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Uglich – a beautiful town with a fabulous church dedicated to Ivan the Terrible’s murdered son.
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The approach to Uglich |
The shop on the quayside |
Traditional Russian Folksingers |
The Kremlin at Uglich |
Prince Dimitry's house |
Yaroslavl – once one of the most important cities in Russia; for us the chance to visit a genuine street market
Goritsy – a small town with an ancient monastery (Sorry, I didn't take any photos here)
Kizhi – an island with the most amazing collection of ancient wooden architecture
and Mandrogi. – a newly built theme park with craft exhibitions, a Vodka museum, and a fascinating open-air woodland re-creation of a Pushkin poem (I really recommend that you view this page!)
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Traditional transport |
Capstan ferry across to the woodland glades |
Arriving at the woodland glades |
The start of the Pushkin poem trail |
What bears do in the woods! |
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Debbie gets close to a bear - lucky it was stuffed! |
The vodka museum |
The vodka museum |
A traditional small doorway to keep the warmth in |
Traditional Russian Dolls |
As we neared St Petersburg we were surprised when the ship kept stopping at anchor and then re-starting, as did all the other ships around us. We soon realised that the river Neva, which is fast-flowing and twisting, operates with a one-way system. Everybody travels for an hour and then anchors for an hour while traffic travels in the opposite direction. The system seems to work quite well.
Finally we moored in St Petersburg, where our ship was to be our hotel for the last 3 days and nights.
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