I wish I could fly....

 Have you ever wanted to spread your wings and fly?

I think everyone has this dream at some point.
Humanity always looked up in the sky and envied the birds. Idols and gods were often pictured with wings and angels were never seen without them.

"The desire to fly is an idea handed down to us by our ancestors who, in their grueling travels across trackless lands in prehistoric times, looked enviously on the birds soaring freely through space, at full speed, above all obstacles, on the infinite highway of the air".  ~Wilbur Wright

I love the way that Mark Twain described the reason for this dream

"The air up there in the clouds is very pure and fine, bracing and delicious.  And why shouldn't it be? - it is the same the angels breathe."  ~Mark Twain, "Roughing It"


There is hundreds of songs, books, paintings and any other artistic creations mirroring the dream of flying.

When we finaly made it possible we started to make an art from the flying itself. Every year in almost every country there are the competitions and spectacles made by skillful pilots.

The best I´ve seen has its place every year in Estbourne, UK. This normally very quiet town for one weekend is turn  to very colourful, noisy place full of people who stand with the heads turn up to the sky...

And it´s not suprising, because what you see there is simply amazing

Beautiful Eastbourne Pier is a great background for the acrobations in the sky.

The best of all - Red Arrows...

One of the Blades simulating plane crash

And last but not least - fantastic show of the girls who walk on the planes. Most of them are students who just love flying and spend their spare time rehearsing for the next show.

The next Airbourne is planned for 11-14 August 2011. I wish I could see it again...

And...

tomorrow I will be flying as well - going to Israel. Not in such a pretty and exciting way, but still... :)

and to finish all this with a smile I found a quote which has its point too hehe

"If God had really intended men to fly,

he'd make it easier to get to the airport."  ~George Winters

so let´s keep dreaming about the beauty of dancing in the sky and try to go to the airport on time too! :)

See you all in 2 weeks!!!

One of the most beautiful places in England...

Hello everyone! I hope you are having fantastic begining of the week :) Today I want to tell you about one of my trips in UK.

Back in 2008 (I can´t believe it´s already so long ago) one of my friends wrote me an email saying he is coming to UK and if I wouldn´t mind to go around with him to show him some beautiful places. OF COURSE I was delighted! :)

We went to DORSET and I was amazed by its breathtaking coastline, charming villages and unspoilt countryside.

First stop - Shaftesbury with it´s Gold Hill - steep cobbled street featured on the cover of countless books about Dorset and rural England.

It was perhaps most famously used as the street in the popular Ridley Scott directed Hovis bread advertisement from 1973.

It still look almost the same :) When you walk down the hill it´s like you are back in those wonderful times when people were simple and polite and everything was more real.

Next we went to Poole, where we spent countless amount of time taking photos of the boats in the fast approaching sunset.  

We were so busy that we didn´t notice the darkness around. Sudenly it was completely dark and we didn´t even have a place to stay...  As it was February lots of b&bs were closed so at some point I had a vision of sleeping in the car, but luckily we found a place at the end. 

Morning greeted us with a fantastic foggy sunrise - there was lots of people enjoying a walk on the quay.

After enjoyable walk around and great fresh coffee we went to see probably the most famous place in Dorset - Durdle Door. It was absolutely fantastic to be with such a strong nature. I was imagining how the  arch has been created by the slow process of erosion.

Dorset is definitely worth a visit. 

Let´s get started!

So, there it is. My first post to this blog.
It´s pretty grey day, but I´m still in a good mood because my website is finally finished! Yaaayyyy!

And now I´m starting blog to say more about some photos. Some of them have a great history behind and I though I should share a little bit more then just a picture.
I want to share the experience from my travel and show some places which have unique character and atmosphere.

It´s not easy to know what shall I start with...through the years I´ve travelled to many countries and taken thousands of photos. Let´s start from Brighton...

I´ve been living there for many years and I still miss the lively atmosphere of the city...

This video shows quite well what I´m talking about.

And to add some private view I´m sharing some of my photos.

People coming here like birds, from different parts of the world, bringing with them part of their culture, creating colourful and sometimes very strange society...

There is lots of artists and they make sure to show their creations

I miss the walks on the seafront in the quiet afternoons...

watching the sun going down behind the line of the water...


Of course it´s not always perfect...
There are quite often some windy, rainy days when you don´t even want to go out.
And when there is snowing the city is completely paralized and even if you want to go out, trust me -  it´s better if you stay at home, unless you want to brush the snow off your bike... :)