WHAT A DAY!
The days are shortening fast now and there are not many weekends left before winter comes, so we have to make hay whilst the sun shines and get out to some interesting places whilst we can!
It has to be said that this was a fairly long day out, leaving home at six a.m. and catching the first bus out of the City. We had an interesting time buying the tickets. We were needing a little help to ask a couple of questions at the ticket booth and a nice elderly gentleman asked us if he could help. We were so surprised that this ordinary old man could speak such good English. Must have been in the KGB! Having said that, how judgemental can we get! It is rather a long time since the end of the Soviet Union, there is no reason why he couldn't have learned English since then! He did help us and we did catch the bus!
The main interest of this town is inside a walled part, known as the Kremlin. It is of great significance to the Russians and a UNESCO heritage site of some importance. The bell tower is the oldest in Russia.
I'm glad I have been there but a lot of it was under reconstruction and it took so long to get there and back that I don't think we will return.
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