The biography of Inna Petrova

Inna Petrova was ten times in foreign countries, visited more than 50 cities. Inna Petrova traveled around a dozen countries to her 85 years, and how many cities can’t count, he says, as if more than fifty will be gained. She recently returned from Kyrgyzstan. There, on the shores of Issyk-Kul, Krasnoyarka lived a month. She lives in the boarding house "Veteran".

She has a separate apartment - with a kitchen and a bathroom. It is quite comfortable and comfortable. But she tries to spend as much time as possible outside these walls. And be sure to go on a long journey at least once a year. After traveling, Inna Nikolaevna has many photos and memories. Of course, I have long been a pensioner, and you could already calm down. But the spirit of travel, searches calls me to where I have not yet been.

I saw that Nizhny Novgorod was one of the best cities in the world - that's all, I need to go there. Or looked about the achievements of the Uzhursky agricultural producers, I want to go to them, ”the woman says. Inna Petrova was born in Krasnoyarsk. Father - a disabled warrior - a participant in the Battle of Kursk was in the army of Vatutin. Mother is a dressmaker.

The family lived very modestly. But when for good success in studying and active participation in the life of the university, she - a student of a pedagogical institute - in the year became one of those who could go abroad by the ticket, their relatives supported. The girl chose China. This was her first journey. The student participated in amateur performances. Our delegation was literally nursed there.

They settled in the hotel, carried on excursions. We visited Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin, Shangyan. Were in their hospital and commune, visited museums. The Chinese are very hardworking, honest, they have no theft. But then they lived even poorer than us. To the question of happiness, they answered that this means always to be well -fed. But then at a farewell dinner we were served 15 dishes - this is how they treated us there, ”recalls Inna Nikolaevna.

Not only to a vacation, a pensioner repeated a trip to China in half a century - a year: she did an operation there. She managed to visit twice in some countries. And dozens of cities of the former USSR. Moreover, a native of Krasnoyarsk went not only to relax - several times she radically changed her residence permit. In some countries, Inna Petrova visited twice.

The son was born. But when the child was three years old, she escaped from her husband again to Siberia. And once I decided to leave for Tajikistan. He says that his hometown was then very dirty, and the climate wanted to get warmer. So I changed my apartment to Leninabad. Heat, near the house of Rosaria and nearby the Syr Darya flows. Delicious and cheap fruits, but in Krasnoyarsk we did not see them then, ”says Petrova.

Then there was Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. The decision to move there was spontaneous, and the desire was very strong. In addition, she loved the fish that this land is famous for.

I wanted to see the mountains and a lot of snow on hot springs. In general, I changed the apartment again. By the way, it’s not very successful. ” Meanwhile, personal life, as Inna Nikolaevna says, did not develop. At the age of 46, she announced a newspaper that she was looking for a life partner. About a hundred letters came. But most of all - from Mikhail from Novosyolov.

So Inna Petrova returned to the Krasnoyarsk Territory. And she lived in the village for more than 20 years - she raised tomatoes, walked behind the cattle. She worked with children for many years: she was a teacher of geography by education, led biology, worked in the district, was an inspector for the protection of children's rights. She talked a lot about her impressions, about what she saw with her own eyes.

That is, she led the lessons not just on textbooks. ” When the husband died, she sold the house, moved to the boarding house. The son, too, has long been not alive. I divided the money with relatives, and the remaining began to actively travel. I took inexpensive package tours abroad. I usually went with a friend. That one had a friend in a tourist agency that selected economical options.

But for a long time, Inna Petrova has been going to save money from a pension for the most part, they are kept for living in the boarding house. Last year, she went to Bashkiria. The last trip was this summer to Kyrgyzstan. In Krasnoyarsk, a woman is a local star. They wrote about her in the newspapers, she was shown on TV. Once in one interview, she said that she wanted to go to Issyk-Kul.

At first I even booked a tour there. But there was not enough money. And a pensioner, since before that the media had already been told about her travels, she decided to ask for money from large companies. She was not directly refused, but they said that they could not allocate funds so quickly. True, in one organization, the head of the unit, having learned that she asks only 5 thousand on the banks of Issyk-Kul.

I found the room on the spot. First more expensive. But then in the store I talked with a woman, eventually found cheaper - paid rubles a day. And in general, the main thing in trips, I think, is communication, good conversations. Several times people recognized me: apparently, they read or watched the TV where they showed me. Someone even helped with money, ”recalls the pensioner.

And money, of course, put off. I use every opportunity. It happened that someone accompanied-a child or a disabled person.In Russian cities I try to be in the same boarding house, a couple of times even there I stopped for the night. Once she turned to church, also helped with accommodation. Again, there are a lot of relatives, acquaintances - I stop with them.

And I try to ride light, not in the season, I order tours in advance, at a large discount, I save, ”Inna Nikolaevna shares advice. It is noteworthy that a woman does not use the Internet at all. He says, tried to master - it did not work out. And all because she has a button phone - the smartphone cannot afford. That is, she is not available to all the services that modern travelers use now to find, where to live and what to see.

And of course, I communicate with people, I'm not afraid to ask, ”the pensioner explains. By the way, Inna Nikolaevna herself also writes about her travels, the local newspaper published even whole U -turning. The woman says that the next trip has not yet planned. But he thinks that he will go not far: now she wants to study the Krasnoyarsk Territory and Khakassia.

She will be very glad if someone supports her in this. What is not the propaganda of local tourism, which they are now trying to promote in every possible way?