Regina Hotel Kazan
11 50 Let Oktyabrya street Kazan, Republic of Tatarstan, Privolzhsky, 420029, Russian Federation
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Birthday at a Bus Stop
... soon as possible. Slightly awkward moments followed. Off the bus we walked past McDonalds to the supermarket. There was a lady standing outside the entrance that called us over we had to put our handbags into the larger plastic bags and then the lady heat-sealed them. Way to call me a thief! You don’t know me!! We had a field day buying pot noodles, porridge, condensed milk, M&Ms, canned corn, juice and most importantly vodka and colouring-in books. Boom! ...
Tataristan Republic
... girls got up on the bar and did a choreographed dance to a loud song – the best one being Last Resort by Papa Roach in which the girls all had their own belt to slap the bar top with. Midnight soon rolled around and everyone wished Gaz a happy birthday with a Finlandia vodka shot. We hung around the bar for a bit longer but drinks were expensive by relative standards and the seedy-ness lost its novelty. We eventually retired back to our little hotel and slept.
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An atheist in Kazan
... a good night all in all though! Today we headed out to one of ten monastaries in the Kazan area. It was about 30km out of Kazan, and apparently the best one to visit as it is a working monastery that you can visit. It was in the middle of the forest, ok to look at, but with some good ice sculptures out on the lake infront of it, which were quite impressive. Inside were 2 cathedrals, in a similar vein to the ones we looked round yesterday with lavish decorations ...
Crazy Russian systems
... over. We managed to get the registration paper from the first hotel and found out they did it online which is the norm now. We now think the hotel just didn't want to stay there. Tomorrow it is a sleep in and then a 15 hour train ride to Yekaterinburg. We only just realises that it is new years eve so in true Alisha and Fraser style we will be on a train. Should be different. Wherever you may be for new year have a great one and we wish you a very happy and prosperous new ...
A whistle stop tour
... br> We were lucky enough to have perfect weather and the building looked incredible with its tall white towers and turquoise minaret’s. It was just as spectacular from the inside but photography was not allowed so I have no pictures. It did however seem very empty with a huge space with little in it other than a scale model of the mosque and then relatively small prayer rooms.
Unfortunately we were all a bit too tired to really appreciate Kazan to ...


