on the cycle track!) Are moving toward the flower market. From mixing odors dizzy. And here he is - the famous \u0026quot;Black Tulip\u0026quot;, the pride of local growers. Admire tulle-pan - and ahead to the alluring nightlife of the most relaxed European table-particle. \u0026quot;Red lights\u0026quot; name. In the enormous windows, windows before \u0026quot;human commodity\u0026quot;. Show \u0026quot;Behind the Glass\u0026quot; resting. If the curtain drawn, then someone at this point very well.
Do not drown in a sea of impressions, we will help coffee-shop. Stop! Bored called us not deceive. Guide warned that the sale is not harmless buns with poppy seeds, and stronger drugs. Greedy to experience youth come here from all over the world. But away from the nest of debauchery! It\u0026#39;s time to go to France.
We only have two days out to see Paris and die. Given the on-shirnost excursion program, it is rather difficult. How not to visit Notre Dame, where he lived the unfortunate Quasimodo, the Louvre with the eternally enigmatic Mona Lisa, Museum d\u0026#39;Orsay, Ro-Dena, Cathedral Invalides, the Opera. Go through the Latin Quarter also want. Ah, yes, even the Eiffel Tower, walk to the water taxi along the Seine and \u0026quot;sagging\u0026quot; at al-traction Disneyland. For a start - a city tour. Extremely interesting, intense, but traditional. We stop at Notre Bo gomateri and immediately confronted with compatriots. Are you missing Russian re-chi emigrants jumped on us with stories about his gay life in Paris and with questions about Moscow. But for a long time to talk once. Half an hour later leaving for Versailles. French Peterhof (the so-called Versailles, many guides) meets us many fountains sparkling in the sun and the first spring green parks. So you are, a celebration of life! Buy a bottle of \u0026quot;Beaujolais\u0026quot;, blue cheese, Camembert, and sit down to eat. A charming and outgoing French had already run to the bench with our delicious pastries in hand. And, with true Parisian charm proposal we are meeting them (buns, of course) to taste.
After an impromptu lunch - free time. And we\u0026#39;ll send the metro-emsya in the most exotic museum of France - Contemporary Art Center, named after Georges Pompidou. It affects the very building of the museum: all communications are displayed outside and painted in bright colors. And much halls: But it\u0026#39;s better to see once.
Further our path lies in Dresden - the ancient capital of Saxony. The first visit, as it should be, the world famous Dresden art gallery, one of the large-Shih in the world collections of paintings. Shaleev the abundance of masterpieces, admire and good-wei! Quiet and thoughtful, go to the pier of the Elbe, where we already waiting for the white boat. Where ragged? In the Saxon Switzerland. I ran up the green hill, beneath a blue ribbon weaves the Elbe, at the top of ever-smiling young sun and sings some colorful German Pichugov. Ok!
Sleep in a comfortable hotel near the castle Zwinger, early in the morning going to the Ber-lin. This is the Reichstag, and seemed. If you intend to travel to Berlin itself, it will be useful to get the \u0026quot;Berlin Wellcome cards - travel on all modes of transport, who also gives a significant discount on tickets to many museums, parks and theaters. A look at Berlin is worth a lot. The capital of Germany, sometimes called \u0026quot;pocket textbook history. Visit the largest museum of its centers: Museum Island, Charlottenburg Palace, the Mausoleum of Friedrich Wilhelm III, tourists come from all over the world. The evenings advanced youth drinking beer in bars in Kreuzberg (the area respectable burghers think hooligan). But we are not easily frightened. Here and meet the dawn.
Exhausted, but terribly happy, we, Great Bus Travelers (VAP-person), tyanemsya to our home on wheels. Vasya supports Marina, who lined a bird hung on his shoulder. Chenopodium Ivanna feeds Ivan Semenycha pies. Gosh generously offered me an inflatable pillow.
In close quarters, but not mad
Yes, fifty people in a bus - is more abruptly than ten housewives at a communal kitchen. In order for the adaptation process was quick and painless is worth remembering a few golden rules.
Do not be late. No one knows that the worse: see how your bus turns into a little dot on the horizon, or incur the righteous wrath \u0026quot;soavtobusnikov.
If the border you will be asked about the purpose of your trip, answer clearly and concisely: \u0026quot;Tourism\u0026quot;. One wag said that he was going to touch the handle of the Mona Lisa. As a result, the group waited for an hour, when his examination, questioning and released. Photograph and shoot video camera at the border, too, is impossible. Cameras and cameras immediately confiscated.
Food and money take more. Cafes, restaurants and bistros in Europe a lot (the average cost of dinner $ 10-12), but it is possible that by the time of your arrival they will already be closed. Then you and useful supplies: smoked sausage, dry bread and instant soup. The money will be needed and on trips. The calculation is simple: the amount of \u0026quot;pocket\u0026quot; should be approximately equal to the cost of the tour. Or a little more than her, that was enough for souvenirs, a bottle of Bordeaux and a piece of cheese.