Travel blog
Why autumn leaves change color: yellow and blush? With such a romantic opinion, it is easy to agree, at least once saw the landscapes of autumn New England or Rocky Mountains, amazing the imagination by all the shades of yellow and orange. But what is the scientific side of all this beauty? Why autumn leaves …
Why Chekhov went to Sakhalin? Every schoolboy knows why Chekhov went to Sakhalin in 1890, most of whose inhabitants were religious – to save people. Classics should be. But here to contemporaries and researchers, the causes of such a long-term travel Anton Pavlovich were not so clear. Brother, Mikhail Chekhov, said that "Anton Pavlovich gathered …
Why do Norwegians grass on the roof? In the already green Norway still green roof. Instead of tiles Norwegians often use turf and grass. As a rule, these houses are found in rural areas, but they can be seen even in the major cities. Who invented the first cover home with a carpet of greenery, …
Why Germany Country, and the people are Germans? There are no contradictions in German: the country is Deutschland, and the people, her inhabiting, – Deutsche. But in our everything is more difficult. "German" is the our word, and initially it was not connected with the inhabitants of Germany. So called the French and the Swedes, …
Why in Italy speak Italian, if in ancient Rome they spoke to Latin? In the early I millennium BC. NS. Lacium region, located at the mouth of the Tiber River on the Apennine Peninsula, inhabited the Latin tribe, who spoke in Latin. The center of this area was the city of Rome. Tribes who united …
Why is it considered to be a flying saucer aliens transport? When somewhere flashed a message about the appearance of UFOs in the sky, nine out of ten people imagine a flying saucer. Her image is so firmly entrenched in our lives that is already quite difficult to imagine if the aliens may be other …
Why moose and deer drop horns, and cows – no? The horns are a unique invention of nature, which for millions of years awarded a variety of animals. And now they are endowed with many. Only one uses them to protect against predators and wear all their lives, while others – to decorate males and …
Why refuse Schengen in 2020? ours denied Schengen not so often: in 2019, the percentage of refusal was only 1.36%. Nevertheless, more and more people around them complains that they did not issue a visa. Often in such complaints appear Consulate of Italy. Svetlana Kalinina told that he helped with the collection of documents to …
Why sunflower follows the sun? The ability of plants to take a certain position under the influence of sunlight is called Heliotropism. At the beginning of the XIX century, this term introduced the Swiss and French nerd Okoustin Decandol-senior to describe the growth of the top of the stem towards the Sun. Plants can reach …
Why the eyes hurt over cloudy weather? Complaints for cloudy weather – the phenomenon is atypical for everyday life, but if you went to the mountains to ski, we should know that there are their rules here. In places with an elevated level of ultraviolet, the cornea of the eyes begins to absorb the sun’s …