Russia Travel Blogs - Page 6

On 9.05 I had a pleasure to visit my friend's datcha 100km far from Moskow. I've been there for 2 days. During the 1st day We had to assist his parents digging holes for plants and doing some other land work. But in the evening we got free of duties and ran to play footbal with the locals. The pitc…

This is a follow on from our days in Moscow... When we rolled into St Petersburg after a fun 8 hour journey in the first class sleeper carriage of the train, our arrival in the new city was once again slightly marred by the female attendant. I had already exited the train to be greeted right there…

I spend 5 weeks making my way through Russia, Mongolia and ending up in Peking, China just before the Olympics ended. So I saw sun in Peking!:D

This is the church in Cheboksary, Russia that our team went to help out. (That's us on the front row.) The Chevosh people that we encountered there are very humble, very sweet people. Most are very quiet and private. They thought that we Americans were loud! On the trolley cars (which we had to ride quite a lot) no one speaks! We brought lots of help to the church there, but we learned a lot from them! On the way home, we spent a day in Moscow just to relax, shop and see the sights!

Moscow

Single place to skate for snowborders from Khabarovsk ))

21st June 2008 Kaliningrad, Russia Current Mood: Facsinated Category: Travel and Places   'Stoi!' That means 'Stop!' in Russian. The ladies taught me that one...   For the last few weeks I was announcing, very proudly I might add, to everybody that 'I'm going to Russia!' Then, afte…

Samara this one of many most beautiful places of Russia

Olga, (i-olgae) had a birthday on Nov 7th and I looked at her profile photo and thought, I could give her a small gift by changing her shot. I downloaded the shot and did a little lighting and color changes.  I hope she is happy with the outcome.  Happy Birthday!!   If this is a p…

So today marks the end of one week in Moscow for me. It's very touching.Contacting people back home has been exceedingly more diffilcult than Iimagined. The ONLY internet cafe I've yet found is about 30 minutes away viafoot and metro, and either doesn't support skype or I just can't get my pointacr…

Samara, formerly known as Kuibishev during Soviet era, is the fifth largest city in Russia with 1.5 million inhabitants. It is situated in the east of European Russia, about 700 miles south-east of Moscow.The city has a rich and various history. It was built as a fortress to protect Russian borders…

The Solovetsky Archipelago is in the Onega Gulf of the White Sea, and its islands cover 300 sq km. Usually called Solovki, it lies 150 kms from the Arctic Circle. In the 19th cent., Solovki became an exile for notable political and religious figures, but its most tragic period was the Soviet times. After closure for 70 years, the monastery reopened as a place of pilgrimage. Its museum, St. Nicholas Church, Assumption Cathedral and Transfiguration Cathedral are all beautifully restored.

At 7:00 a.m., we were awake, showered, full from breakfast, and at the train station waiting for our Sibelius train to St. Petersburg, Russia.  Before departing, we stopped in to a snack shop at the train station to get some baklava, rice pies, Japanese peanuts, and raspberry sparking water fo…

I popped over to Gorky Park just to see what it was like and took a photo of the Buran, Russia's answer to the Space Shuttle.  Then I wandered over to the park of statues, where the Lonely Planet told me they used to toss abandoned statues of Lenin et al.  Some misc photos from that day...

I always thought that the most getting from Moscow airport to our hostel would be the most challenging and daunting part of our entire trip.   And it was. The flight from Berlin was good, although at the airport it felt more like we should be going home instead of going on to somew…