Happy holidays!

[alexandral]

Happy holidays, dear friends!!! Whatever you celebrate, have a good time full of warm family gatherings, nice food, cookies, chocolates and love!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Because for me Winter holidays must have some snow, I digged out from the Internet few fabulous wintery images of the city I was born in, Omsk (Russia, Siberia).

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[baleanoptera]

Ooo! Snow! I needed that - for where I am it's just rain, rain, rain. And such lovely photo's - I especially like the ones with the wooden church. (for it is the same church right?) Such wonderful architecture! Thank you for sharing these.

[alexandral]

I am so glad you find the pictures interesting! I haven't been there for a few years and it was a nostalgic feeling for me to see how spacey everything is.!!

The wooden church is so lovely, I never seen it in RL. This is one of the churches which appeared after I gone to live in UK.

I have heard that it seems to be unexpectedly warm this year in Scandinavian countries. There are sometimes years like this, there is mentioning in Pushkin's poems that one year the real snow fell in January in Russia. (very, very unusual. First snow usually falls at the end of October in Omsk, and the snow cover becomes permanent by the middle-end of November).

[baleanoptera]

I have heard that it seems to be unexpectedly warm this year in Scandinavian countries.

It is! And I live in the warmest parts of the country, where it seldom snows at all. Needless to say everything is green and warm here. A few flowers are even blooming! It is a little disconcerting... and I really miss snow. Fog and rain are not doesn't give the same wintery effect! ;)

I actually have a vague memory of Omsk from my Geography class. Our teacher would recite then Soviet towns and go : "Omsk and Tomsk".
Sadly that is pretty much all I know about Omsk - until now!

[alexandral]

I actually have a vague memory of Omsk from my Geography class. Our teacher would recite then Soviet towns and go : "Omsk and Tomsk".

Wow! I am so surprised they mention Omsk in geography class. It is a big industrial city, but it has some beautiful places too. I especially like the place where two of the rivers Omka/Irtish "meet", it is really quite lovely there.

[jenlev]

gorgeous buildings, wonderful snow.

wishing you a fine and safe holiday. it's been a pleasure meeting you hereabouts. nutmeg knows the nicest folks. :)

[endlessdeep]

I hope you don't mind. After seeing your icon I snuck over to your journal to see if you had more cat pictures. OMG! Your kitty is so cute!

[jenlev]

no worries and welcome. also....your cat icon is adorable. :)

and thank you, glad you like the photos. indigo is killing me with his cute. he's only been here a week, and just turned 15 weeks. :)

[endlessdeep]

I hope you don't mind. Upon nutmeg3's and elspethsheir's advice I friended you.

[lesbiassparrow]

Gorgeous place and pictures! Ah, snow...I miss you!

[alexandral]

So glad you like them!! I don't miss minus 30 degrees of C, but bright sunny days with snow laying everywhere!!! ** sigh **

[maddeinin]

Oh, snow! How I wish we had some... But I guess it'll come later rather than sooner this winter.

Lovely pictures - I always love how ornate Orthodox churches are.

Merry Christmas to you and yours!

[alexandral]

Oh, snow! How I wish we had some... But I guess it'll come later rather than sooner this winter.

This is so unusual this winter, my friend called me from Finland and she also mentioned that they don't have any snow. (She lives somewhere up north too). There was a year registered in the last century when snow fell in Russia in January, but this is so rare.

SI am so glad you like the pictures - I get very nostalgic sometimes!

[teh_haley]

this place looks really great ♥ I'm in love with those gorgeous churchs! I don't really like snow so much, because it makes so difficult to drive and walk and I feel like I must stay at home even though I don't wanto to ;)
Merry Christmas to you and to your beautiful family, with all my heart!

[alexandral]

Thank you! Nice holidays to you and your family and friends!

I don't really like snow so much, because it makes so difficult to drive and walk and I feel like I must stay at home even though I don't wanto to

I don't particular like BAD BAD cold we tend to get in Russia, but snow itself makes winter much brighter for me. They are quite prepared for snow there, having big snow plows cleaning the roads and so on. (You can probably notice how clean the roads are in comparison with the park)