I live in a small town in the suburb of Saint Petersburg. In the 20th century this area was mostly "dachas" - summer cottages with vegetable and fruit gardens where people spent their weekends and vacations. Now when I take a bike ride around the town I admire the simple beauty and coziness of these cottages - some really shabby and some neat and renovated as much as possible but all having this charm I remember from my childhood when I spent my summer holidays at my grannys summer cottage.