Germany is famous for its Autobahns being some of the few public roads in the world without speed limits. Mercedes, Porsche, and BMWs zip right down the Autobahn and bring out the race car driver in just about anyone (especially Tim, but Honey, the Honda is NOT going to win). And if racing that Porsche […]
How a Bear Became the Symbol of Yaroslavl
Yaroslavl was honestly the least favorite of the cities and villages we visited during our time in Russia. Perhaps it was because we were there on the day we had the worst weather of our entire trip. Had we had better weather, I would have liked to take a river cruise or wander through the […]
The Stone Carvings of Yuryev-Polsky’s Cathedral
It’s was just absolutely pouring, by far the wettest day yet of our rainy Golden Ring of Russia tour, when we arrived to a tiny town that was barely a blip on the map. Yuryev-Polsky, which literally means Yuryev (the name of its founder) standing in a field, is actually the geographical center of the […]
Carol of the Bells
The Golden Ring of Russia town, Suzdal, is just 15 square kilometers in size but boasts an incredible amount of well preserved monasteries and churches. One of the largest and best preserved in Suzdal is the Monastery of Saint Euthymius (it’s also amongst the five largest in all of Russia!). The white stone walls have […]
The Heart of Suzdal
Outside of Russia, we generally think of kremlin as the most famous one, the Moscow Kremlin. But as we learned on our trip to Russia, a kremlin is a major fortified complex found in the heart of all Russian settlements. So it’s no surprise that the heart of Suzdal is the Suzdal Kremlin. Though the […]
A Picture of Russian Peasant Life
“After lunch, we’ll drive to Suzdal and meet a local guide at the Museum of Wooden Architecture,” Daria was explaining as our mini-bus bounced over the pot-hole filled roads. I groaned and looked at Tim. We are NOT museum people. We’d much rather learn about the culture, and in this case architecture, by being out […]
Vladimir’s Cathedral Square
Our mini-bus creeped along in Moscow traffic and our G Adventures group was abuzz despite our early morning wake-up call. We were officially starting our journey along the Golden Ring of Russia and headed to Vladimir, the start of the Golden Ring route some 80 miles northeast of Moscow. Our visit was a short excursion […]
Golden Ring of Russia
We’ve mentioned the Golden Ring of Russia at least a handful of times now and you might be wondering what exactly it is. No, it’s not just the name of the G Adventures tour we were on, though that would be a good guess! It’s actually a scattering of old Russian towns, about 10 to […]
Red Square and St. Basil’s Cathedral
In Italy, there is a saying that “all roads lead to Rome”. In Moscow, all roads do, in fact, lead to Red Square. Moscow’s major streets, which connect to Russia’s major highways, originate from the square. There’s even a plaque in front of the Iberian Gate that marks Kilometer Zero of the Russian highway system. […]
Izmailovsky Market Moscow
We’d heard that The Arbat is Moscow’s premier pedestrian shopping street for Russian souvenirs like matryoshki (nesting dolls), amber, and lacquered boxes. But in all honestly, we found most of the merchants were Chinese and were practically accosted and forced into visiting a few with “You loookee!” being shouted as we tried to pass by. […]
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