Sep

GRIFFITH and Cootamundra,

snaptra on September 6, 2017

towns in New South Wales ,state in Australia , present many attractions for tourists .

Griffith charms one with its urban design which came from Berley Griffin , who design of nation capital Canberra , gave also beside that attractive design of this well designed town. Town being center to the RIVERINA region of farming , horticulture and specifically wine industry presents visitors with many delightful impressions. While approaching the town one passes colorful orchards , wineries and fresh water canals providing irrigation for the riches of mother nature produce , so tenderly cultivated by the farmers of the region . Area developed by many generations of Italian migrants who one can say created “Australian Lombardy “ ,in this Riverina region to remind them of far away home , Italy , inspires visitors .. MAMMA MIA , one could say and yes MIA , it is abbreviation of Murrumbidge Irrigation Area, great concept which was developed first at early earth of 1900^th , and continued after huge dry spell and drought of 1930^th . Of course with Italian migrants hard labour to make the place , huge center for wineries , prunes , oranges , vegetable growing on irrigated fields with water supplied by many canals, also returning Australian soldiers “diggers” from WWI and WWII , played big role in development of town and the whole area. These brave soldiers , here in Riverina swapped arms for plough.

Not far away from Griffith , one can reach by coach or train ,Cootamundra . This lovely town , being birth place of Sir Donald Bradman , top Australian cricket sportsman , brings many cricket player , spectators to pay tribute to this great Australian icon of the sportsman . But not only cricket loving visitors come here . Many others who wish to explore the region find Cootamundra with its history and pleasing architectural designs of buildings , houses and cottages natural choice to stay here for few days . Here one can experience taste of “ true blue” Aussie atmosphere of country town friendliness , see the Victorian and art deco structures and enjoy colours of surrounding hills and fields . The town name as it is said could be derived from Wiradjuri tribe language , where word “ guudhamang “meaning “turtle” , could give origin to the name of town , which was established by gold rush of 1860^th .Cootamundra being half way by train trip between Sydney and Melbourne , can provide splendid opportunity to use the place as base for exploration of southern NSW .

The region of NSW with these interesting town can be reached by train , coaches from major cities of Sydney and Melbourne .

WMIG

September 2017

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LANCUT , RZESZOW , PRZEMYSL AND LVIV ,

snaptra on June 10, 2017

Towns which in its lovely position in South West on map of Europe are so interestingly, with whole area, interwoven ,into mighty thousand years Polish history . These urban complexes , beside Polish history , present also riches of Hapsburg Empire bygone days . For all these who enjoyed and possibly still enjoy the clever observations about humanity and its irrational acts of wars and other concepts related to stupidity of men kind , in book of well known Czech author Hasek presented in story of” Brave Soldier Svejk “, the region is truly great source of joy of travel and visiting the area.
LANCUT , with mighty palace of PILECKI , who were original owners , only to be owned later by LUBOMIRSKI , POTOCKI Magnate families of Poland reflects great ,how interestingly presented in the beauty of amazing structures being mixture of neo-classis , neo-baroque and many more architectural and design styles of the castle , history of area , often called GALICJA . Of course history of this lovely town reaches to early days of Poland as the power of Europe already under King Casimir III Great. Here visitors beside breathtaking features of the castle , visit lovely gardens and one of greatest collection of horse drawn coaches .
In not so distant past these coaches were used to reach surrounding places like RZESZOW .Regional capital by Wislok river , just short distance from Lancut ,presents also riches of region history . Established in 1354 by Jan Pakoslawic on the basis of King Kazimierz the Grate appreciation of his heroic acts as the KNIGHT ,serving the King .Town with its Town Hall positioned ,just of side in the in ,architecturally, interesting market place .Here history of Poles , Ukrainians ,Jews , Austrians , Magyars ,Germans was meshed into interesting past of the town . Evidence of this is present in structures of churches , castles , Synagogue and other Gothic and Renaissance buildings.
Moving further south-eastern direction ,town of border land ,on San river PRZEMYSL comes to visitor attention . This urban complex with remnants of old castle from 1340 King Casimirus days , situated the Castle Mountain , many churches and fascinating history of XVIII and XIX century is just truly stimulating . Here Austro-Hungarian forces were holding in the battle of WWI, using huge rings of fortifications , to defend its position from advancing Russian troops . Story of SVEJK , showing absurdity of wars , brought this , some say halfwit individual , on the pages of Jaroslav Hasek , to Przemysl and also should bring readers to this town which attractively ,hugs with its old structures side of the Royal hill.

With true entrance into KRESY , romantic name of area in Poland , moving towards the Dniestr Plateau , visitor comes to LVIV . This town is totally other , simply in its own rights , story of the region . It us UNESCO HERITAGE listed town .Some see Lviv as a treasure chest of history , culture , of people , nations which were interacting here from early days of King of Ruthenia Danylo Halytskyi in XIII century . Here the clashes of military troops amongst of Tartars , Mongols , Russians , Swedish armies took place . Religions of Armenia , Orthodox-Greece , Christianity and Jewish people shaped spirituality of its people. Cultures of Poland, Russia , Hapsburgs shaped the past to make Lviv people of Ukraine feel proud of their town . Artists , designers , architects and other creative minds from Italy , France , Poland , Russia came to Lviv to create some extraordinary structures . So vividly present in form of houses of warship , like Cathedrals , monasteries , merchant and manufacturers buildings also richly ornamented castles of Kings , Magnates and Nobles .

This amazing region of Europe , Poland , Ukraine is easily reached by all forms of transport like busses , trains and air services . Hotels are of high class , foods are tasty , full of healthy flavors of the region . All these elements what traveler awaits are inexpensive , simply affordable .
One can fly to the region on LOT POLISH AIRLINES , partner of SINGAPORE AIRLINES with code-share deals and use land services of tours of MAZURKAS TOURS.
June 2017
WMIG