Novinka Hotel Kazan
30 Korolenko ulitsa Kazan, Republic of Tatarstan, Privolzhsky, 420044, Russian Federation
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Birthday at a Bus Stop
... about God. This particular church is famous however; people with cancer came here, prayed and were cured. Coincidence….no way!! After one church we went through a smaller doorway into a little room attached to the façade of another building. Inside this room there were three taps coming out of the wall quite high up and a trough running beneath them. From the tap flowed…holy water. Yes you read correctly. Holy water, which brought people from far ...
Tataristan Republic
... religious, very Orthodox and often has friends round for tea and religious discussions. She pointed out the leaning tower, which in legend was built for a princess who was to marry Ivan the Terrible. She asked him to build it for her in a week then she jumped off the roof so she didn’t have to marry him. Apparently none of it is true though as the princess wasn’t in Kazan at the time and was already married. From the Kremlin we had a great view ...
First real russian city
... Had also wanted to visit the natural history museum which had some cool looking dinosaur bones, which I could see from the door, but unfortunatley started my day to late and it was closing by the time I got there.
From here ended up wandering back to the hostel via a mosque and a quick side trip to the lake. Seems like this is the place to hang out since I saw a number of people by the lakeside having a beer. Note though that russian seem to like having a beer almost anywhere.
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Nighttrain
Nightly transport, sleeping and traveling...a lot of people like it, especially the backpackers, because it saves money on the hostels I am not a big fan of sleeping on night-buses or trains. But it is an interesting experience.
In the train you sleep in bunks (2 in Russia, sometimes 3 in India) and unless you travel first class it's a normal open wagon, not in coupes. There is ...
Friggin freezing!
... overtones in Kazan, many cathedrals and other places of worship. We saw lots of people today who had come on pilgrimage from surrounding villages and towns to Kazan to come and worship at the cathedral icons. We took a walk through the central park of Kazan, with snow about 6 foot deep, although cleared around the pathways. We then had to say to our guide that we needed a break having been on the go for 3 hours, walked what seemed like a marathon (almost as bad as ...



