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Cause I used to paint

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Sunny Georgia

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bla bla bla.... 1. supra 2.dances However, there is more to the country then just the great outdoors!!! Georgians have been creating fine wines for 8,000 years. They are considered to be the first one who started wine production. And I can lierally kill for a bottle of white georgian wine. Therefore, it is well worth taking a trip to one of the many countryside wineries to learn the history ot the country's wine making tradition - and of course try some for yourself. The country itself is even more famous for its hospitaly. The free wifie in Tblisi welcomes you by telling "Tbilisi loves you".           Food The Jvari churches in Mtskheta.   Good to know Georgia has low consumer prices. Converted to Euros, the average medium-sized coffee costs   ‎ € 0,90 and a 5km taxi rides costs € 2 .

Bridge diving, Bosnia and Herzegovina

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The event   The iconic Stari Most bridge in Mostar, southern Bosnia and Herzegovina was commissioned by Ottoman Emperor Suleiman the Magnificent and opened 450 years ago in 1567. Since that very time people have been diving off it. Rebuilt in 2004 the bridge is widely considered to be one of the finest pieces of architecture in the Balkans. It is widely known that people in Mostar, especially men learn to dive when they are little and they have their own style. Well, it does not look too safe for me but for tchem it must be kind of extreme hobby. You can see tchem diving as soon as they will collect enough money from tourists to start their show. There are also diving competitions. First of all, every July young men from the town compete in the diving competition off the bridge. Secondly, on 16th September the top professionnals from around the world come to town for the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series, to dive from a 27m-high platform built on to the bridge.

Dreaming of the lake

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Dreaming of the lake end its serenity   When currently I cannot visit Lake Tanganyika or Lake Baikal I put all my heart to one Balkan Lake with similarly remote origins.  Any guess?  I saw It twice. First time in freezing February 2015. Lately in nice hot May 2017.  To make it simpler It is located in both Albania and Macedonia.  And brava it is Ohrid. I can admit it is breath taking and most of the magic here happens by the water. The 30 km-long Lake as I already mentionned is one of the oldest and deepest in Europe with a maximum depth of 288m. Considered as well as one of the oldesr biotopes in the world it is a home to more then 200 endemic species. Therefore no wonder it is listed on UNESCO World Heritage site since 1979 and no wonder I love it deeply.  However, the main thing that will strike you it is simply its natural beauty, with snow-covered mountains and valleys sloping down to clear water. As my Macedonian friends told me Ohrid is the best i