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Evgeniya

I would like to thank the Adventure Guide company and Alexey personally for the perfectly organized trip to the Kostroma region. Three days in the village of Mikhailovskoye near Galich turned out to be wonderful! Without exaggeration, I will say that after the stuffy, fussy and draining Moscow, there was a stop in time. Rebooting consciousness. Neither my friend nor I could even imagine such an effect. First of all, wonderful horses...smart, kind, strong, giving energy. Driving along the most picturesque and non-repetitive routes. Plus communication with animals, cleaning, saddling, grazing, feeding. The farm also has goats, chickens, dogs, and cats. Everyone can be petted and talked to. It seemed like a never-ending celebration of life had arrived! Secondly, nature itself... I never thought that Russia could have such beauty, endless fields, wild forest paths with animal tracks, sunsets and the sky... Thirdly, natural products and homemade food (which is worth only the amazingly tasty milk, which seems like a fairy tale after Moscow). The food on the farm is really delicious! I would also like to note that the hosts responded to my request for special food (thanks to Alexey) and prepared some dishes separately. Fourthly, the hospitality and cordiality of Sergei, Galina, Elena, the cooks... everything was done informally, from the heart. In general, team cohesion is a separate issue. Instructors Vadim and Olga answered all questions, helped, suggested... I felt like I was at home, in the family. And the organization of the day: we managed to do so much! Drive the herd home, ride along the routes on horseback, and also (which none of us expected or were ready for) mushroom picking and kayaking. I can talk about Lake Galich for a long time! Sky, water, space and silence... So many things were tried for the first time: operating a kayak, collecting boletus mushrooms, bird watching... and the air in which the smell of grass, hay, apples, wildflowers... something achingly distant and at the same time dear. The thought of returning to Moscow was pushed aside in my mind, because it was here, in the village, that the real, intangible, that which fills the soul and heart for the long months of Moscow’s gray and rainy autumn was found. I will definitely return to Mikhailovskoye and thank you again, Alexey! You are doing an important job by opening up Russia to tourists and painting the world with bright colors.