Dmitry and Maria Shevtsov traveled around the globe in 14 months, visiting all continents and discovering not only the world, but also each other. Anton MILEKHIN talked to travelers and realized that any couple can use their experience even on smaller trips.
Dmitry and Maria Shevtsov traveled around the globe in 14 months, visiting all continents and discovering not only the world, but also each other. Anton MILEKHIN talked to travelers and realized that any couple can use their experience even on smaller trips.
There was an idea at first. It sounds very simple: Dmitry invited Maria to go on a trip around the world, and she immediately supported him. However, this simple idea many couples would find funny but unrealistic. She seemed strange to most of the acquaintances of Dmitry and Maria. Relatives were perplexed how to solve a lot of organizational issues related to such an event. (“How much luggage will you have ?!” one of Masha’s friends exclaimed).
However, what looked like a crazy idea from the outside was actually an overdue and deliberate decision. Like many, Dmitry and Maria at a certain stage of their lives thought about summing up the intermediate results and choosing the direction where to move on. Someone else, thinking about a new path of development, could, for example, go to business school - well, our heroes chose a trip around the world.
RUSSIA - FINLAND - CANADA - USA - MEXICO - PERU - BOLIVIA - ARGENTINA - URUGUAY - CHILE - BRAZIL - ANTARCTIA - EASTER ISLAND - TAHITI - NEW ZEALAND - AUSTRALIA - SINGAPORE - THAILAND - CAMBODIA - MALAYSIA - CHINA - SRI LANKA - JAPAN - SOUTH AFRICA - BOTSWANA - ZAMBIA - ZIMBABWE - MADAGASCAR - MAURITIUS - QATAR - UK - GERMANY - FRANCE - RUSSIA
International Panorama
Of course, the organization of the trip in one way or another raised many questions. First of all, there is the problem of entry permits to all the designated countries. In a few weeks, each of the travelers had to receive about 20 visas. Not a single travel company took on this task: when learning about the route, travel agents shrugged their shoulders. Several times Dmitry and Maria themselves had to visit embassies and explain to the consuls why it was so necessary for them to get to one state or another. The complexity did not end with the amount of work: it was necessary to take into account that each visa had to remain valid at the time of entry into the country. Meanwhile, as you know, some states impose additional restrictions: from the moment a visa becomes valid in many countries, for example, no more than 30 or 60 days must pass before entry. Dmitry and Maria found a way out: the embassies of some countries sent documents for their visas to those cities where travelers could get these visas in order to cross the borders on time. For example, in Mexico they received several visas to countries in South America, a Japanese visa was waiting for them in Australia, etc.
RUSSIA
Kamchatka became the last point of the journey across Russia - Dmitry and Maria drove the entire Trans-Siberian Railway from end to end, from west to east. They managed to catch the untouched Valley of Geysers, which was hit by several mudflows last year. Thinking that there was little that could surprise them in their native country, travelers were amazed at the variety of natural wonders. Geysers, thermal springs, schools of fish in the Sea of Okhotsk, acid lakes, 10 thousand volcanoes - and all this on one peninsula.
Dimitri and Maria are not backpackers or hitchhikers, although they were guided by some principles of the most unpretentious of all travelers. They cannot be called tourists, for whom the main thing is maximum comfort and safety. Their path, as a rule, did not coincide with traditional tourist routes. Building the next segment "from point A to point B", travelers were guided primarily by the opportunity to get new impressions. For example, having managed to travel around almost all of respectable Europe, this time they did not plan to stay there (the exception was Scandinavia). At the same time, when determining the time of stay in the country, they did not fix it strictly. Being bored, Dmitry and Maria could hit the road earlier than the scheduled date. And vice versa: where they liked it more than they expected, travelers could stay for a much longer period. This happened, for example, in Buenos Aires: instead of the planned three days, Dmitry and Maria spent ten days there, and then, having visited Uruguay, returned to this city again. And China was a real discovery for them, where they stayed for almost a month.
SOUTH AMERICA
Mount Machu Picchu in Peru rightfully claims to be the place from where you can watch the best sunrise in the world. In addition, there is the city of the Incas, which was abandoned by the inhabitants in the 16th century and, perhaps, would never have been discovered if a local boy guide had not shown the way to it in 1911. The location of the city was so thought out that if you take the first step along the road leading away and look around, you will no longer be able to see it.
Titicaca - the highest, about 3800 meters above sea level, navigable lake in the world - is divided between Peru and Bolivia. The local population, the Uros Indians, fleeing the Spanish conquistadors, once learned how to make floating islands from compressed totora (a reed-like plant growing along the shores of a lake). These islands are "active" at the present time, houses are still standing on them, where local residents are born, study, work and die.
Light
Despite the fact that one of the goals of the trip was to search for new investment opportunities (Dmitry is a private equity specialist, and Maria leads a financial Internet portal), all incoming calls, including those related to work, were tabooed. When you admire the sunrise on the Peruvian mountain Machu Picchu and at other exceptional moments of reflection and contemplation, you don’t even want to think about what a business partner from Moscow might call. Dmitry and Maria used phones "unilaterally" - they turned them on only if they themselves needed to dial a number. The second important rule is the minimum of luggage. There was a suitcase for each traveler - and it was forbidden to buy new bags. Sometimes, for example in some Latin American countries, suitcases were replaced with backpacks. If at one of the destinations one of them bought some thing, he had to immediately throw away something from what he already had. Relatives and friends were not left completely without souvenirs: parcels with gifts were sent to Russia several times. Making it easier for themselves, Dmitry and Maria built the route in such a way that they always get into the warm season. So they got rid of the need to carry warm clothes with them. Maria admits that during her trips she got used to taking things lightly and even a whole suitcase seemed too big for her. Upon returning to Moscow, she looked with surprise at the belongings accumulated at home.
Flexibility and lightness - this attitude has helped travelers more than once. After all, even the brightest, most delicious impressions can be too much. When one of them got tired, Dmitry and Maria had the wisdom not to bring the tension to a critical level. Feeling that it was time to digest the impressions, they took time out - for example, they stayed for a few days in Tahiti. But as a result, out of 14 months, only two weeks young people spent on the beach.
ANTARCTICA
Antarctica was not originally included in the travel plan - Dmitry and Maria simply did not assume that such a possibility existed. The fact that a tourist can land on the continent covered with ice, they learned in Chile. It turned out that places on such a trip need to be booked a year and a half in advance. Such expedition cruises involve not only ordinary travelers, but also scientists who do quite serious work in parallel: they watch birds or whales, give lectures to others. Our travelers were already in Uruguay when information suddenly appeared that two places had become vacant.
They hastily equipped themselves and set sail. It turned out that in December, that is, when it is summer in the Southern Hemisphere, it is not so cold in Antarctica - around minus two. Glaciers are melting, exposing the land, and you can land on the mainland, visit scientific stations. Entertainment on board is the very lectures, which, despite their optionality, are attended by everyone, and with great pleasure. Enthusiast scientists are doing everything so that you learn as much as possible about the continent and imbued with its environmental problems.
EASTER ISLAND
Easter Island is famous primarily for its mysterious history: its population once died out, but huge stone statues remained. But Dmitry and Maria discovered that the island is also a great place for a secluded, relaxing holiday. It has a very pleasant, peaceful atmosphere, hospitable people and beautiful views.
Flexible planning distinguished Dmitry and Maria's big trip from a traditional round-trip trip. When you come to an unfamiliar place to relax for a week cut out of your work schedule, you can’t change anything: neither the date nor the place of stay. In any case, you have to be content with what you have, and even if the desired resort disappoints, you convince yourself that the vacation was a success. And vice versa, having planned just a couple of days for a city that instantly falls in love with itself, you make yourself believe that there was nothing special there ... And also, thanks to its flexibility, you can communicate more with new people. In Peru, Dmitry and Maria became friends with a very interesting couple from San Francisco and decided to spend the next three days traveling as a four (they went to Lake Titicaca, which is on the border of Bolivia and Peru). This would of course be impossible if they had a rigid plan for the week or month ahead.
Dmitry and Maria found real freedom because they did not book hotels and plane tickets in advance - a maximum of two or three days in advance. Here Dmitry and Maria once again coincided in their preferences: not everyone can live and travel in this format. Flexibility is flexibility, but not every point on the globe can be flown on any day and hour, no matter how much you pay. Nevertheless, with the help of the Internet and telephone, travelers managed to resolve such issues within a day. The only city where it was not possible to find a hotel right away was Quebec City, where a major conference was then held. Since the hotels in the city were full, our heroes had to seek refuge in the suburbs.
AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND
New Zealand is famous for its beautiful beaches. And this one is also one of the longest in the world (50 miles). There are abandoned cars: attempts to drive along the beach end, as a rule, in disrepair - the cars hopelessly get bogged down in quicksand.
Closing the circle
So, Dmitry and Maria were not complacent tourists who explored only fashionable resorts. Ordinary routes have their own meaning, but they would not allow to see the vast majority of the beauties of those countries visited by our heroes. Moreover, the couple had to endure several unpleasant and even frankly dangerous moments. Bangkok tickled their nerves with a magnitude 8 earthquake, which forced them to leave the hotel and spend several hours on a ship a few kilometers from the coast in anxious anticipation. There were no casualties among the inhabitants of the city, but the thrill was not to take. In Africa, in Zimbabwe, Dmitry and Maria witnessed the terrible actions of the government of President Mugabe. The police burned houses, forcing the population to return to their native villages. Hurrying to leave the country, travelers drove to the airport past burning houses, and it was scary not so much because of the possibility of missing a single flight, but because of their worries about the locals.
Dmitry and Maria asked for another extreme episode of their journey. They flew by helicopter from the Valley of Geysers in Kamchatka and persuaded the pilot to land on the edge of the volcano's crater. The landing was successful on the third attempt - as it turned out later, he had never experimented like that before. They wandered along the edge of the abyss, falling into volcanic ash. And below, an acidic lake shone with an unreal turquoise color ...
But our heroes avoided the main danger. Going around the world, Dmitry and Maria were in the process of getting to know each other and, of course, took a certain risk. Many of their acquaintances believed that the trip would end in two months: Dmitry would decide to return to business, and Maria would prefer a quieter vacation somewhere on the coast. Nevertheless, after 14 months together, they still had common topics for discussion, and overcoming all the difficulties of the trip together only strengthened their relationship. Moreover, they decided to get married and have a child. “You can climb the highest mountain together or jump with a parachute, but joint adventures do not at all guarantee that you will have a common life. If you want to test your feelings - go with your loved one for at least a two-week trip, ”advises Maria.
And also a round-the-world trip, unlike any other, gives an idea of the finiteness of our world, of how small it is after all. Remember how, after spending some time in a foreign city, you gradually begin to navigate it. Not just to memorize the names of streets and districts, house numbers, but to feel the new space. When you feel the city "with your fingertips", you no longer think about which lane to turn into in order to get to the square you need. Approximately the same feeling arose in Dmitry and Maria, only on the scale of the entire globe, as soon as the chain of countries that they crossed was closed. The desire to learn new things is still alive in our heroes. Dmitry and Maria organized a photo exhibition at the Nashchokin House, started writing a book on the trail of this journey and are always happy to have the opportunity to put one more flag on the map of their wanderings. Their daughter has already traveled with them to six countries in the first eight months of her life.
Maria Paramonova went on a journey through the villages of Romania to find out about the traditions and crafts of the locals. She told our magazine about her trip.
The idea to visit Romania firmly settled in my head about two years ago. What do we know about her? The country of the post-Soviet space, Count Dracula ... That, perhaps, is all the associations that come to mind. It would seem, why go there? For some reason, the feeling that I would definitely like this country did not leave me. Wanting to dispel the erroneous stereotypes about Romania, I made my route through small towns and villages where artisans lived. It was an unusual photo tour: the emphasis of the trip was on ethnography - traditions and customs that, although they go into oblivion, still exist in some places in the countryside. In search of interesting shots and photo stories, I crossed small Romania, crossed from south to north in 12 days.
Pots, pots, plates
Among all the crafts, pottery has always attracted me, and I started with it. Horezu is a small provincial town where potters live. This is evidenced by the walls of houses, fences, gates and gates: they are all hung with various items.
Houses in the town are almost everywhere private, small and very comfortable, built with taste and great love. Behind the tiny city center, the countryside begins, where small home pottery workshops are located - the main income of many families in Horezu. I must say that people in Romania are very friendly and good-natured. In one of the workshops, I was gladly given a short tour and told how the process of making ceramics takes place. Manual labor in Romania is not highly valued and products cost mere pennies. In gratitude for the tour, I did some shopping and photographed my grandfather, the head of the family, much to his delight.
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Glass painted icons
One of the ancient arts of Romania is painting icons on glass. Poor peasants in Transylvania in the late 17th and early 18th centuries painted on glass because of the high prices for wooden Russian and Byzantine icons. A distinctive feature of Romanian painting is the numerous floral ornaments and the rare use of divine symbols. This is due to the fact that the icons in those days were painted by the same masters who painted on chests, dishes and other household items.
Early in the morning, around 7 o'clock, I got off at the railway halt with a Sibiel sign. The station is located in a mountain gorge and therefore it is very cold here early in the morning. The grass is covered with hoarfrost, the air is icy and transparent, the sun has just appeared from behind the mountains - a stunning morning landscape.
The Romanian village is not a Russian outback at all. The houses here are neat, with tiled roofs, decorated in different bright colors, many of which are over 100 years old, and the village courtyards are just a storehouse for photographers. What was not there: ripe bright pumpkins dried in the sun, bunches of grapes twined around the house, an old cart with all kinds of carpets and rugs stood at the gate, jugs and plates flaunted on the table.
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Visiting the Gypsies
There was no bus or train access to this village, so early in the morning I took a taxi and told the driver: "Viscri, please." He was very surprised, talked about something with the dispatcher, named the amount, and we hit the road. The rural landscapes in the rays of the morning sun were especially beautiful: golden fields with neat sheaves, horse-drawn carts, houses and their inhabitants rushed past us.
I really wanted to see how the Romanian gypsies live. First of all, I went to see the ancient church, which was also an ethnographic museum. Wooden icons, antique shops, objects of worship of clergy - everything breathed antiquity, the rays of the morning sun barely began to break through the high windows and soft light streamed into the dark room, creating a special mood. At the top there was an observation deck, from where a panorama of the surrounding hills, overgrown with trees, a blue sky, endless fields with grazing sheep opened. The gypsy village, contrary to stereotypes, also consisted of neat multi-colored houses, on which there was something like family coats of arms indicating the year of their construction, the name of the owners and the type of activity. Children ran out to look at a rare tourist in these parts.
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In this village, I was looking for a blacksmith who worked according to the old technology, without a single power tool, and fanned the fire in the forge with bellows, manually. The blacksmith turned out to be very cheerful and friendly, a few gestures were enough for him to understand what was required of him. Whistling something under his breath and looking at the camera, he easily and naturally turned a piece of iron into a pretty horseshoe. I received it as a gift - for luck.
Maramures region hats
In the Maramures region, where my craft route took me, men and boys in the countryside wore traditional straw hats with ribbons embroidered with national patterns. It was very interesting to see how these hats are made, and I set off. The sign on the front of the house and the small straw hats on the hedge announced that I had arrived precisely at the house of the master hatter.
At the driver's signal, an old woman came out of the house, who, to my amazement, was a craftswoman in tailoring hats. Loading the sewing machine and picking up a straw ribbon, she briskly sewed seam after seam until the ribbon turned into a pretty straw hat. She deftly put the finished headdress on her gray head and gave a sign that it was possible to shoot. Then satin ribbons are sewn to this hat and embroidered with beads, men and boys wear them. Having finally treated her to young wine of her own preparation from a huge wooden tub, the grandmother said goodbye and ordered to come again.
Merry Cemetery
In the very north of the country, close to the border with Moldova, there is the village of Sapanta, known for its "merry cemetery". This is the name of a real-life cemetery, the burial in which was carried out until 1982. It is unusual in that all the monuments in it are made of wood and painted blue, in addition, each has a picture plate with a text telling about who the deceased was during his lifetime and how he died. The existence of such a cemetery is the philosophy of life of the inhabitants of the Maramures region, who knew how to laugh at themselves even after death. There is also a monument to the architect himself, whose hands made all the monuments of the cemetery. Nearby is the house-museum of the master, where I also went.
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They didn't charge me for entry when they found out I was Russian. Romania is the first of many countries where I have visited and where such sympathy is shown for the Russians. Near the cemetery, on the mound, grandfathers were sitting and talking peacefully. On the street one could see objects of rural life of Romanians from the past. While traveling through the countryside of Romania, I never left the feeling that I was in some other time, when people were not in a hurry and lived their lives slowly.
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Some kind of local holiday was held in the village, where children in national costumes performed. The boys had on their heads the same hats that their grandmother sewed. The children were waiting for the start of their act, showing their characteristic impatience, and that is why their portraits turned out to be lively and emotional.
National masks and red ceramics
I had huge plans for the village of Sacel. Here lived the folk artist Vasile Susca, a master of traditional Romanian masks made of leather and fur for the New Year holidays. He participated with his works in festivals and exhibitions in Italy, Austria, Germany, Hungary, Finland, USA. The master turned out to be a very cheerful, noisy person with artistic gestures. The second visit was to Grigore Ţulean, a potter no less famous in his circle: he is a potter in the eleventh generation, but now this art is more of a hobby for him than a job. Therefore, the few pieces he makes are dried for half a year on the shelves in the workshop before they are fired in the kiln. A huge wood-burning stove stands on the basement floor of the workshop, the firing temperature reaches 200 degrees. Red pottery is molded from a special type of clay that is quarried by hand at a depth of 10 meters, and the village of Sacel is the only place in Romania where this type of pottery is made.
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It should be noted that this village lay far away from those places that tourists usually visit, and, despite the worldwide fame of both masters, foreigners were not often seen here. Passing by, the villagers, according to their custom, greeted each other in Romanian. I walked around the village for a long time and gradually got used to me and stopped paying attention, which I took advantage of and made several portraits of the villagers.
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Mocanita
The final chord of my trip was a mountain walk on an old train along the famous Mocanita narrow-gauge railway. A small stop, a conductor girl and a 1954 engine pulling several old wagons. We covered the entire route in 4 hours. After that, I had to get from the very north of the country to Bucharest and then home. Welcoming, cozy, benevolent Romania has touched those strings of the soul that are usually silent in big cities, resort countries and where the age-old traditions of the people have long been forgotten.
Spring has arrived in Argentina.
All mourning affairs were completed. Nick's body was cremated in Illinois.according to Indian custom, the ashes are scattered to the wind on the farm where Yves was born and raised. Elena-Maria met her sister Iva and her husband, who also took part in this sad event.
After all these rather difficult events, they again returned to Argentina, to Salta. The husband began to work at the factory. He was still very depressed, but no matter how hard and gray and almost black life was at that moment for him, it continued.
And Elena Maria still knew nothing about Amparo and Adriano. She did not ask her husband again. Why open up the wound? Most likely, these two just cowardly fled. After all the police investigations from the Brazilian side during the paperwork, this was the most reasonable way out for them, because both luminariesa serious period, and in Argentine and even Brazilianmeasures - the death penalty by hanging for premeditated murder and causing grievous bodily harm to members of the film crew. However, realizing how cynical and unprincipled these two are, she knew that Adriano Planos is the head of the Federal Police of Argentina, and Amparo's husband is a commissioner in Buenos Aires, and once he has already saved his wife's neck from the noose for the death of Ewen Morales, will save and second time. In addition, both Amparo and Adriano had an excellent rear from the side of the headCIDErepresented by Belen Garcia-Marquez de Peru. She was Adriano's sister and Amparo's girlfriend.Even in totalitarian Argentina there was no justice for these two, and from thisYves had a feeling of complete impotence. He understood that these two would continue to live in peace, and Nick and Clemente Salamanca could not be returned.In this case, the lawconnections was simply powerless. Eve understood that too. In Argentina, there was no such legislative force that could call these two to account for the crime committed. Unless theywould suffer God's punishment. For some reason, Elena-Maria was firmly convinced that there was justice in the world. She was a Catholic, albeit not the most pious, but the only thing she believed in was that retribution would be, and would be equally cruel. And Amparo, and Adriano and Clayton. The evil that they gave away will return in full, a full cup to each of them. However, Yves did not believe in justice, and she knew that he just wanted to kill them. It was extremely difficult to restrain her husband from hatred, but she tried.
After the death of Leo and Nick in willow life formed a hugewith which incomparable emptiness, he had devoted his whole life to children, and especially to Nick, because Nick lived next to him, and the eldest was brought up by his mother. But Yves lived with the thought of the happiness of their children. And after their death, Yves had no aspirations, no desires. Wasonly his huge empire, which suddenly became worthless becauseit was built only for the sake of children. Where and for what it was all - he, it seems, did not even know. How to fill his emptiness - he also did not know.
Elena-Maria saw it all. As their contract for hiring her to be his wife came to an end, she began to think more and more about what to do next. It would be simply inhumane for her to leave him at this particular time. Yes, he is strong, he will rise to his feet on his own, but she did not want him to harden completely, and spend his life on revenge. It was an inner, deep desire to help him.get back on your feet after a hard life blow, maybe find yourself or just help wait afterthe darkest "night" of his life present dawn. Then he can do it himself. And the "night" had to go through together. “In sorrow and in joy, in wealth and poverty, in sickness and in health,” as a wife was supposed to. Their little family life for a period of a month suddenly endowed them with the whole spectrum inherent in real married couples - both a joint business and a floodedsunlight, quite bright"honeymoon trip" to Brazil, and the hardest pain of losing the dearest and closest person. It's a strange fatefrom the date of the transaction. “I want us to have a family like everyone else!” It seems that's exactly what he wanted. They survivedtogether, perhaps, everything ... except love ...
Yes, she had to make a decision whether to leave or stay with him. a bit more. Yes, she was gloomy, remembering Coll, she remembered how Eveyelled at her and fired her. She understood that sooner or later, when all his polished self-confidence returned to Yves, she herselfmay be in exactly the same situation.that will be kicked out.After all, she was in exactly the same position as a paid wife, as was Coll, a paid psychiatrist. he sleptwith both, and did not seem to see the difference. Yes and nothing one "employee" is no different from another. She understood that for Yves there are things that are many times more priority than her, and the case with the flying saucer and his flight to Argentina proved this to her. She knew that her opinion was not important to him, because a bottle of whiskey for him could be many times more important than all her interests - she remembered this from Brazil.And while she could not make a clear and precise decision. But she had a few more days to decide for herself what to do next.
In the meantime, it was necessary to finally deal with the shooting. Because the film was her goal, and the presence or absence of Kramer in her life did not affect it.
Shooting was scheduled for the second of September. Nancy andMichaela promised to be, both tuned in seriously, and this could not but rejoice.Nancy in general, by the end of filming, amazed with composure and efficiency. Apparentlyshe realized that no one would give her discounts just for the fact that she had once and somewhere received an acting diploma, and she realized that she had to work for her success, and even literally plow. In addition, the presence of professional actresses nearby sharply reduced her competitiveness for the coveted Oscar statuette, and she worked on the set much more diligently than on the first day. And in the end she completely stopped being capricious, pretending to be a superstar,around which everyone had to flutter, catering to her whims. Stillthere is great power in competition - Elena-Maria understood this. Without this competition, she would still have to deal with the whims and ambitions of this girl, but the presence of professional, experienced actresses in the filmsignificantly improved the quality of Signorina Blackwood's work.
But now Indiana hesitated, whined to film without him, that there was no point in coming because of the few minutes that would be included in the film.How hard it was with these unprofessional actors! And one more actor or actress was needed for the role of the head of the space security committee. This time she wanted to invite a star at all. But where to get a star? With actresses who were genuine stars, she could not cooperate - they could hardly pay the fees demanded by true stars. She had money in an Argentine accountbut she would not spend huge sums on a minute of the film. She simply didn’t want to disturb Yves, he somehow had no time for cinema yet. And who to invite? I would like to invite a star who would not need money at all. But where can you get one?
Again, why did she get the idea that only actresses can be stars? Maybe take a policy? At one time, Evita herself really wanted to star in the film, but here's the catch. Evita and Gilla Emort have the same type, and outwardly there were some similarities. Evita was gone. Then, perhaps, return to the old idea and invite an American politician to play the role? Ultimately, they are also going to receive the award of the American Academy. But the proud William Roy did not really want to write. Who else she had in her familiar politicians. Dick McDonald? But does he need to act in films with his career?
Elena-Maria sat down to study the American press, and suddenly she chose American congresswoman Nicole Martin - she loved to pose for all sorts of photographs so much,to give interviews,perhaps would not refuse to flash in the film. Mrs. Martin's husband was soa rich man that she would hardly be interested in money. In addition, all of America knew Mrs. Martin by sight, and this was exactly what Elena Maria needed. A beautiful, elegant and famous woman, flashed in a couple of shots - all that was required for the finale.
Ms. Martin accepted the invitation to shoot very graciously, and promised to come to Argentina on an unofficial visit. The fee in Argentine pesos did not interest her at all.
Elena-Maria arrived in Buenos Aires in the morning, she needed to prepare props for the film. It was required to make a suitcase full of money. After burning piles of American dollars on set, sheThere were no dollars left, so I still had to order a printout of counterfeit banknotes from the printing house. But a suitcase full of stacks of money,looked pretty. She didn’t need anything else, the main thing was that the actors gathered
At the right time, Elena-Maria approached the building of the dance school near the Plaza de la República.with a suitcase of counterfeit dollars.
Nancy, Kelly, Belen, Diego were already there. Indian walked over to her great relief. Rushed from Matadores Michaela. Ms. Martin promised to be there, but was delayed from the airport.
The most embarrassing moment for Elena-Maria was to see Señora Small. In fact, she did not invite her to these shootings, but the American, apparently out of curiosity, again came to the site, because Elena-Maria did not hide that she would shoot the film, and regularly published a message about it in the newspaper.Elena-Maria had no idea why this woman arouses persistent and strong dislike, and why the presence of an American woman simply presses a huge weight on her, causing a feeling of lack of air. As if togetherwith this woman, a heavy, enveloping nightmare entered her life, trying to deprive Elena-Maria of air, to suffocate her,crushing soul, heartvague, dull pain.
The American chatted with everyone incessantly, and Elena-Maria realized thatfor her, all the colors of the day simply faded at once, her mood fell, and she felt weak, lethargic and incapable of any active actions.
It seems Senora Small was going to Neuquen? Why is she still here, why did she come to her on the playground and haunt her, draining her life force with her mere presence?
Yves, oddly enough, was also here. Elena Maria was surprised at his arrival from Salta. But, apparently, the husband still came to his senses, mobilized and flew in on the last day of filming. Elena-Maria felt so relieved that he was there. She didn't have the energy to shoot, ElizabethSmall's mere presence sucked all the energy out of her without a trace. Elena-Maria knew that Eve was able to take matters into her own hands and simply save her. She could not work, she was depressed, she needed a husband to save her from the nightmare that had come upon her and was overwhelming her. The husband usually took care of all the organization, and she could relax in his presence, knowing that everything would be under control.
She did not care that everyone was looking at them, as they stood in the middle of the hall, embracing. Eve was her only hope, her only salvation. Just hiding behind his shoulder was all she wanted. It was easier for her. When he was around, he shielded her from the nightmare that choked her when Señora Small appeared beside her. And breathing next to Yves became easier.
Kramer suddenly, for no apparent reason, as embarrassed as a boy, said:
You know, I have a little gift for you, - and he took out a diamond bracelet from his pocket. - Somehow there was no chance to give everything ...
Elena-Maria, whom no one had ever spoiled with gifts in her life, suddenly felt such warmth in her chest, as if a small star shone inside her. Still haveshe had a wonderful husband, besides, when he was near, she simply felt better, she could breathe calmly without feeling suffocated.All the best that she had lately somehow focused on the fact that he was there, and she felt good. Even when everything was really bad, it was just good that she had him.
But then Senora Martin appeared. She demanded to take her to the dressing room to change. Elena-Maria went to show her the place, fortunately, there were dressing rooms at the dance school.
When she returned, her husband was talking rather animatedly about something. With Senora Small. Elena-Maria hadn't seen him like this for a long time...happy? Yves changed literally before our eyes, he seemed to shine all over, as if with the appearance of this woman in his life, a miracle happened to him.Señora Small told him about her writing career,about how much she travels, How she came to Argentina on business and decided to take part in the filming. Elena-Maria froze, convulsively trying to inhale, realizing that take another step, and a tight, invisible noose would simply crush her throat.Apparently, she turned very pale from sudden oxygen starvation, because Nancy, passing by, asked:
Are you sick again?
Yves turned around sharply, went up to his wife, hugged her, and she felt that the nightmare had receded. It became easier to breathe again.
Only one thought throbbed in the temples with a dull pain: “Why is this woman here? Why did she come? Who called her into my life? Why is she forcing me? I don’t want to see her, I don’t want to communicate with her, I don’t even want to know that she exists!”
Something else was worse. Elena Maria, being a fatalist,already knew that Elizabeth Catherine Smallcame into life for a reason, she came with her personal nightmare, her insomnia, her pain, and all this is just the beginning. This woman came irreversibly, as if in fact someone called her into the life of Elena Maria to drive her crazy.
Belen needed to talkwith Kramer before leaving, so she took Yves. Elena-Maria went with Kelly to look at the set for the next scene to set up the cameras. Anything to do so as not to be in the same room with Senora Small.
12.08.2015
The same source reports that Maria Bello (The Captives) will star in the indie drama The Journey, about a deceased photojournalist. The actress knows firsthand about the tragedy that occurred in the family of Dan Eldon, as she is a close friend of his mother. Actually, she will play the role of the mother in the new film, the shooting of which will begin very soon in South Africa. The film will be an adaptation of the book The Journey is the Destination: The Journals of Dan Eldon, which is a 200-page diary of British photojournalist and real adventurer Dan Eldon. By the time he was 22, he had traveled to over 40 countries, led a rescue operation in Africa, and fell in love. A young man was stoned to death in Somalia. In his memory, the Creative Visions Foundation, a worldwide organization, was created to support activists who seek to speak about the problems of society through art and the media. According to Maria Bello, he is "a real source of inspiration for extraordinary youth." It is also reported that Bello will act as an executive producer of the picture. The director of the project is Bronwen Hughes (Forces of Nature), she also wrote the script for this drama together with Jan Sardi (The Notebook). At different times, Daniel Radcliffe and Orlando Bloom claimed the role of Eldon, and now it has become known that Ben Schnetzer ("The Book Thief") will appear in the image of the tragically deceased Dan. Soon we will be able to see Maria Bello in the sci-fi film "Max Steel" and the film adaptation of the youth novel "The Fifth Wave".
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How often do families with small children put off travel until later, expecting more independence for their children or a more stable financial situation. Quite a different story with Claire and Jan Fischer from the UK. Once, having buried a close family member and friend, they suddenly realized that life is short and there is simply no point in waiting for this “later”. Thus began their long journey with no end in sight.
Claire is now 31, her husband Jan is 28, and they have two children, three-year-old Maddison and five-year-old son Callan. Life in Wales is good, but it's too crowded for them to live within the same country. Once realizing that a settled life was not for them - at least not in their native Wales - the Fisher family decided to radically change everything. “We still travel a lot as a family. If it works out, we go somewhere three times a year. Here, we recently returned from Dubai,” says Claire. “We realized that we are only happy when we travel or when we plan our trips. So we decided to go on such a trip so as not to even guess when we would return."
Claire works as a business coach, Jan works in media. Not that they were the richest people, but for the first time they traveled they had enough money. So that later they would not have to be stranded, the couple decided to sell all their belongings - from the car to the handbag, everything. "We roughly planned our trip eight months in advance, and then we'll be back, visiting our families, friends, and then we're thinking about going back and continuing our wanderings." Claire is very optimistic: "I would like to travel all over the world, so we didn't really plan when exactly to return. I think once we find a place where we all like it, we will move there."
In case their savings do come to an end, the couple plans to find a job at the place of residence. At one time, they invested in the purchase of a photo and video camera, so in parallel they post videos and photos of their adventures on YouTube, Instagram and Facebook. "I still work from home, so basically I can make money even while traveling. And if something comes out of our social media project, then that would be great."
“We always wanted to do not only work, but also help as volunteers, it will be especially useful for children to learn from an early age how important it is to help. When you work full-time, you don’t devote much time to such things. But now that we travel, we can afford volunteering too."
The couple doesn't want their kids to just fool around while traveling, so they work with them through an online learning program, and the kids will go to regular school when they decide where they'll settle down for a permanent life. In the meantime, the family plans to travel until Christmas, selling all their belongings at the same time, then return to the family for the holidays, visit, and hit the road again. "When we announced our intention to our families, well, I can't say they were happy," says Claire. "But most of them are still happy for us."
