Korrigeringar

High Bridge Caretaker’s House

• Tourists are attracted by uncommon of our region, although it is still usual post-soviet city with its ugly ”khrushchevki” (panel or brick 5-storey houses Khrushchev’s period with small apartments), but East Prussian past makes its deal, moreover the Baltic Sea also attracts people.

• So even my mother, who do not recognize domestic tourism have visited me already twice.

• During her recent visit I opened lots of new interesting places.

• I find it useful to look sometimes at our cities through the eyes of tourists.

• There is always something interesting, somewhere more, somewhere less, but still.

• On the card is one of such places.

• It’s High bridge caretaker’s house.

• In the end of XIX century in Konigsberg were rebuild the High Bridge.

• But it turned uncomfortable for its service, so in 1899 near were built a small building for hydraulic accumulators, pumps and motors.

• It went through the World War II intact, but then it stood empty.

• Just in this year there were open some kind of a museum.

• There is a free exposition of old Konigsberg’s postcards (about 650 cards, the oldest dated 1871).

• You also can drink coffee with marzipan or buy postcards by Kaliningrad’s artists (what I actually did).

• For example, they want to organize master classes in drawing or to release company postage stamp.

• According to him, investments to the museum can pay off after many years, but commerce isn’t the main.

• The man just loves his hometown and wants to participate in its improving.

• I, in turn, happy that someone finally has care about the caretaker’s house and breathes life into it.

• So many times I went past this tiny castle and so great that now I can get inside and enjoy its atmosphere.