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Travel Blogs from Syktyvkar
Out into the country
... Suzdal - and check in to our motel. It is quite a cozy, comfortable affair, and it has WiFi that works. After we get checked in, we form up to trek down the road for dinner. The weather hasn't improved any, and it would be interesting to know what the locals make of a bunch of tourists huddled under umbrellas like a conga line, making their way through the paddock to dinner.
The meal is quite nice - and again the courses seem to come ...
To historic cities and beyond
... has had to be really well planned
as we only applied for a 30 day visa, and we have a lot of ground to cover in a
short space of time. Have you seen the size of Russia – really, find a map and
take a good look at it, it’s huge and the distances you cover are quite
extraordinary! We had a long list of places we wanted to visit and had worked
out the logistics with the help of travel forums and the rail website. Before
we ...
The bells are a ringing!
... irritation with constantly moving was getting to us and creating tension within the group which had already hit a point, and at times created uncomfortable situations. But we trooped on with our next destination in sight! The henchmen were trying to buy tickets to the ballet at the bulshoi theatre... Ms Sandiego was asking about the opening times of St Basils cathedral... She was overheard talking about the treasures of the Armoury... Hope you can keep on my trail, ...
Monastery
We left Suzdal at 12pm and stopped then in Yur'yev-Polskiy. After a tour of St. Georg's Cathedral we visited the monastery of Archangel Michael founded in the 13th century and now with buildings from the 17th and 18th centuries. Lunch was in the one and only cafe that exists in this ...
New Sheriff in Town
Well, well….where do I even begin. I've been working a lot of hours and had difficulty with internet connections during this stay in Russia, so I haven’t made any updates in a while. I apologize for that. A lot has happened though in the last few weeks so this is gonna be a long entry.
On the flight from JFK to Moscow, we were delayed a bit on the ground, but I wasn’t worried. Then we had to divert to Edinburgh, Scotland (for reasons ...
Other places to stay in Syktyvkar
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Hotel Syktyvkar
Kommunisticheskaya Str. 67, Syktyvkar | Hotelfrom $171 -
Yugor Hotel
2 Gorky street , Syktyvkar | Hotelfrom $112 -
Avalon
Internacionalnaya 133, Syktyvkar | Hotelfrom $149
