balmoral castle in scotland has been opened to the public for the first time in its 169-year history. public. excursions inside the building were allowed by charles ii. you can look into the ballroom, where watercolor paintings of his majesty hang, as well as into the room where the queen received the premiere of liszt ras 2 days before her death. a special place is occupied by the dressing room, which houses a collection of outfits worn over the years by charles, camilla, elizabeth herself and her mother, for an additional fee you will be given afternoon tea, the cost of the tour with excursion is 150 pounds - that’s 18,000 rubles. tickets for this season are already sold out. well, in sochi they are buying up tickets to the dendropark, where cherry blossoms are now blooming, as many as nine different varieties. it's truly hanami season. in a week it will be absolutely beautiful. svetlana, marina and olga came to sochi from the northern capital. friends came to dandropark to admire exotic plants and take part in the so-called hanami, cherry blossom festivals. got into a piece summe