Uglich, Russia, 5 July 2007
Approaching the Uglich Kremlin.
Church of St. Dmitry on the Blood, built in the 1690s on the spot where Ivan the Terrible's young son Dmitry was murdered in 1591.
Decorative tiles on the wall of St. Dmitry on the Blood.
Painting of the Uglich Kremlin in 1674.
Concert by unaccompanied male choir.
Street musicians singing for tour groups. Huge cruise boats go along the Volga, stopping at various towns, and the many tour groups from the boats come through the town in waves. Our small group was a mere drop in the bucket.
Vodka bottled with cobras in it??? One of the more peculiar exhibits at the Russian Vodka Museum.
Accordian player and bell ringer in the family-run bell museum.
Our camp site on the Volga banks, with tandem functioning as clothes line.
Relaxing before dinner at our camp site on the Volga banks.
Sunset over the Volga. Time is approximately 11 pm.
Approaching the Uglich Kremlin.
Church of St. Dmitry on the Blood, built in the 1690s on the spot where Ivan the Terrible's young son Dmitry was murdered in 1591.
Decorative tiles on the wall of St. Dmitry on the Blood.
Painting of the Uglich Kremlin in 1674.
Concert by unaccompanied male choir.
Street musicians singing for tour groups. Huge cruise boats go along the Volga, stopping at various towns, and the many tour groups from the boats come through the town in waves. Our small group was a mere drop in the bucket.
Vodka bottled with cobras in it??? One of the more peculiar exhibits at the Russian Vodka Museum.
Accordian player and bell ringer in the family-run bell museum.
Our camp site on the Volga banks, with tandem functioning as clothes line.
Relaxing before dinner at our camp site on the Volga banks.
Sunset over the Volga. Time is approximately 11 pm.