Travel to the island

Every city that is located on a large body of water, on the ocean, on a lake or river, has islands near it.
Historically, or it is the help of nature, I do not know, but in our life it is always a very interesting addition to the existence of the city itself.
To say that the island and the city are interconnected – no. They exist independently of each other and their presence only adds zest to the existence of the city itself.
To go out for a day, or for a few hours, or for a day with an overnight stay – it is pleasant, interesting and a certain experience.
Toronto Island is several islands that are connected by this name. There are bridges and connections between them. There is a domestic Toronto airport on this island. Therefore, you can always see how planes land on the island. It is especially interesting to watch in cloudy weather, when clouds cover visibility above the fifth floor and you can see how suddenly an airplane takes off from dark clouds and slowly lands on the island. All houses with a view of the lake in the central part of Toronto have such a pleasure.
But I’ll start everything in order, namely along the route that I’ll share today.

Of course, I will comment on everything that I liked along the way. So, I got on the subway at Bathurst St.Whether it’s my love for murals or classicism with baroque, I was struck and liked this mural opposite the enter on the subway.

I took the 510 streetcar to Spadina and rode along the street, enjoying the morning city. Few people talk about the day off. And it helps me to look at the drawings on the walls of the houses and admire the old and new buildings.

Tim Hortons is open as always and it’s impossible to resist its smell.

Well, that’s understandable. With the onset of warm weather, the city begins to undergo repairs and is all in traffic jams, congestion and repair scaffolding.

How old houses with aluminum high-rises are structured is visible in this video. There is a mixture of cultures, styles and times.

The presence of the CNTower on the horizon indicates that we are in the city center and approaching the embankment.

I got out on the embankment and calmly walked to the meeting place, to the entrance to the pier.

The meeting was scheduled near the statue of Jack Layton near Jack Layton Ferry Terminal.

Jack Gilbert Layton was a Canadian academic and polistican who served as a Leader of the New Democratic Party from 2003 to 2011.

Bronze sculpture of Jack Layton was unveilled in 2013 at Toronto island ferry terminal.

Symbolizm of this bike:,,Together you support each other,just like a community.”

Layton on the back seat of tandem bicycle,much like one he rode with his family,with the front seat open for people to hop on and take pictures.

My route went from the farry station to the island.

I will immediately note that despite the early hour and the day off, there were a lot of people near the pier. People gathered in families and groups. Many moved with fishing gear and their own bicycles. The weather did not promise to be either warm or sunny. Cold, constant, strong, gusty rain.

Having bought a ticket, you find yourself waiting for the ferry to arrive and, having gathered with the passengers, you simply wait until you can take a seat on the ferry. Seats are on a first come, first served basis. But there are a lot of seats, some on top to watch and take photos and some inside the ferry. There is always enough space for everyone.

You can spend a whole day on the island. And although it is small, there are many interesting entertainments, many parks and attractions, specially organized places for children, where there is a small zoo, a cable car and even a railway. And all this together is very interesting and attractive.

There are many recreation areas on the island, there are tables and there are playgrounds where you can relax and sit with family and friends, there are cafes and restaurants.

Well, and the number of flowers, beautiful parks and blossoming trees, I just keep quiet, because in spring everything comes to life and this range of floral delight simply envelops. This year, for the first time on the island, there is such a service that you can rent a bike and ride from one side of the island to the other, walk in the most interesting places. Everywhere there are devices to put the bike and go have a coffee.

It gives me great pleasure to see beautiful tulips.

So, the ferry arrived, the doors opened and everyone waiting went to take their seats. I climbed onto the deck, I wanted, like many others, to photograph the view of the city from the ferry.

There were many ferries nearby. They go to the island strictly according to the hours and schedule. One comes, another goes to the island.

You can sit on the deck and calmly watch the waves gently rock the ferry. Perhaps in winter or during a strong storm, the waves are high. But today the weather is very spring-like and the trip from morning to evening will be eventful.

So, we unmoored, the horn blew and the ferry slowly went along the water.
The distance between the Toronto shore and the island is small, it takes 15-20 minutes.
The island became an island not very long ago.
It was part of a sand dune on the Scarborough Banff side. But then it washed away and the island separated and began to live its own life.

From the ferry station there are three directions of piers on the island.
There are a huge number of taxis that take you for 13 dollars one way.
The ferry costs 10 dollars round trip.

This is a wonderful photo, a beautiful view, because of which this trip happened.
View of Toronto from the ferry that goes to Toronto Island.
About what I saw and where I visited on the island in the next post.


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Story of one flight

Good day to all
Story of one flight

I miss being a blogger behind my site
I was silent for more than a month without access to my website. I accumulated emotions, thought about his perfection, met, met and consulted bloggers
I thank everyone who, despite my silence, almost every day comes to the blog
I thank for your interest.

I will tell a very interesting story that happened to me at the Borispol airport in Kiev this March
When planning a trip to Kiev, I bought a very large and light bag from the Chinese in China Town in Toronto to place the clothes and things I needed.
This is a black long cloth bag with wheels at the back and with a handle in the front. It is convenient to carry what I needed. But uncomfortable, it falls from the load. At the airport I wrapped it in plastic and it flew away with me.

 

When I arrived at Boryspil, I was very tired of the road. When the baggage was unloaded, I saw a bag, a black one, a wheels on the back, and a front handle.
Thinking that it was mine, I took her with difficulty (23 kg) to my parents. This is a two hour trip from Kiev. Without suspecting anything, I carried this bag with things in polyethylene by bus in the luggage compartment.
Finnally, when I brought her to my parents, lifted her upstairs to the second floor, how letters and calls started to me.
Ha-ha-ha-ha….
And now I am grateful that they went through my website and the site’s mail,through my social media
The airport administrator was looking for me, because I didn’t take my luggage.
She called me and informed.
I lured bags and took someone else’s, the same bag
Ha-ha-ha-ha
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 What was then?
I wanted to take a break from the road, but I was busy during evening bringing the bags back to the owners.
I thanked them and apologized for the mistake.
And the next day……. Attempt number two.Ha-ha-ha….
I again went to the airport, took my luggage and brought back heavy 23 kg (ridiculously, that with the same driver) to my parents.

This story is interesting that very quickly people was found me  through my site (my work with the theater) and even found my husband. They sent a letter to him.
Well, now I am calm that I am correctly blogging.
You never know what else can happen in life.
I love to travel
But just the luggage is always at least a little ribbon should be noted ….for dest rest after travelling…..ha-ha-ha…
Now I do it
Story ofone flight
Your best
Helen
P.S.remembering the pleasant moments of spring travel to Europe and Ukraine.
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Collection of winter paintings by Helen Polishuk

The beginning of the new 2019 year inspired me to write about my paintings about winter.

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You will immediately think that I love this topic. I live in Canada, where there is a lot of winter,more than 6 month in year.
And I manage to draw winter. I often received prizes and exhibited my works at exhibitions or published them in publications.
But I will disappoint you, this is one of my directions, but not the most beloved. I am very good drawing the winter.
Now those traditions of drawing, with which I started ,a little outdated.
This is still the traditional East European school, the old Russian traditions
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Over the years I began to move away from the primary methods of drawing.
You will be able to see how my equipment has changed on the example of the exposed photos in this post.
I am not an adherent of one theme and one style, one picture.
I always want a new one. It is in my life I am fidget.
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Proposed for your viewing paintings, this is a small part of my work.
I don’t have many of them for a long time. They are in collections all over the world.
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The paintings of my works below are still relevant.
They are on sale in websites along with other paintings:
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Already living in Canada,I created  intresting collection of small paintings devoted to winter.
This is a lively collection filled with originality.
There are many things that show that I live in Canada. These are the buildings of houses and the landscape of nature.
I set up here to draw small pictures.
I will not say that it is special. I liked it.
Many critics say that on the contrary, it is harder to paint small paintings than big ones.
I will argue. It is easy for me to draw small paintings.
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That’s just sometimes you have to repeat to remove the layer of paint, shade white.
Therefore, the painting is not created in one month, and sometimes it takes about a year to finish it. This is the process of highlighting more  places in the painting.
Using this painting as an example, I show how applying a bleached layer several times gives a glow to the picture.
It is like nourished with small bright lights.
Very impressive!!!!!
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The range of shades is wide, although the winter landscape is monotonous.
This is not true in my collection.
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I continue to look to my direction. And the rest of my work only complements what was said
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I am glad to work for you and ask, look more often at my sites, read my posts, like and forward.
Everything I do, I create for you, my dear friends…..
@polishukelena

If you want to have a good rest in Ukraine

if you- want to have a good rest in Ukraine

For a trip to Ukraine you need to prepare.
This is an interesting country, there are many places in it where you can have a good rest.
I will tell you today about such places.
My path this summer lay by an amazing city on the Black Sea coast.
Odessa
This is an unforgettable place on the map of a beautiful country.
 It is a port. A city where there is always a mixture of languages ​​and a lot of guests.
In the summer there is good time for rest.Odessans say that everything is very expensive .But if take   one-bedroom apartment on the right site of Odessa (Fountain Road) or cottage it is good choice.That is  price startingfrom 450griven to day.Have cheaper options when you come two families and take two-room apartment.
Transport is not expensive. You can live and not quite near the sea, then the prices for housing will be cheaper.
If you eat in restaurants, they are many options..Very popular bakery, where there is always fresh pastries, coffee. Economy offer, you can buy food in ,,Silpo,, and heated in the microwave.
There are a lot of fruits and vegetables in the bazaars.
Prices are different, but by the evening as a rule sales and berries go for half the price.
I do not advise a fish .There is not medical control and I didnot recomend.You can test lot of  beer with dry fish or shrimp from the store (by weight, cooked and frozen).
From drinks a variety of beer, wine, cognac and vodka.Price is different,but I advise middle,becouse cheaper can be fake.

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There are many beaches in Odessa .Popular and very clean, city’s beaches.
Therefore, you should not overpay and rest in expensive places. Now there are very few people there.

Odessa is interesting by people.…..
And evening walks
In the city there are many parks. Many flowering villages, many flowers.
Very nice and cozy

But around the station is not very good. Even a bit dangerous. Therefore, it is not worth buying anything or living there.

My advice for visitors is not to use a taxi, but by shuttle bus or streetcar.It is quite enough to travel.

In the evening walk on Deribasovskaya and sit in an open cafe and drink coffee or beer, it’s great.

 

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The next interesting place is Cherkassy.
I came there on a minibus. It’s not cheap. But the trip is worth it.
The city is old. The houses is beautiful, ancient, the center has been restored to yellow-white color.
The city is located on the site of the Dnieper, the hunger for the dam. Very beautiful.
Residents of the city on weekends rest on the islands, which are many around the city. Therefore, there are areas of the city that are called the Ukrainian Shanghai.
Stay there on boats and at home stand on piles on the water.People catch fish, rest, go for a drive on boats.

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I had a wonderful weekend with friends in this wonderful city.

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I was accompanied by this little beautiful and fluffy Michelle

 

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The prices for rent here are very cheap and the products are much cheaper from Odessa and Kiev

 

The trip to the Carpathian Mountains

The second event of my vacation was a trip to the Carpathian Mountains in Skhidnytsia.

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Foto:just being built very modern hotel,, Three sons,,

The village is located 850 m above sea level.The first memories of the village date back to the 13th century.

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Foto:after the rain the mountains,, smoke,, ..

 

Mountain fresh air, plenty of mineral water, fragrant meadows and an abundance of mushrooms in the forest makes  tourism there.

 

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Carpathian mini Alps….

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I spent two weeks

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drank mineral water

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I breathed clean air

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every day I went to no less than 5 km and lost weight after the vacation.

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Foto:the spruce’s  forest

 

 

My abdominal muscles visibly pumped up.My muscle tone became noticeably resilient.

I returned to Kiev with a huge charge of energy and lots of photos of landscapes of the Carpathians:

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Foto:around the village forest.

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Foto:near each source  of mineral water has a sculpture of the Mother of God, a mini church….also

on the roadside…….also in every village ……

 

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Foto:view of the mountains from the forest..

 

 I invite you to rest in the Carpathians too