The largest of the Channel Islands is the island of Jersey, which is located in the English Channel. Its status is interesting - it is not part of the UK, but is a crown possession of the British Monarchy.

On the map, Jersey is only a small piece of land (116 square kilometers), and the population is 89 thousand people, but life is in full swing on a small island.

is an offshore zone, the main sources of income of the island are tourism and financial services.

Agriculture is also developing here (everyone knows the Jersey breed of cows and the Jersey Royal potato), fishing and light industry (manufacturing of jersey fabric).

History of the island

Jersey has been known for 8,000 years, and in its rich history, the English and French nations are closely intertwined.

Almost 250 thousand years ago, when the island of Jersey was still part of the continent, people already inhabited these places. The stone tools found during the excavations date back to this period.

The name of the capital of the island - St. Helier - is derived from the name of the hermit Helier, who lived and preached here in the 6th century and was recognized as a saint.

At first Jersey was part of the Roman Empire. In the 9th century, the Normans began to attack the island frequently. In 933, all of the Channel Islands became part of the Duchy of Normandy.

During the years of the Hundred Years War, Jersey was often attacked and was even occupied in the 1380s. Due to its strategically important location, the inhabitants of the island bargained for favorable living conditions from the King. During the War of the White and Scarlet Roses, the island was occupied by the French, but then again returned to the British.

In the 18th century, political tension arose again between England and France, which, naturally, affected the life of the island - it was constantly under martial law.

Already after the Napoleonic wars, Jersey became oriented towards the English-speaking culture. The island at that time was the most important center of shipbuilding in the British Isles.

During the Second World War, the island was occupied by the Germans, so May 9 (“Liberation Day”) is considered a public holiday here.

Landmarks in Jersey

There are many reasons to visit this island, as local attractions are represented by medieval castles, beautiful nature and museums.

One of the interesting castles that played a big role in the history of the island is Queen Elizabeth's Castle built in the 1590s and Hermitage - a small chapel dedicated to Saint Helier.

Mont Orgel Castle was built even earlier - in the XIII century. It has been well preserved since that time, and its observation platform offers a picturesque panorama of the sea and the island.

Grosnez Castle was built in the XIV century and has survived to our times in the form of ruins. The nearby 60-meter Le Pinnacle cliff is considered an object of religious worship.

Another military facility was the Kempt Tower, built in 1834 and named after the commander-in-chief of artillery, the general who participated in the battle of Waterloo. The tower is surrounded by ponds, woodlands and sand dunes, which attracts a huge number of tourists to this place.

The Jersey Zoo and Conservation Trust at its base was founded by the most famous inhabitant of the island. – Gerald Durrell. The zoo was created in 1959, and a little later - the fund for the conservation of wild animals.

Thanks to him, rare species of animals were saved, for example, the pink dove, the radiant turtle, the corroboree frog and others. Now more than 130 species of animals live in the zoo.

An interesting building on the island is a working mill built in 1309.. For a long time it was abandoned, but in 1979 it was renovated. Now it is the only working mill on the island.

Another interesting object where you can see the life of the province is the Museum of Provincial Life., where you can see the restored buildings of a bygone era - thatched houses, laundry, stables, pens with pets. Costume performances are often held on the territory of this museum.

IN Jersey Maritime Museum several expositions are presented: historical exhibitions, the development of shipbuilding on the island, picturesque sculptures, sea voyages, etc.

The exposition of the museum, formerly the German military hospital, will tell about the years of the Second World War. This is a large system of underground tunnels and galleries, during the construction of which many local residents died, unable to withstand the harsh conditions of the occupation.

The most fragrant attraction of the island is the lavender farm.. During its flowering (May-August), here you can observe the process of its cultivation, harvesting and drying, and buy farm products at the local souvenir shop.

In 1957, the Shell Garden appeared on the island., which Colin Soudane began to collect for his own pleasure, before he realized that it was interesting to others. He still makes souvenirs from shells, although the management has long been transferred to another person.

Another object worth paying attention to is the glass Church of St. Matthew. Its altar, crucifix, columns and font are made of glass, and all the glass details are unique, since their creator, René Lalique, destroyed the molds immediately after they were made.

Popular activities on the island

This small piece of land on the map is rich in mass events:

At the end of March there is a festival of flowers, at the end of May there is a fishing village fair, as well as a festival of cheeses, which will be a paradise for gourmets,

In June, you should definitely visit the maritime parade, which is held in the harbor of St. Helier,

In mid-August, one of the brightest carnivals in Europe "Flower Battle" is held,

In September - International air parade and motorcycle races,

Men will certainly be interested in the exhibition and sale of yachts and boats, held in May, and the festival of motor vehicles in June.

Once upon a time, pirates hid on the island of Jersey in the English Channel, and now our people are gradually mastering this offshore and tourist paradise. Among them are workers from Latvia. After Ireland and England, there is the third largest Latvian colony here...

About what this island is interesting for, why May 9 is a national holiday here, and about other impressions, I was told by a familiar doctor Andris Mednis, who happened to work here in his specialty and notice many features of this “terra incognita” for most former Soviet people ...

one of the main attractions of Jersey is the 13th century castle of Mont Orgueil, built to protect the island from the French... (jersey.com)


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Jersey is the largest of the Channel Islands (14 by 8 miles). He, like two other smaller neighboring islands - Guernsey and Sarke - is part of the British crown. And although the supreme power here belongs to the Queen of England, but otherwise (except for foreign policy and defense), the territory of 116 square kilometers with a population of almost 100 thousand people is completely autonomous. Legislative power is exercised by the States, in which 12 senators (from 12 parish districts), 12 constables and 29 deputies who do not represent any political parties are elected for different terms by popular vote - there are none on the island! The bailiff, appointed by the Queen, presides and also heads the government and judiciary of Jersey. The islands have their own pounds, equal in par value to the British pound sterling ...

Knitwear and Darell

Back in the 17th century, the islanders were so carried away by the production of knitwear that there was a threat of starvation. Therefore, laws were passed that strictly regulated who could knit and when. But the famous knitwear from the island is now known all over the world. The older generation will probably remember how in the 60s of the last century it was a special chic to acquire a jersey coat. That's right, with the stress on the last syllable. This is a kind of French revenge on the British, who took this island from France 800 years ago. The French changed the name of the fabric in their own way, putting the accent at the end of the word - "Jersey", and not "Jersey". And so it went...

nice coat... (f9.ifotki.info)

Before I got to Jersey, I knew that there is a zoo of the famous writer and naturalist Gerald Darrell, - says my friend Andris. - Darrell was one of the first to use armor-piercing glass for gorillas instead of bars and spacious aviaries for birds that fly right above your heads. Now it is one of the most famous zoos in the world, it is more than half a century old.

Organizer and participant of expeditions for animal collections to Africa, South America and Australia, English zoologist and writer Gerald Durrell with a red variant... (nnm.me)

Sumatran Orangutan from Darella Wildlife Park... wikimedia.org

- What about your very first impressions of Jersey?

I flew to St. Helier, the capital of Jersey, from London. Small Boeings fly to the island in the morning and in the evening, in which even in the economy class there are leather seats and enough space so as not to rest your knees on the back of the seat in front of you. Landing on the island, people routinely get off the plane and disperse in different directions. Noticeable ads urging you to use only the local mobile operator (no English!). And everywhere - an abundance of flowers and new buildings.

at Jersey Airport (wikimedia.org)

Everything is clean, tidy, people feel satisfaction with life and genuine pride. There are much more pretty women on the streets than in the same England - the mixing of blood affects: French, English, Portuguese, Norman, if we talk about the origins. And they dress more elegantly here. Even the local Jersey vagrants look somehow special here, or something. More than once I saw them in front of the windows of the central hospital, sitting on benches and drinking expensive drinks from cans, but at the same time scouring in search of cigarette butts. At night they are allowed to sleep both on the benches and on the lawns. A neatly dressed janitor gives them instructions every morning, and a good-natured policeman shakes hands.

annual (since 1902) festival-procession "Flower Battle", when participants and spectators throw flowers at each other... (holidaym.ru)

Speed ​​is limited in many places to 24 km per hour, as the roads are quite narrow and wind between rocks. Therefore, the buses traveling towards them, which work like a Swiss bank, when approaching, stop, and then one passes the other. Each trip costs £1, a day ticket for all routes is £6. There are no freeways here, because every piece of land is worth its weight in gold. It seems that any more or less suitable square meter of land has been processed and used with some idea. Here you can not have your own car, but the presence of at least a boat is almost mandatory. Piers - everywhere:

view from the castle of Mont Orgueil at low tide... (wikimedia.org)

And there are a lot of pastures where the world-famous Jersey cows graze. Up to 40 liters of fat milk per day can give such, at first glance, thin. There was an uproar on the island when this cutie suddenly wanted to be crossed with some American beef breed. To get not only a lot of milk, but also meat. Here they are afraid that these overseas monsters will destroy the jerseys, which are treated here almost like in India, even spending a holiday - “Week of the Cow”.

(max-foto.info)

To whom milk, and to whom beer

The island provides excellent dairy products not only for itself, but also for part of France and England, - Andris continues to tell. - A liter of milk costs 1.50 pounds (about 90 rubles - K.M.), sliced ​​white "golden Jersey bread" - 1.60. And quite expensive fruits, despite the proximity to France and Portugal. A kilogram of bananas costs 1.80. Cigarettes are expensive: a pack of light Marlboro is 6 pounds. But there are a lot of inexpensive (from 6.50 pounds) good French wines, including from small private wineries. Prices for vodka and other spirits are the same as in England: a liter of Smirnoff, for example, can be bought for 12 pounds.

But preference on the island is given to beer. On Friday evening, the real beer rumble begins here, when almost the entire population of the island is dispersed over numerous pubs. The noise in them is such that you have to shout in the ear of the interlocutor in order to hear something. Beer, by the way, is quite strong - it takes away from one mug.

in a hotel restaurant in Jersey (flickr.com)

Well, lovers of beauty can visit the capital's Opera at least every evening - performances daily! This includes classics, performances by artists from England and France, and in the mornings - concerts for children.

Jersey cuisine is very diverse. Lots of Italian and Portuguese restaurants, of course, along with French and English ones. In a rather prestigious Portuguese restaurant on the waterfront, for example, a 700 gram lamb skewer, which is fried to your liking, will cost about a thousand rubles. Well-trained servants communicate in three languages ​​- English, French, Portuguese. And in any more or less serious institution there is information in three and four languages: Polish is added to the three above.

Helier Street in St. Helier, Jersey (200stran.ru)

Citizenship is for the rich

In recent years, a large Polish diaspora has formed in Jersey, Andris says. - Poles are mainly employed in agriculture. By the way, there are a lot of Polish food products in the shops: from the "tourist's breakfast" to the brisket.

Until 1960, French was the official language in Jersey. Now - English, the second - French. Here you can hear French everywhere, street names are often given in French without any translation. It is popular for them to go to the nearest French town for shopping - the boat leaves every morning, returning to the island in the evening (to France - 11 miles, to the UK - 100).

Locals say that a few years ago there was a law in Jersey, according to which citizenship of Jersey could be obtained only after living on the island for 20 years. Now the term has been reduced to 13 years. And real estate can be purchased after living for 10 years. Exceptions are only for those who can prove their dire need to the islanders.

Usually, this fits into half a million annual income and at least 10 million assets of the applicant, who is ready to unfasten 100 thousand annually to the State budget.

In Jersey, salaries are 10-15% higher than in England. Real estate is also 30 percent more expensive. The lowest paid workers here receive about 60 thousand rubles a month. Agricultural workers - about 65 thousand. And employees - about 100 thousand rubles. But if most medical services in England are free, then on the island a call to the house of the same doctor will cost about 2.5 thousand rubles ...

on Jersey, whose coastline stretches for 70 km, there are many beautiful coves and beaches .... (200stran.ru)

"War Tunnels"

... The only territory of Great Britain, which was occupied by the Nazis during the Second World War, was Jersey.

By order of Hitler, thousands of Soviet prisoners of war and youth from the occupied regions of the USSR were driven to the island to build concrete bunkers for coastal batteries. With picks and shovels, the prisoners of the Himmelman concentration camp created positions for 400 long-range guns, cut down caves for underground ammunition depots and an elite hospital for Wehrmacht officers at a depth of up to 30 meters.

military tunnels... (tripadvisor.com)

Observation and defensive tower Cobier, Jersey...

Now here is the War Tunnels Museum, dedicated to the history of World War II and what happened in Jersey, - says Andris. - For work, the labor of 200 thousand prisoners of war was used. There were many Russians among them. Teenagers were also brought here from the Soviet Union, who were forced to work. The museum has materials about the specific fate of the little captives. A tank could easily pass through the huge corridors of the underground hospital, in which the smell of anatomycum still hovers.

...However, the inhabitants of Jersey also suffered from the Nazis. One and a half thousand people were sent to concentration camps. Others paid the price for hiding Soviet prisoners of war in their homes and farms.

Therefore, May 9 is a national holiday in Jersey, Liberation Day. On this day, the German occupation of the island officially ended.

Saint Helier. Monument to the liberation of Jersey from the Nazis... (wikimedia.org)

From the history of the island

On a rock, a kilometer from the eastern part of the island, where the capital of Saint Helier is located, another important attraction of the island rises - the famous Elizabeth Fortress, built in the 17th century and designed to replace the castle of Mont-Orgueil. The fortress became the main outpost that defended the island from French ships:

(wikimedia.org)

A concrete path leads to the fortress, which is released from under the five-meter water column twice a day. Depending on the time of year and the height of the tide, for about three hours each time it is accessible to pedestrians:

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And the gaping tourists who are carried away by the ancient walls can be delivered by the enterprising islanders by boat to the shore for 12 pounds.

By the way, around the perimeter of Jersey there are forts and the ruins of numerous fortresses. The island was a refuge for pirates, passed from hand to hand.

The first settled communities appeared here in the Neolithic era, as evidenced by ritual burial places - dolmens.

The island was converted to Christianity in 538 by Saint Markulf. Soon after this, Saint Helier arrived here, who lived as a hermit in a cave and died in 555 at the hands of pirates armed with axes. In memory of him, the capital of Jersey is named, on the coat of arms of which two crossed axes are depicted.

And 800 years ago, the English king John the Landless lost a significant part of the British possessions in France, after which he was forced to sign the Magna Carta. To the inhabitants of Jersey, who could choose between England and France, the king gave even more liberties than to all his other subjects: he promised them autonomy and tax exemption.

John the Landless, 25th King of England, who lived 48 years and ruled seventeen of them... (wikimedia.org)

Jersey enjoys these privileges - the "carta of liberties" even now. There are no taxes on property, capital gains, gift or inheritance.

“A piece of France that broke away from it, fell into the water and was picked up by the British,” said Victor Hugo, who lived here as an exile for three years, about Jersey.

And in the summer of last year, in one of the farms, two amateur archaeologists with the help of a metal detector found one of the largest treasures in European history in the field. About 50 thousand gold and silver coins were extracted from the underground, the total weight of which was 750 kg. The money was minted, according to experts, around 50 BC. The French Celts could hide them here before the arrival of the troops of Julius Caesar. The value of the treasure is about 10 million British pounds...

And in August, if anyone missed it, I talked about how in the Vazgenyan Theological Seminary near Lake Sevan

Kitchen on the island

A subject of particular passion in Jersey is dining in restaurants and pubs. Across the island, you will find the freshest seafood, fish and succulent vegetables grown on local farms on the menu. Eat the famous Jersey Royal baby potatoes in the spring Decide where you want to dine: in one of the quaint old pubs or friendly bistros, or maybe you will choose one of the highly regarded gourmet restaurants. In any case, bon appetit!

Trips

In addition, from Jersey you can travel to other islands from the Channel Islands group and to France. Spend a day at St Peter Port in Guernsey or visit the charming ports of Normandy or Brittany. Travel back in time to the still car-free Sark Island, head to Herm Island with its shelly beaches, or soak up the old-fashioned charm of Alderney.

Where to stay in Jersey
You are offered a wide choice: from small cozy pensions to hotels of the highest category, family enterprises, where the prices are affordable for everyone. Many of these boarding houses and hotels are located near St. Hslier, the administrative center of JERSEY, and its shops: prices are low because Jersey has low duties and taxes.

Story

The history of JERSEY is here in its stones. From the 250,000-year-old La Cotte cave, to the Neolithic dolmens and dwellings of the ancient Scandinavians, or Normans, as they became known after they settled Normandy and the Channel Islands. The sixth Duke of Normandy, William, conquered England in 1066, he became King William I of England, and JERSEY has remained loyal to the English Crown ever since. The toast to the monarch at official banquets is: "To the Queen, our Duke."

JERSEY remains an independent island, and its current visitors can see numerous defensive structures - evidence of a distant past. Many visitors are surprised to learn that JERSEY is not part of the United Kingdom. The island has its own legal system, its own parliament and its own currency. The traditions of government here are largely due to its Norman and French origins, as is the traditional language - Jsrryan (Jersey French). Today, most of the inhabitants of the island speak English, but in rural parishes and in the central market you can still hear the local patois.

History comes alive

At the award-winning Jersey Museum, you'll see history brought back to life with modern technology. History comes alive in the striking displays at the Hampton Rural Museum and the Maritime Museum, which showcases hundreds of years of the island's connection to the sea. A relatively recent history can be found in the Gallery of Tapestries from the period of the occupation during the Second World War.

Zoo

The island has a zoo with rare animal species.
World-class zoo - founded by Gerald Durrell, a unique faunal reserve, where conditions are created for the unhindered reproduction of wild animals and birds. The zoo is also the headquarters of the worldwide Jersey Conservation Trust. Its goal is to preserve rare species, and here gorillas, orangutans, lemurs and many other rare animals and birds feel great and give offspring.

What else to visit?

You'll love local specialties: at La Mape, in the wine cellar on the vineyard grounds, you can taste Jersey's own wine and apple brandy; also visit the Lavender Farm, where essences and perfumes are obtained from aromatic plants. Looking into the Jersey Pottery, you will see not only potters at work - there is a park and cozy restaurants serving locally caught crabs, lobsters and oysters.

JERSEY is an island of flowers, you can't hide from them here, flowers in the gardens surrounding the islanders' houses, in parks and nurseries, wild flowers on cliff tops, in hedges and wooded valleys. Don't miss the opportunity to visit the world's largest flower mail order company and, in August, attend one of the most famous flower carnivals in Europe, the Battle of the Flowers.

Historical Buildings

Take a trip back in time to the landmarks of JERSEY, where the entire centuries-old history of the island is concentrated in granite architectural structures: from the Neolithic tomb to the medieval parish churches. Discover the magnificence of Mont Orgueil Castle, whose medieval stronghold dominates the east bank, and the mystique of the Elizabethan Castle, built in St. Aubyn Bay in the 16th century and named after Queen Elizabeth I.

The most French of all the possessions of the British crown, the island of Jersey is located in the English Channel, on the sea route from England to France. Formally, Jersey is not part of the UK, and this largely determines the character of the locals: they feel equally independent of both powers and call themselves nothing more than jerseymen and jerseywomen. The key position between the island and the continent affected the fate of Jersey: both Gauls and Normans were noted here, enriching the local culture in their own way.

In the financial world, the island is known primarily as a major offshore center. Nature lovers are attracted by the picturesque wild coast with cliffs intricately cut by sea waves and incredible 12-meter tides. Well, everyone who comes from childhood is in a hurry to visit the zoo, founded by the famous naturalist and writer Gerald Durrell. And the island will not leave fashionistas and shopaholics disappointed - after all, you can buy a real jersey only on Jersey itself!

The capital is St. Helier.

How to get to Jersey

There are no direct flights from Russian cities to the island of Jersey, you will have to get there with a transfer. Convenient connections are offered by British Airways, the only negative is the need to move from Heathrow to Gatwick. In addition, the Flyby low-cost airline flies from Gatwick to the island. Planes take off every 2 hours. The flight from London to Jersey takes 45 minutes. An Air France flight departs from Paris to the island daily, and the flight will take the same 45 minutes.

From Jersey Airport to the city center can be reached by bus number 15, fare - 2.20 GBP.

Condor Ferries and Emeraude Lines run from the French port of Saint Malo to Jersey, the journey takes about an hour. You can also get to the island by sea from the ports of Southern England - Poole, Portsmouth and Weymouth, however, in this case, you will have to spend at least 3 hours on the road. Prices on the page are for September 2018.

As the island is a British Crown Dependency, a visa to the United Kingdom is required to visit it.

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Transport on the island

You can move around Jersey by bus, taxi, rented car, physical activity lovers also ride a bike or just walk.

The two most useful bus routes for tourists - number 1 and 15 - go from the capital, Saint-Elier, to the east and west of the island, respectively. They run at intervals of no more than 20 minutes; buses run until approximately 23:30. The cost of a trip to any distance is 2.20 GBP. If you plan to travel regularly by bus, it makes sense to purchase an AvanchiCard: for 7 days it costs 15 GBP, for 31 days - 45 GBP.

Renting a car is the best way to see all the highlights of the island. International rental offices Avis, Hertz and Europcar are represented. Prices start at 77 GBP per day. As elsewhere in the UK, driving is on the left hand side.

Cuisine and restaurants

The sophistication of French and the generosity of English cuisine, multiplied by the abundance of fish and seafood and fresh vegetables - this is the formula of the gastronomic traditions of Jersey. Seafood connoisseurs should definitely try king prawns, lobsters and oysters - they are guaranteed to be grown in local waters, fresh and very tasty. "Milk Souls" were doubly lucky: it is from here that the famous Jersey breed of cows comes from, giving high-fat milk, from which delicious dairy products are obtained - from cottage cheese and cheese to sour cream and ice cream.

Of the traditional dishes of Jersey, it is worth trying the so-called bean pot - a rich soup of dried beans and pork legs, seasoned with aromatic herbs, and a soup of conger eel with marigold petals. For dessert, you can order milk-sugar balls "fiot", apples in the dough "budlo" or "mervey" - pastries tied with a double knot.

Shopping and shops

Jersey is known for textile production, so for shoppers it is a real paradise. Most of the stores are concentrated in Saint-Elier and are open Monday to Saturday from 9:00 to 17:30, on Thursdays many close late in the evening. It is worth paying attention to knitwear and hand-knitted products with a characteristic thin weave of threads, by which you can unmistakably recognize the jersey material.

By the way, it can be not only woolen, but also cotton, silk and synthetic, so when buying, it will be useful to inquire about the composition of the fabric.

Jersey is a tiny island

Entertainment, excursions and attractions of the island of Jersey

Jersey can be divided into 4 parts: south, north, east and west, each of which has its own character. The south is the capital of Saint-Hélier and its city attractions: architectural monuments, museums, art galleries, plus excellent beaches and plenty of water activities in the Gulf of Saint-Aubin. To the north, you'll find wildlife, rugged rocky coastlines, and the mecca of animal lovers, the Darrell Zoo. The East is history and the sea: a medieval castle on Mount Orgey, fishing ports and harbors of Gori, they say St. Catherine and Rozel. Well, in the west, there are long valleys, aMaizin amusement park! and the surf sites of St. Owen's Bay.

The Gerald Durrell Wildlife Park is home to 130 species of the planet's rarest animals.

It is worth starting your acquaintance with Saint-Elier from the castle of Elizabeth - a military fort on a narrow cape, from which the foundation of the city began in 550 BC. e. At 16 New Street is a Victorian mansion with period furnishings. You should definitely visit the Jersey History Museum and art gallery, as well as learn more about the relationship of the islanders with the elements at the Museum of Maritime History.

The most recent historical attraction in the capital of Jersey is the so-called Tunnels: an underground military hospital from the Second World War.

In the east of the island is Mont Orgay Castle, which for 6 centuries protected Jersey from French encroachments. The labyrinths of its corridors, secret passages and rooms hide the most curious exhibits, such as the medieval “urine wheel” and the working “tools” of the witch. Well, for the ancient history of the island, the museum of the Neolithic site La Hoog-Bi, 6000 years old, is responsible.

In the west of Jersey, it is worth visiting the historic Greve-de-Lec barracks and the Channel Islands military museum, look at the De Quetivel watermill that is still operating today and take a walk around the Lavender Farm. Children of all ages are invited to the aMaizin! amusement park, and their parents are invited to golf courses and water sports stations.

Well, the north of Jersey is crowned with the brightest diamond in the crown of local attractions - the Gerald Durrell Wildlife Park on the territory of the medieval Ogre estate. More than 130 species of the rarest animals on the planet live in conditions as close to natural as possible. The park is working to restore their population and return individuals born here to their natural habitat.

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If you travel too much, personality distortions inevitably begin. You avoid castles, museums, recognized streets and squares with views that are filled with tourists simply because tourists go to places that are really of value to world culture. Traveling to Arunachal Pradesh seems to be the infamous mainstream. In return, places that a healthy person would not mess with begin to seem overvalued to you.

For example, I want to get on the ground to Canadian Halifax, because the Boeing in-flight entertainment system on all flights from SVO to JFK from ground stations shows almost only him and persistently, so on the 20th flight it already seems that this is not just


. Memorial coordinates, by the way, miss by several hundred meters

Until Halifikas gets his hands on it, you have to be content with Jersey Balewick. Jersey is a British (very inaccurate!) island of 120 sq. km, located 20 km from the coast of French Normandy

There are only 193 UN member states in the world, but in addition there are more than 50 territories whose status resembles “real” countries: among them are unrecognized states such as Abkhazia or Somaliland; territories administered in accordance with special international treaties, such as Svalbard or; overseas and "crown" territories of former colonial powers - including Jersey and neighboring island(s)

It seems to me that few people think / know that the United Kingdom is a unitary state. And all these parliaments in Scotland and Wales, by law, have nothing to do with federalism, and football teams play in the European Championship from these “countries” simply by tradition. On the contrary, Jersey, although not a sovereign state, since it is a possession of the British crown, is not part of either the United Kingdom or the European Union, and has had its own legislation for many hundreds of years. I'm interested to see such an ambiguous situation live.

CRIMESTOPPERS

Alas, not only because 50% of the flags here are, nevertheless, British, but also because the inhabitants themselves mistakenly call themselves British (although they distinguish themselves very well from the English / Scots - I specifically talked with them on this topic), there is not much independence here. But their phone booths, yellow

Obvious versions are often wrong, but it turns out that the territory, which later became the American state of New Jersey, was indeed named after the island by Sir George Carteret, at that time the bailiff of Jersey, who received it either for debts from James, Duke of York, or for merit from the English king of the difficult fate of Charles II (yes, I didn’t just copy-paste Wikipedia, but studied quite a few pages on this topic, each of which sets out its own version :))

Jersey is a large offshore, the entire economy of the country rests on this. However, the previous cash cows - agriculture and tourism - have not been forgotten. At the end of the working day, a mixture of men in expensive suits and sweatpants in a ratio of 1: 1 pours onto the streets of the capital

The production and consumption of local products is elevated to a cult. Milk, sour cream, lettuce. All own, organic

The local diet is the same as in neighboring Normandy and Brittany: cider, wine [not mainstream, however], crabs, oysters, lobsters, mussels. There is also an English touch: English food and bad ale are easier to find than we would like. By the way, all the boys and girls from the Russian Far East need to clearly understand that the word used around the world crab is a homonym of the word crab, used in the Far East in relation to the Kamchatka crab: these ridiculous creatures of God are so miserable in taste and meatiness in comparison with.

If Singapore is an island, a city and a state, then Jersey is an island, a country and a village. There is almost nothing on the island except the main city of St. Helier and countryside, almost 100% cut into private houses and farms

The boundaries between the sections here were formed back in the Middle Ages, so that all roads constantly make unexpected, unmotivated turns, and there are very few roads even in 2 lanes, most often there is only one lane. Between the villages, one-way traffic has been introduced in some places, but not everywhere. Where there is none - in order to pass with an oncoming car, you have to back out almost a whole stage to the nearest intersection. Both the streets in the cities and the roads in the countryside are solidly called Rue And Avenue

Some fields are covered with some kind of perforated greenhouse film, others are full of rabbits. There is no picture of the rabbits because the rabbits misidentify the telephoto as a scoped rifle and run away

Signed either in French or in English (not And, A or). Mostly in French. Various kinds of monuments, signs and the coat of arms of the country are the only places in the country where the French language is still actively used (to the left of the sign is the coat of arms of the parish)

1 stage = 600 feet, ~26% of a mile

The elementary school built in 1901 has separate entrances for boys and girls, marked Filles And Garcons

The airspace over Jersey is so busy that whenever you look up you see 2, 3 or more contrails in the sky


Trinity

Constructivist old Jersey Airport building, built in 1937. In the USSR at that time, the era of the Stalinist empire was already beginning. There is still a functioning arrivals hall. +1 floor was built from some light structures in the 1970s.

There are almost no English cabs here.

After the Battle of Jersey - during the American War of Independence, when France opposed England on the side of the colonies, the entire coast of Jersey was lined with towers (already another country in the background)

Where they have survived to this day, they are often surrounded by ordinary urban development.

Otherwise, Jersey is a story about low tide. The tide is here everywhere you don't point the lens

Saint Helier