Hi, friends! It's Max with you, and this is another vlog for those learning Russian. As always, I'll be speaking more slowly, more clearly, and explaining some words. And today we'll be learning Russian while traveling, specifically, on a bike trip, because we'll be heading somewhere on these bikes. I don't know yet, I need to see. Today we want to ride the most. well, one of the most famous routes. So, how's that? It's both a bike route and a walking route, yes.

It's called "Bear Trail." Now we need to figure out where we're going, and. There, Sabrina? Okay, let's go there. Okay, fine, let's go. Come on, get in. Okay. And the first thing we need to do is. Does Sabrina need a jacket, Yul? Sabrina, do you want to put on a jacket? Sabrina: No. Max: No? Okay, fine. Then finish your candy bar and come here. We buckle Sabrina in like this. We buckle her in with a seat belt. This is our seat belt, and it goes here… like this. I twist it a few times like this, because if you don't twist it like this, then it will fall off your shoulders.

There, it will fall, yes, fall - fall off your shoulders or fall off. So, to get it in this position, I twist it a little here, the belt, and… like this, that's it. That's the first thing. And you also need to buckle your legs - buckle them here. That's it. One, and the same again. Look - we haven't started driving yet - I just wanted to show you these absolutely luxurious, beautiful houses, stunning, but in such disrepair, yes. You see, abandoned houses. They look very beautiful. The first one, here's the second house just like that. I don't know, honestly, why they're so abandoned. Such beautiful houses. Maybe they're. well, they're probably too expensive to restore, and maybe

the government won't let us just tear them down and build something new here. I don't know the exact reason, but they look absolutely stunning. I really like them. They're absolutely fantastic. The thing is, the route doesn't start right away-we first have to ride 20 kilometers. oh, "20 kilometers"-20 minutes from Trubia station to. well, in short, to another place, where, essentially, it begins. well, to a village called Tunion, and from there the Bear Trail begins.

Then we'll continue on through the mountains. We're leaving this little town now-it's very nice, very nice. We've been here before. We. we once rode the route called the "Green Route," "Via Verde," and it ended right here, at Trubia station. Look, there are a lot of cyclists here, because this route is very popular. Well, it's. I don't know, I think it's the most popular route and one of the most beautiful. The problem is that it's very long, and you can't really drive it in one direction. So, what does the GPS say? The GPS says to the right here.

Well, I mean straight ahead, straight ahead here. Look, what a small Spanish town in the north looks like. Such a simply beautiful small town. Oh, we're going to drive along the river now. Look, it's so beautiful here too! Small towns in Spain-they're just love, of course. They're just love. Very beautiful. The houses here are beautiful too. So, the problem. well, not really a problem, but the peculiarity of this route is that it only goes one way, meaning you can't make a loop.

So we'll have to go there, well, I don't know, an hour, an hour and a half, two, however long it takes, and then back along the same road. But we'll see, we'll see-we don't have a specific plan. Look, by the way, this is what the newer neighborhoods of this same village. well, this same town look like. Right, baby? Perro! Sabrina saw a dog. This is what the newer houses look like - colorful ones. It looks good, I like it. I would happily live here. Cool. How do you like small Spanish or northern Spanish towns?

And now we're passing some kind of factory. Actually, the Trubia station - I only have one association with the word "pipe", yes. So here in Trubia, at this factory, they must make pipes. But that's just it, I'm joking, of course. Some kind of factory. I don't know what kind of factory, to be honest. Maybe not a factory, maybe just some kind of enterprise. In short, I don't know. Actually, the province of Asturias is actually industrial, that is, there is a lot of industry here, in the sense of a lot of quarries, factories, that is, they mine something. I know that coal and some other minerals were definitely mined here.

That's it. And that's why, of course. It seems to me that even now I can smell coal or something like that. Anyway, I don't know exactly. Here, look at what it looks like. But the point is, there are a lot of different enterprises, factories, and so on here. And even the road we're going to take now-it's purely a tourist road now, but there used to be a railway there, and they used to transport coal along it. They transported coal from the mines. There were mines, they mined coal there and transported it along this railway. But. By the way, look at what a warehouse or storage facility looks like, a classic Asturian one.

What it looks like, not in a museum, but just like this. No, Sabrina, the top-top will come later, when we arrive. While we're still driving, honey. There. But then they closed the railway, they stopped mining and using coal, and now it's just a tourist road, very steep, very long. To the left, Yulia. This way. There, Senda Verde. Yes. Look, we're already, essentially… we're not on Bear Trail yet, but we're already entering nature. Look how it looks. And there's that abandoned building again. Oh, how beautiful! Here we're riding and riding, and if you look over there - I hope you can see it - there should be a field with cows.

A field where cows are grazing. By the way, you can't see the cows, right? But they're there, they're there. Wait, Sabrina, stop. And Sabrina and I are riding our bikes. Sabrina: Eeyore! Max: And we're riding along this river. Sabrina: Eeyore! Max: And everything around is beautiful, everything around is wonderful. Everything is beautiful, everything is wonderful, yes-yes-yes-yes. Sabrina and I are riding here - it's beautiful. It's spring. Everything is blooming. We haven't reached Bear Trail yet, but my friends, it's already so beautiful here!

What will happen next, when all the beauty begins? It's hard to imagine. Now, Sabrina, just wait a little bit - we'll be there soon, and you'll definitely get to walk and run. Yulia, how are you? Yulia: Great! Max: We'll catch up with Mom now, don't worry. We stopped to look at the sheep. There's a little sheep there, a baby. Yulia, what's the baby's name? Oh, a lamb, that's right, of course - a lamb. The lamb is small, look, it's white. Well, there's also a black one, a slightly bigger black one.

What sounds do rams make? Rams say "be." Well, that's how we say it in Russian. Goats say "me." Cows say "mu." What do we have? A horse. A horse goes "igo-go." "Igo-go." What else? The rooster goes "cock-a-doodle-doo." Rooster: "cock-a-doodle-doo. " No "how-doo-doo-doo" - no, just "cock-a-doodle-doo," my friends. Sabrina, say "cock-a-doodle-doo." Sabrina: Cock-a-doodle-doo. Max: Well done. There, cock-a-doodle-doo. How beautiful, look! There are two bells and rocks, rocky mountains. It

's still cloudy today, so the mountain tops are in the clouds - it creates a special atmosphere, a little mystical. Phew. Well, we've already reached the beginning of the Bear Trail. The birds are singing. There are very beautiful high mountains with cliffs at the top. There, too, you see, the rocks are so cool. But I suggest we go down to the river now, because there is a very beautiful river here.

Now, Sabrina, I think she'll want to go down too. Sabrina, will you go with Daddy to the river? Okay. Do you want to go up the slide? Well, go ahead. Sabrina decided to stay with her mom - she didn't want to go with her dad, and it's really cool here. Okay, whoa! Now we'll go down to the river and have a look. The water is so clear! Look - the water is simply incredibly clear! Wow! It's probably cold, too. But honestly, it's not that convenient to go down here. Oh well, what's there? What's there? You have to touch the water, of course. Oh-oh-oh-oh. Absolutely. By the way, I want to say it's not that icy.

Not that cold. Cold, but not icy. Beautiful! Yulia: Let's wash your hands. Let's put some gel on them. Now rub them. Rub them really well. Rub them well. Sabrina, would you like a sandwich? Sabrina: Yes. Yulia: Great. Me too. Rub them like this, yes, so that there are no germs left. So, do we have sandwiches? Max: Show me the sandwiches. Yeah, I'll wash them too. What are our sandwiches with? Yulia: Turkey, cucumber, and cheese. Max: Turkey, cucumber. Yulia: And cheese. Max: Simply wonderful. Yulia: Here you go, here you go. Max: Come on, Sabrina.

Everything a young body needs. How did your dad teach you to hold them? Just like that, well done. So nothing falls, right? Just like that - with your fingers on top. Well done. We're real athletes, of course - we've just. just started our route and already. we've had a sandwich each, and now we're going to eat some wild berries. Yulia: From the store. Max: We bring berries from the city to the forest with us. Here. And some milk, too. Basically, it's good - so. you know, so we don't lose muscle mass!

There are 10 minutes left until we reach the bears' location. We're now driving through the Valley of the Bears. Well, that's what this place is called, at least-it's a valley. And indeed, it's a valley between the mountains, very beautiful. There are some small villages here that we pass through-very cozy, very pleasant. And there's that Asturian barn again. And, of course, mountains, mountains, mountains. Everything is incredibly beautiful, everything is in bloom. It's also April, and this is actually the season when people start making pilgrimages-when they start their pilgrimages, yes. That is, pilgrims walk here through northern Spain, taking various routes.

The most famous route or path is the Camino de Santiago. And the season is just beginning now. That's why we've already seen a few people who look like pilgrims-like, with backpacks. And why is the season beginning now? Because it's not so hot, but it's not so cold either, so it's very comfortable to walk. It's very comfortable to walk. And, well, I guess another cool thing is that everything is in bloom. Well, right here right now. well, the trees up there, for example, are in bloom.

I mean, there are lots of trees in bloom, apple trees are blooming, there are some rose bushes over there. purple ones. Excuse me, some purple bushes are growing. blooming! Okay, I'm starting to talk nonsense. Some purple bushes are blooming. And here's a sign, look, a sign. So, here's our. our Bear Trail. What's dangerous here? Rocks can fall, you can fall off a cliff, dangerous intersections, and the speed limit is 30 kilometers. Well, okay. And look at the interesting font, yes - like this, it reminds us that we are in territory where the Celts used to live.

I assume that this part used to be a railroad. Now it's paved, but a train used to run here and haul coal, as far as I understand. It's a great feeling, like you're traveling along a route where a train used to go. In general. Look, everything's in bloom - those seem to be apple trees, there they are. Apple trees are blooming. And what beauty lies beyond! Breathtaking, friends! Breathtaking! Breathtaking view! Breathtaking!

There's our mom climbing the hill - what a girl! Yeah, that's part of the route. Well, we could have gone along the mountains, but we went along the road to look for bears. Apparently, there's a bear in this village - he lives in some house here. Well, it says that the bear's house is on the left. Let's go see. Looks like it. Let's go see. So, that's the story. We were driving along this trail, the Bear Trail, and at some point the map showed us that the bear's house-see, it says casa del oso, "bear's house"-was here.

And on Google Maps, there was a photo of a bear. Well, a bear. well, like a bear-a real bear. And we thought that was the place, so we turned off this trail we were driving on and ended up here, in this little town. But it turns out this is just a tourist center, and the bear lives there. So we either have to go back and drive on like this, or drive on and then get back on the trail. Anyway, we'll see what we do. But either way, we'll see a bear. And by the way, I asked about bears-and here, well, in these mountains, in these forests, there live about. damn, I forgot something-three.

three thousand or three hundred? Hm. Yes. In short, either three thousand or three hundred - something like that. Anyway, there are still bears in these forests. Well, obviously not very many of them, but they are still there. But that particular bear… and I'll tell you about him when we see him. Just look! We decided not to go to the bear now - since we passed him, we'll see him on the way back. And now we've decided to continue along the Bear Trail. And just look at how beautiful it is here! Tunnels where the train used to travel. Down here there's a river and such a gorge - simply incredible!

And there's some absolutely high, unreal mountain. It looks like a valley there - I have to see it. I really want to go further, to see what's there. Yeah, it's hard to imagine how they dug these tunnels - most likely they just blew them up with dynamite. Oh! Greenery, greenery, greenery! Such vibrant greenery! Wow, how beautiful it is here, of course! Wow, how beautiful! Perfect! The sun came out, and now you can see everything without fog, without clouds - absolutely wonderful! Look at those mountains! And there are some pine forests there. I don't know if they're pines or some kind of coniferous trees - very beautiful!

And we decided to drive to the reservoir, which is now four kilometers away from us. It's about twenty minutes of such a leisurely ride. Very, of course, beautiful. Delightful! Six minutes to the reservoir. Look how the landscape has changed - it's become much warmer. I would even say it's already a little hot. And here, in the mountains. well, because for the last thirty minutes we've been gradually climbing along this road.

We climbed and climbed - there's such a slight, like, slight incline, that is, the road very gradually rose, so it was quite comfortable to climb. And we've already climbed very high. In five minutes we'll be at the reservoir. Phew! Well, mission accomplished. Here is the reservoir. The reservoir is beautiful, the mountains are beautiful. And here a bottle of cold Spanish beer awaits us. Well, how about us? Me. Yes! Beautiful! Local beer. Yulia noticed something interesting, that. What did you say, Yulia? Yulia: Well, we've just arrived at the reservoir, and here the shore is equipped with tables, a cafe, yes.

They sell beer and wine over there. And before, if I had come somewhere and seen such civilization, I would have said: "Ugh, my God, why is this here? I want wild nature, I want it to be without this touristy flair, yes, the mood." But now I think: "Super!" And so we think - does it come with age, does it come after thirty? Max: After thirty? Well, okay, I'm closer to forty, so… Yulia: Well, I'm not yet thirty-five. Or it comes with the birth of a child. Max: It seems to me… well, this is my second child, and…

Yulia: Still, it comes with age. Max: No… I think so. I remember when my first child, Mirka… Let's include Sabrina in the picture too, because she's somehow… Well, when my first child was the same age as Sabrina now, we hitchhiked a lot. Well, the problem was that we couldn't just pop into a cafe and grab a beer or something, because we didn't really have much money back then. So our travels were more extreme - hitchhiking, and it never occurred to us that we could just grab something and sit there. But when that happened, it was also cool. So I think that here, after all, probably. Fell?

Well, no matter, you can eat. "There's no dirt in the forest" - that's the saying. Yulia: I disagree. Max: Yulia disagrees, but I always stick to this rule (*this rule). There you go. Well, okay, Sabrina, fine, as an exception, as an exception. We usually don't eat chips. Yulia: Especially since we don't give any to Sabrina. Max: Sabrina, today. okay, today you can. We burned an incredible amount of calories today. Anyway, Yul, what are your impressions? Tell us. Yulia: A very beautiful trail, a beautiful route. They go through the mountains, and every now and then you see some very pretty villages.

The weather has changed - we started the route, it was cloudy, it was gray, and that actually added a certain charm to this place. But now it's sunny, and that's also cool, because, well, everything changes. Max: It's changed. Yulia: Yes. And you can see what this place looks like in completely two different weather conditions. Max: I absolutely agree. I'm incredibly happy that the sun came out, that I can now see these mountain peaks, so rocky, made of gray stone.

Well, over there they're made of gray stone too. Wow, amazing! Excellent! We'll spend here, I think… I hope we'll definitely spend a couple of hours here. We just want to rest, walk slowly, and then we'll go back. I don't know, I think we've driven today… how far did you say, Yulia? Yulia: Well, it's about twenty-two kilometers from the station where we started just now. So, we have the same amount to go back. Max: Yeah, twenty-two, twenty-two-so, in short, about forty-five kilometers.

Sabrina, just a little bit-that's it. Just a little bit-that's it, honey. Yes, and Mom, Dad. We also have sandwiches with us. Yulia: And fruit. Max: And fruit, yes. So that's it, just a little bit-that's it. That's it, baby. What was I talking about? I was saying that our route would be about forty-five kilometers in total-quite a long way. Well, it's a little easier for me, a little harder for Yulia, but overall, of course, it's worth it-an amazing experience. And in general, these Asturian cycling and walking routes-they're pure love.

Yulia: Yes, Asturias is wonderful in that regard. Well, friends, we probably won't write down the route back, although we will definitely show you the bear. It looked like this. What can I say? We're going back and, essentially, we're just coasting. Coasting means we're not pedaling, so you're just sitting there and that's it.

Oh, the tunnel. You just sit there. And you practically don't have to pedal because there's a slight incline, and you just move forward. And that's what it looks like. Sometimes I slow down a little, but overall, it's just a pleasure to ride because it feels like I'm riding some kind of scooter or moped because you don't have to pedal at all. So, we're rolling back along this path, rolling, admiring the views, but then suddenly this problem happens. Sabrina was sitting in this chair in the back, and she got carsick, yeah, like that.

And she just fell asleep right there in this chair. Well, her head starts to kind of, like, droop, hang like that. And, well, it's not very good to sleep like that, so we tried having her just walk around, but she doesn't want to - she's apparently really tired. So we decided to let her sleep for a bit right here, and then we'll continue in 20 minutes. Well, Sabrina slept for 15 minutes, and then. she didn't want to wake up, so I carried her to this river here-I'll show you the river now-to this river, and washed her face and hands with cold water.

She didn't like it, of course, but after that, she woke up. Sabrina, how are you? She's fine, she's fine. So, and so now we're on our way. We should be at the bears very soon. Sabrina, it's just a metal bear. Let's go on, let's go on-let's see a real bear, if, of course, we see one. But we probably won't. No, there he is! He's right there-I don't know how well you can see him. We saw him. While we're driving back, and you're looking at the bear, I'll tell you her story, well, as far as I understand.

This bear was rescued a few years ago because she, well, lived here in the forest. There are bears in the forest here. I think it's called a Cantabrian bear. And she lived in the forest, but one day she fell-I don't know how it happened, but she fell. And she broke either her hip or, well, some. some bones. And people found her and nursed her back to health. But the problem is that. and she got well, yes. But the problem is that they couldn't release her back into the wild because, firstly, she had already gotten used to people, and secondly, she simply, well, couldn't live in the wild, so they left her there.

But that's what I heard, what I understood-the information isn't 100% reliable, but that's more or less how it happened. Well, we say goodbye. See you in the next video! Yulia: Bye-bye! Sabrina: Bye-bye! Max: Bye!