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One has to admit that no matter the challenges we face or what is hap-pening in our lives, New Year is always a time of festive fairytales. From childhood we are always waiting for this special day to come — from the moment we realized it was worth waiting for. Even now, as we have grown up and wised up, we still subconsciously count off the days left until New Year and look forward to miracles and presents.

I believe you would agree, dear passengers, that there is no better present than a New Year trip. So, all that’s left to do is to decide what takes your fancy.

If you find it impossible to wait for 1 January, head to Europe to enjoy the cheerful and colourful Christmas markets in the streets and squares of each and every town in December. Prague, Vienna, Zurich, Geneva, Munich, Frankfurt, Berlin, Salzburg, Brussels and other centres of the traditional Catholic Christmas attract guests with their unique festive atmospheres, the heady aromas of mulled wine and baked apples, the flickering lights, and the music and joyful laughter. And the Christmas charm doesn’t pass by the ancient city of Lviv either, which annually entertains its guests with large-scale folk festivals, fireworks, masquerades and street performances which celebrate Ukrainian traditions.

Fans of celebrating New Year at an altitude of several thousand metres above sea level traditionally spend their winter holidays at a ski resort. The Alps, the Pyrenees, the Tatras, the Caucasus, the Carpathi-ans, the Ardennes, the Balkan Mountains, the Scandinavian Mountains, and many other ski-friendly mountain regions that cater to every taste, preference and budget can be easily reached these days. It’s high time to choose the perfect spot to make your winter dreams come true.

Still, if you dream of replacing the crunch of snow with the sound of ocean surf, a cool breeze and a gently caressing sun, or a warm jumper and furry boots with a beach towel and flip-flops, buy tickets that will take you to summer. After all, the New Year celebrations in Madei-ra, Tenerife, the Maldives, the Seychelles, Thailand and the UAE all offer an amazing experience! Just imagine palm trees instead of a Christmas tree, delicious fresh pineapple instead of sparkling wine, and seafood instead of the traditional roasted goose — it’s the fantastic feast of eter-nal summer in the middle of winter.

So, the choice is yours! On behalf of UIA please allow me congrat-ulate you on the upcoming festivities. Let peace, kindness and prosperity reign over you, your family and friends! Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

By leafing through Panorama magazine or visiting UIA’s official website, www.flyuia.com, you will find more information on the travel opportunities we offer.

Thank you for choosing UIA. Enjoy your flight!

, Yuri Miroshnikov,UIA President


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Once upon a time the first ski resorts grew up among the enchanting Alpine mountains. Half a century later, St. Moritz and Andermatt have become cultural centres for winter recreation.

CHAMPAGNE RESORTBack in the 19th century, Johannes Badrutt, a young businessman and the owner of a modest hotel in the Swiss town of St. Moritz, bet his English friends that in winter St. Moritz was a better place to relax and get a tan than any popular summer resort. Badrutt promised to reimburse all his friends’ travel expenses if they were left disappointed after their holiday in St. Moritz. The Englishmen arrived on Christmas Day and did not leave the Swiss mountain town until Easter, tanned

and happy. This is how winter tourism in the Alps was born.

The five-star Badrutt’s Palace Hotel is now a focal point of the town, and St. Moritz is the most prestigious and glamo-rous winter resort on the planet. The world’s elite gathers here to enjoy the famous “champagne” climate. The name comes not from the beverage preferences of the visitors, although the most expensive drinks do flow like water here, but from the sun that shines here for more than three hundred days a year

and the sparkling snow all around. You really can get a tan here, even in winter.

The tourists are clearly also attracted by the prestigious hotels and charming atmosphere, the streets of boutiques which gleam with the signs of global brands, and the excellent infrastructure for winter sports.

The Alpine valley of Engadin includes seven zones for skiing, and the season runs from November to early May. The most famous runs are Corvatsch, Corviglia and Diavolezza, for novices, average and

extreme skiers, respectively. All the runs are interconnected by rail services and ski-buses. Every Friday at 7.00 pm a ma-gic Snow Night begins on the Corvatsch run: this, the longest illuminated slope in the Alps stays open till 2.00 am. Never pass up a chance to ski at night. In addition to skiing, the resort is renowned for its other more unusual entertainments — bobsleigh-ing, dog races across the frozen lake and even paragliding. The international winter polo competition, the Cartier Polo World

Swiss resorts are known to be the most prestigious in Alps

In Alpine valley there are seven ski areas MAJOR EVENTS IN ST. MORITZ

Celebration of the 150th Anniversary of Winter Tourism 4.12.2014–30.04.2015 Illumination of the main buildings, competitions, concerts and events that honour the pioneers of winter recreation .

Bobsleigh and Skeleton World and European Cup 12.01–25.01These competitions will be held on a single bobsleigh track at the Olym-pia Bob Run.

White Star of St. Moritz14.01–17.01Mid-winter vintage car rally.

Snow Polo World Cup St. Moritz 29.01–1.02The World Snow Polo Competition, a long-standing prestigious, high- society event.

White Turf St. MoritzEvery Sunday, 8.02–22.02International horse races, whichhave been held in St. Moritz since 1907.

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Cup; the White Turf horse race; a Gourmet Festival and a Jewellery Week are among the other high-society events hosted here. From a small alpine town St. Moritz has grown into a synonym for style, elegance and high class.

TRAIN CHICThe difficulties of train travel are overturned in Switzerland, since the local transport system is truly amazing. The country is criss-crossed by railways as if by blood vessels and the trains, which look like spaceships, wipe out the notion of “inaccessible alpine villages”.

St. Moritz is the starting point for seve-ral exciting trips on the panoramic Glacier Express, Bernina Express and Palm Express. These trains not only provide the comfort one expects in the carriages, but also of-fer Michelin standard cuisine, as well as providing plenty of entertainment for both adults and children. However, all of this is eclipsed by the landscapes on the other side of the panoramic windows — nature reserves, spiral viaducts and spectacular passes abound.

The Swiss railway network is so ad-vanced and perfect that it is similar to tra-velling by air. In this country you can even order charter trains! But to get to the next destination — the Andermatt resort — we recommend that you take advantage of the well-developed route of the Glacier Express.

RENAISSANCE OF ANDERMATTAndermatt as a world-famous winter resort has more than 130-years-old history, and it’s weird but it started not with the Swiss,

but with the Norwegians. It is them who invented the Telemark — a special kind of mountain skiing. A pretty Swiss town became the center of Telemark, it was here where the first training schools and lifts in Europe were opened. Prior to the Second World Andermatt was very popular, and then every-body forgot about it.

Only in recent years its charms have begun to recover and modern Andermatt was re-opened as luxury resort for tourists who ap-preciate comfort but cannot stand the crowds on the slopes. Skiing infrastructure is also developing: slopes of different complexity

levels, schools and cozy restaurants to warm up between the laps are being multiplied. In 2014, the most famous newspaper in the world New York Times has put this town to the list of must-visit places. The opening of The Chedi Boutique Hotel impacted greatly the return of Andermatt to the arena of winter recreation. First-class apartments in the middle of Alps are not so cheap: luxury rooms cost

950 per night and apartments for sale cost 1.7 million, but this does not impact the number of visitors in first-class hotels. Find time to get to Andermatt until it becomes trite ordinary resort.

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Glacier ExpressThe most famous express in the world connects the fashionable alpine resorts of St. Moritz and Zermatt, passing through Andermatt. This red and white train passes through 91 tunnels and over 291 bridges, through the 400-metre-deep Ruynolta Swiss Grand Canyon, over the Oberalp Pass at an altitude of 2,033 metres, and, of course, climbs

onto the mighty Matterhorn. Don’t worry, you’ll have enough time for a good look at all of the above through the windows, since the Glacier Express is also the slowest train in the world.

Route: St. Moritz–Davos–Chur–Dizentis– Andermatt–Brig –Visp–Zermatt

Full fare: First Class — € 218.40,Second Class — € 124.20

GRANDIOSE ELEBRATION OF THE 15TH ANNIVERSARY OF WINTER TOURISM WILL TAKE PLACE THIS SEASON IN ST. MORITZ

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PABLO PICASSO — EMBODIED EXPRESSION

Pablo Picasso painted more than 14,000 full-fledged canvas, 100,000 engravings and 30,000 illustrations for books. Such fruitfulness combined with a rare talent outlines around the Master’s figure a halo of superman of incredible aptitude, hypnotism and ability to create the new, paving the smooth way for fresh trends in art and perception of the world. We have a special occasion to recall the most outstanding works of the artist and shed light on the little known facts of his life. In 2015, the Picasso Museum in Paris which has one of the richest collections of his paintings, celebrates its 30th anniversary. So, while planning a trip to the capital of France, introduce into your arrangements visiting a historic building 5, rue deThorigny, where for so many years ones of the most famous paintings in art history are kept.

HARMFUL HABIT THAT SAVES LIFEThe life of Pablo Diego Josi Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno Maria de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santisima Trin-idad Martyr Patricio Clito Ruiz y Picasso (this is the full name of the Master) may be an endless story. Born in the family of artist and art teacher, Pablo always knew that a very great future... was in store for him. He began to paint since childhood, and delivered his first serious oil painting as early as eight years old. Some biographers seriously believe that Picasso was saved thanks to smoking. Once introduced into the world, a boy showed no signs of life, and the midwife decided that he was lifeless. Having not

believed in this trouble, the uncle of the future genius approached the boy really closely and breathed out smoke of his usual cigarettes into his face, and the infant screamed his head off. Since then, the heart of the nephew did not skip a bit over 91 years. It is not unlikely that in the memory of this incident that actually saved him Pablo also liked tobacco smoke, however, unlike his uncle, he preferred tobacco pipe to cigars.

COLOR MILESTONESThere are two main stages in the creative life of the artist — blue and pink. And ma-ny people forget about the short but mate-rially fundamental African stage. The name of the blue period was dictated by color gamma of his paintings of 1901–1904. Pain, suffering, venal love — themes of his work at the time was rather pessimistic. Bereavement is behind that. A close friend of artist Carlos Cosahemas went to his account because of an unhappy love af-fair. To get closer to his lost friend, Picasso moved to Paris which had previously been visited by them together while participat-ing in exhibitions. There he began to live with woman who has been the cause of death of Carlos. Quite an unusual way to express the sorrow, but there are al-ways specific and sometimes strange laws in the world of creative people.

CHERCHEZ LA FEMMEPaint on his canvas began to warm up when a special woman came into his life — Fernande Olivier. The artist shared nine years with her. But the female figures in the pages of his biography succeeded one another even faster than the style of their portrayal on his pictures. Eight wo men who stayed in his life longer than others left the deepest footprint and inspired him to create new paintings. The master found himself at the altar twice. Love for a ballerina from Sergey Diagilev’s troupe brought him there for the first time — Picasso created the backdrop for the staging of Parade. Our compatriot, Olga Khokhlova, born in Nishyn, became his wife. As it was sworn before the altar, they were together till death did them part. But only de jure, as Pablo simply refused to agree to a divorce. The point

is not that he did not want to let his wife go, who left because of his plural betray-als. The divorce was not executed due to mercenary considerations: under the marriage contract concluded at the height of passionate feelings the artist had to give his ex-wife half of his property, including paintings. The artist married the second time having made will. At that time he was 72 years old and his helpmate was 27. Jacqueline Roque was his last muse who lived with her husband for almost 20 years worshiping of him like an idol. It seems that Picasso did not object to such idolatry. Picasso wearied of other muses and left sooner or later. The only woman who has left him herself and was impu-dent to become happy having published a provocative book My Life With Picasso was elegant and creative Fransoize Gilot. All others tries to come back to the artist, went mad or went to their account.

WIND FROM AFRICAGoing back to his work, it worth noting that the step which changed Pablo’s idea about painting became his passion for Af-

rican art. Trying to paint a portrait of Ger-trude Stein, the painter drew it more than 80 times until finally disillusioned with art methods that he commonly used. Primitive art of African tribes relieved him, which is in symbiosis with particular worldview of the author has given impetus to the deve-lopment of new direction in art — cubism.

SPECIAL PICASSO’S PAINTINGS: Guernica (1937) — a canvas of 3.5 7.8 meters was painted in one month on the order of Spanish government in protest against Nazis;

Dream (1932) — the owner of this painting that has poor eyesight accidently pierced it through with his elbow the day before the sale. But ultimately it was sold for $155 million;

Nude, Green Leaves and Bust (1932) — the most expensive paint-ing of the Master which was sold at the official bidding. It was paid $106 million at Christie’s auction house. By the way, Picasso is the only artist whose paintings have entered the top-ten of the most ex-pensive ones thrice.

The picture by Picasso Nude, Green Leaves and Bust is the most expensive

in the world ($ 106 482 500). The name of the canvas owner remains

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On the eve of the joyful Christmas holiday, let’s leave our affairs,

forget adult problems and dive into childhood, into the wonderful story of the majestic city of Lviv — possibly the most beautiful city in Ukraine!

CITY-TALEChristmas in Ukraine includes a lot of interesting features: singing, mulled wine, honey, pampushki (a sort of dough-nut), souvenirs, Christmas car-ols and a warm atmosphere. A good tradition and a special

delight for the winter holiday in Lviv is its Christmas Fair. This event has all the best features of the European Christmas fairs in Vienna, London and Krakow, successfully combined with the ancient history and rich authen-ticity of the Ukrainian people.

If you arrive in the city of Lviv during the Christmas sea-son, you can’t miss the way to the Fair. You are sure to find yourself in the centre of the city, and it is here, in Market Square and Liberty Avenue, that the festive Fair takes place, for a month from 10th Decem-ber to 10th January. The bright

lights, Christmas tunes and friendly smiles truly make you feel as if you are in a fairytale! On the day before Christmas Eve, which in Ukraine is cel-ebrated on 6th January, the main symbol of Christmas, a six-metre-tall Didukh tree, woven from wheat sheaves, is installed.

Every year Lviv creates new attractions to entice visitors. Street performances will be the highlight of the celebrations this winter. A fire installation titled “When the Angels Descend to the Earth”, which will be performed, as is tradition, by

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

6th January. Installation of Didukh 7th January. Voskresinnya Theatre. Fire installation called “When the Angels Descend to the Earth”. Town Hall terrace.7th January. The Flash of the Christmas Star at the Shevchenkivskyi Hay Museum of Folk Architecture and Rural Life 7th–9th January. Pampukh Festival. Central Lviv. 8th January. Parade of Nativity puppet shows. The square in front of the Opera House.8th–9th January. Christmas in Grove Festival. The Shevchenkivskyi Hay Museum of Folk Architecture and Rural Life.12th December — 19th January. Christmas Fair. South-eastern part of Market Square and Liberty Avenue

the Voskresinnya (Resurrection) Theatre Company, will enchant you with its majesty. There will also be many other activities going on. At the Arsenal Muse-um Cossack fun will be taking place — have a go, don’t stay away. Believe me, you’ll take home some unforgettable memories!

When you start to get hungry, hurry up and visit the Pampukh Festival. Every year, this event turns the northern part of the Market Square into a meeting place for families and friends. Little fried balls of light dough sprinkled with powdered sugar have long been a sweet symbol of Christ-mas here. In Ukraine they are called pampukh; in Russia and Poland, pampushki; Jews call them sufraniyety; and the En-glish and Americans call them doughnuts. They are all similar yet differ greatly at the same time!

CHRISTMAS STAR FLASHES!During the Christmas season the townsfolk and visitors to Lviv are greeted in the streets by carollers singing merry songs, professional and amateur ac-tors perform outdoor puppet shows of the Nativity, and the Museum of Folk Architecture and Rural Life invites you to participate in The Flash of the Christmas Star festival. There’s no chance to relax on the day after Christmas: on 8th January a parade of Nativity puppet shows is held in the centre of

Lviv in the square in front of the Opera House — this can rightfully be called the must-see event of the Christmas holidays in Lviv. You should definitely go and watch it!

You may, of course, get hungry or cold while you’re outside. If this happens, make a quick visit to the nearby tents offering an excellent selection of national dishes. Most of them are cooked right here, on-site, over an open fire, attracting those who want to taste the spicy mulled wine, fragrant homemade sausages and other delicious-smelling goodies. The very sight and smell of them brings on a hefty appetite. And if you’re lucky enough to visit the fair on 7th January, then

you’ll also be treated to the fes-tive delicacy of kutia (a sweet grain pudding).

Christmas in Lviv is incre-dible: a vivid, emotional and colourful festival which will give you a different perspective on life — more cheerful, balanced and happy. This is evidenced by those who have been lucky enough to visit the capital of Halychyna for Christmas week; we have no reason not to believe them. Finally, one more tip — probably the most impor tant one. Visit the city with family, friends and loved ones, because during the sa-cred Christmas holi day families become stronger, love grows and faith strengthens. Try it for yourself!

Many would agree that the city of Lions is the corner of Ukraine which has best preserved the tradition of celebrating Christmas as a sacred family holiday. Christmas time in Lviv is truly a time of discovery: of the city itself, and of its ancient traditions, endless legends and rituals.

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A GOURMET’S PARADISEVienna is the only place in the world with its own cuisine. The recipes of legendary Vienna coffee, Vienna schnitzel, strudel and, naturally, Sacher cake were born here, in the capital of Austria, giving the city a unique scent.

Aclassic European city famous for its pompous architecture, royal palaces, intrigues of former monarchy and

musical heritage of outstanding composers: Beethoven, Haydn, Strauss, Mozart — all this is modern grand Vienna. Still, neither the music nor art or architecture rule in this city with the maximal concentration of fine arts. It is ruled by Vienna cuisine! They say the memory of scents is the most powerful in the world. Perhaps that’s why every tourist who visited Vienna at least once will nostalgically remember this place by its incredible aromas. Strong Vienna coffee scents emanate from the windows of numerous cafes in the central street, the

Kerntnerstrasse, the open doors of a res-taurant kitchen suddenly produce a wave of schnitzel smell, and the scent of freshly baked strudels flow along the Ringstrasse, seducing the pedestrians. The exquisite Viennese cuisine which established a fashion trend across the whole Europe hun-dreds of years ago has made history as a motherland of legendary recipes still loved all over the world.

SENTIMENTAL SYMBOL OF VIENNAPalatial splendour is felt in the air, and it’s not accidental: the population of the Aus-trian capital mostly consists of bourgeois family descendants, so everywhere you go

you will see truly royal luxury spiced with democracy pretence.

Near the entrance to any coffee house, regardless of whether it is located in the center of old Vienna or in the suburbs, you will be met by the coffee house owner. Taking a bow or shaking your hand, he will take you to a table and offer you all the best he has in the today’s menu. The etiquette is simple and understandable — for example, between 11 am and 15 pm, instead of saying “Good afternoon!”, they will say “Bon appetit!”.

No other city in the world can boast of such amount of famous visitors like in Vi-enna. The Landtmanne Coffee House was often visited by Sigmund Freud; the famous Frauenhuber was a favourite place of Mo-zart, and the Central Coffee House some-how became the place where the Russian Bolsheviks held their secret meetings in the beginning of the XX century. Their fre-quenter was the well-known Leon Trotsky, a Communist in his heart and a well-wisher of bourgeois excessiveness in real life. He enjoyed the aromatic Vienna coffee, so every time he visited the coffee house he ordered a cup of this wonderworking drink. In general, the famous Vienna coffee is deemed to be one of the visit cards of the city. It is here that it was served for the first time, with whipped cream on top, and this little culinary discovery immediately turned Vienna into a coffee trend setter of the Old World.

The paradox is that Vienna has become the European capital of coffee while being the last city in this part of the world that joined in this drink. The Turks made it for many years. The first coffee houses were opened in London, Paris and Amsterdam back in the XII century. But coffee arrived to Vienna only in the VII century. Still, the Viennese managed to make it their national Austrian drink although coffee ingredients have never been grown in the country! Over 300 years ago, Vienna, in the Turkish siege, fell into such a difficult situation that it sent one of persistent Viennese of Polish origin to negotiations, forgetting all about its Austrian pride. Georg Franz Kolschitzky managed to conduct successful negotiations and convince the Turks to leave the city, and even returned with 300 sacks of unroasted coffee grains left by the Ottomans. When Kolschitzky made the first cup of coffee, his fate in Vienna was firmly set — the city accepted and fell in love with this strange drink. The Viennese turned out to be so creative that they invented lots of coffee va-riations, but the following are the basic:

Mokka — strong black coffee;Melange — coffee with milk;Einspaenner — black coffee in a

glass with milky top whipped with vanilla sugar. This drink is known all over the world as “the Vienna coffee”;

Brauner — “brown coffee”. Served with a small milk-jug and a glass of cold water;

TOP 5 OF THE BEST VIENNA CAFES

Braunerhof (Stallburggasse 2) — a clas-sic Viennese coffee house where you can enjoy not only the traditional drinks but also listen to Strauss waltzes played by a live orchestra every Saturday;

Diglas (Wollzeile 10) — a historical coffee house opened in 1875 in the pre-sence of Emperor Franz Joseph himself;

Landtmann (Universitatsring 4) is con-sidered one of the best coffee houses of Vienna, frequently visited by Sigmund

Freud, Paul McCartney, Marlene Dietrich, Romy Schneider and other famous per-sons;

Schottenring (Schottenring 14) is famous for its coffee which the coffee house per-sonnel roasts right here, and also known for live music concerts hosted here every day;

Schwarzenberg (Kaerntnerring 17) — an old Viennese coffee house opened in 1861. It has a great wine list, a wide selection of beer and one of the tastiest strudels in Vienna.

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