Kazan Kremlin

... easy for you." I mumble, "you've spoken Russian all your life and I need all my life to understand Russian."             --Getting on a bus with 200 people on it (I'm not kidding) and being felt up by complete strangers... ...

... of 1.1 million, is the capital of Tatarstan, which is said to be one of the most nationalistic Republics inside the Russian Federation, with a muslim population and even its own language. Some signs in city are in both Tatar and Russian ...

... freaked me out a little.  Anyway, the hockey team had terrible cheerleaders and cheesy games, but I wanted to see real live Russian hockey, I mean, if they are dirty players over here, can you imagine how they play in Russia? Soon the match began and I ...

... les passants de musique aseptisee (quoique l'intervention de Dschinghis Khan fut fort a propos). Principale attraction de la ville, le Kremlin et la recente et tres jolie mosquee Kol Sharif, d'un blanc aveuglant. On se retrouve heberges en lointaine ...

... were an amazing group!  They were very kind and courteous and I felt like I had known them for a long time.  After the Kremlin, we took them to lunch at a Tatar restaurant, where they could experience Tatar food and on the way showed them the ...

... paivaamme kaupungissa menivat vilahtaen ohi levyttamisen ja kaupungin ihastelun ohella. Vaikuttavimpana nahtavyytena voi pitaa Kremlin muurien sisasta loytyvaa jattimaista moskeijaa. Loysimme vahingossa yliopiston vapaa-aikatalolta unixista biljardisalin ...

... 's also the biggest mosque in Europe. There is of course a rival blue and turquoise cathedral close by. Both are located in the Kazan kremlin (walled city), with a nice park, all surrounded by a white wall. We got back on the train that evening, in ...

... the gates. I'm sure we looked like complete fools, but that is the fun of it, you know?              Leaving the Kremlin, we passed the statue where the man is wrapped in chicken wire (I know it's symbolism, but chicken wire is all ...

... and then began to tour the city. Kazan prides itslef in the harmonious relations between Muslims and Christians. In the city Kremlin, there stands a mosque and a church, side by side. Both are not practicing, but instead are museums for tourists. ...

... the same people again and again since I arrived in St Petersburg. I would love to explain you this feeling i have about Russian people but it's impossible, you have to come and see by yourself. I remember all the people who told me about Russia, ...