Uglich, Russia

After passing several canal locks , we entered Volga River from Moscow Canal and approached our first destination after Moscow, Uglich. But before that, there are a lot of activities on-board (not by the standard of Caribbean cruise): there are lecture ...

... I didn't know the Russian for "if I don't get a coffee I'm going to die"so we had this kind of Mexican stand off ...in Russia. Then an English speaking guy turned up, who, it turned out, she had organised to be my guide for that Monastery. Very kind of her ...

... at this time  - a belfry standing up tall and proud in the middle of all the water.  We stopped at Uglich which is one of Russia's Golden Ring cities, and one of the oldest, founded in 973.  The name derives from the Russian word for angle ...

... the highest point. 2pm lunch and the new menu system seems to work. Rest after lunch getting up to date before our arrival in Uglich which is a small village of 30,000. Included was a guided walk and there were many souvenir places as well. The standard ...