Hi all! I am Varvara Dubrovina (@varwarock). This summer I managed to take part in the Kudablin project.
Watching how my subscribers vote for mineral waters, I smiled insidiously, because I wanted to go there for a very long time, but I did not work out. And then an amazing chance of doing this has fallen thanks to onetwotrip.
Mineral water, delicious food, and, of course, mountains … The Caucasus was waiting for me!
However, the joy was short -lived: seeing what task my subscribers vote in the vast majority, I fell into despondency. The fact is that I am an introvert. And I had to drink mineral water on a Brudershaft with ten strangers! In the end, I had to look in fear in the eye and get out of the comfort zone.
After such a long day, I sat down to mount a video with the completed task and was very upset! Only one stranger was not enough, although I was sure that we scored the ten! At that moment I felt sad, I realized that the next day I would have to overcome myself once again and speak with strangers.
However, the next day it was much easier – I quickly went to a lonely girl and much more confident than the day earlier, asked about Brudershaft. As a result – the task is completed! Hooray!
It’s time to talk about the trip itself.
Initially, we had a plan to ride through all core cores, try every type of mineral water and make our own rating, but something went wrong.
While I was preparing for a trip and looking for the necessary information, I accidentally saw a photo that made me radically change my plans and the entire route. It depicted an asphalt winding road at an altitude of more than 2500 meters, a snake winding between the hills in the background magnificent Elbrus On the way to The tract of Jila-Su.
It was very difficult to fit all our “Wishlist” on this small three -day trip. Therefore, we decided not to call in Essentuki and Zheleznovodsk (where, as subscribers wrote to me, the most delicious mineral water) and boldly added Elbrus In our plan.
Mineral waters We ran in an hour and a half. Then we rushed by train in Pyatigorskwhere they even managed to walk around the old city and admire the surviving old mansions and galleries. By the will of fate, we found ourselves near the cableway leading to the mountain Mashuk And they decided to go upstairs. We managed to sunset just one of the most beautiful in my life.
The next day in the morning early we rented a car and drove off to Kislovodsk – He was along the way. And after – went to Elbrus In search of the very cherished location that I caught fire. Spoiler: We did not find it, but all our way there were many incredible passes, valleys, cliffs and serpentines.
Kislovodsk We liked it. He has the spirit of a typical resort city. Periodically we met old buildings, so similar to merchant estates and castles. Cute houses on winding streets alternated with each other. I wanted to take a walk longer there, but I had to go further.
So the circumstances were, but Elbrus was covered with clouds all day. We were about to return with nothing, because I absolutely did not want to go through serpentines in the dark, but literally a moment before sunset, the clouds left, as if they were blown away by the wind. He appeared before us Snow -white Elbrusand we were happy to run to take the treasured photos.
After a couple of hours, tired, but satisfied, we rode towards the hotel and thought that it was really big luck. In the morning, we were lucky in various trifles and details that could have developed in a completely different way.
Well, in short, the Caucasus is love. With warmth, landscapes and their atmosphere, Caucasian mineral waters fell into my heart. And I already want to go back.
Tip: If you want to make out Elbrus, know that he drops the cloud blanket only in the early morning and at sunset on a fine day.
