Ideas and Travelling

Oladi or Russian pancakes are favourite dessert in Russia, Belorussia and Ukraine. The Pancake Week during Maslenitsa (the first week before the Lent in spring) is a very cheerful time when you can try various oladi and blini. Originally pancakes have been connected with the Sun. They are yellow, hot and round. Ingredients: 1 ¼ cups flour ½ teaspoon baking soda 1 tablespoon sugar 1/4 teaspoon salt 2 eggs 250 ml buttermilk or kefir Sunflower oil for frying Preparation Take a medium bowl. Put the flour, baking soda, sugar and salt together. Pour the kefir or buttermilk. Fold in two eggs. Stir to the smooth mass. Warm the sunflower oil on a frying pan. Form 4 or 5 circular pancakes with a scoop. Cook both sides of a pancake about 2 minutes. Flip over with a wooden spatula. Serve hot with jam, honey, sour cream or any of your favourite fruit.    Enjoy your oladi!    

Daffodils: Flowers of Spring Daffodils or Narcissus are popular flowers in Europe, as well as in North America, Northern Africa and in the Middle East. bunch of daffodils History of the Daffodil Daffodils have been known since 3 century B.C.E. In the Ancient Greek mythology the flower of Narcissus is a symbol of unrequited love, self-love and vanity. While on the British Isles the Druids considered it as a symbol of rebirth. The flower appeared every spring and gave hope for something new and pleasant. Later the yellow and white flower was connected with Easter, the Christian celebration of Jesus Christ’s resurrection. In Wales, where the daffodil is the country’s symbol, people believe that if you find the first daffodil in the spring time, you will be very lucky all year round. Daffodils, spring flowers Effective remedy of daffodils The scent of daffodil oil cannot leave you untouched. The flowers may be white and yellow, yellow and orange. Strong stalks hold...

The Island of Crete is a wonderful place for your summer holiday. Heraklion, Chania, Agios Nokolaos, Malia are all waiting for tourists and holiday-makers. Crete, Cretan heat, Cretan dogs Cozy little shops in the town of Malia attract you not only by traditional leather goods, souvenirs like mugs, wooden phallic key-chains, fridge magnets, but also by cute pet guardians lying at the entrance. Cretan dogs, as well as Cretan cats, possess their own individual temper. They seem calm and reserved. Most of them are middle aged mongrels looking at passers-by very reluctantly. The Cretan heat makes everybody a little lazy. Smart dogs’ eyes see through you very well and share your feeling. Some of the smallest Cretan dogs may even bark at an unpretentious tourist who makes an attempt to buy something in “their” shop. Anyway, there is no harm to be barked at by such a funny little thing. Crete - Cretan Dog Cretan dogs need no map Sometimes one and the same doggie may be...