San Francisco: From the Golden Gate Bridge to Bedroom Dancing
Urban and peaceful, chaotic and cozy, and unbelievably beautiful - this city won my heart, as did my number one in the world - Paris. I do envy the locals who can live in such beauty every day.
I can’t say I loved the center of the city with its skyscrapers, as I much preferred staying at the Fisherman's Wharf with its beautiful piers. Popular with tourists and sea lions, the Fisherman's Wharf is full of shops, silly museums and family fun.
But I preferred piers with fewer tourists as you can just enjoy your time, reading or dreaming, and feeling happy.
Ever ride a national landmark? It's being done every day in San Francisco.
We haven’t had time to go to Alcatraz Island, but couldn’t stop shooting this beautiful scenery.
It was so difficult to select just a few pictures of the Golden Gate Bridge - a technical masterpiece that can only be described in superlatives for its beauty.
My son Misha loves making portraits of me with his Olympus xz1.
From America I brought a new hobby – movie making. Enjoy this short video of my San Francisco.
Thanks to Airbnb.com we found this amazing Spencer Mansion where we spent plenty of pleasant minutes...
Living in this house was like living in a fairytale, which inspired me to make this video... Enjoy!
Down at the southern tip of the 800 km island chain of Maldives, next to the local Gan airport there is a tropical paradise called Shangri-La. Here you are welcomed by an unbelievably starry sky (it’s just 60 km south of the Equator), a lush green tropical forest, and of course a 5* luxury hotel, privacy and a sense of space – unusual for Maldives – which is what I loved about it the most.
I have to confess to something. I’m not adventurous. I’m rather lazy. While I am on vacation, I hate busy cities, queues to museums or waking up early to go on excursions... The best time for me on vacation is when I can do NOTHING. Just lie close to a pool or on the beach, eat lots of sweets (yes, I have to confess to this as well), enjoy slow dinners accompanied by an amazing view and a pleasant company or stay in a big luxurious bed all day long.
Langkawi is located just 30 kilometers off the northwest coast of the Malay Peninsula. It is a beautiful archipelago of 104 islands, surrounded by the emerald waters of the Andaman Sea. Some of the islands are inhabited, but some are just like bare rocks sitting in the sea during high tides.
My first trip to Paris was 5 years ago. When I saw Paris I knew –I was familiar with that city; I always imagined it exactly like it was – romantic, beautiful, magical, stylish, and very inspiring. It was love from the first sight, and now, after many years and many trips, I still feel like a little girl, who wants to laugh and dance in the street when I step on the land of Paris.
Santorini. The most picturesque and romantic island in the world. It has such a special atmosphere that you just forget about everything and are afraid to put down your camera for fear of missing a good shot. With multi-coloured cliffs soaring above a sea-drenched caldera and cute white Cycladic houses, Santorini looks like a giant slice of layered cake.
There are two things in my life that I love the most – traveling and photography They go together perfectly. Traveling always inspires me to capture the best moments, to show my feelings and emotions through pictures. And it’s always exciting for me that my feelings and emotions are interesting for thousands of people, who read my blog on Live Journal.
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