Crossing the little river

A bike ride in the forest

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July 27th 2004
Today we have decided to go for a bike ride around Listvianka. We rented the bikes from the only hotel in the surroundings and hit the road. Down the hill is pretty easy - but up the hill a bit less. In some points the road was so steep that we had to push the bikes! 😊 After a while, tired to follow the main road we decided to follow the 'road less travelled'. Basically we wanted to ... read more

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Founded in the 12th century, the Principality of Muscovy, was able to emerge from over 200 years of Mongol domination (13th-15th centuries) and to gradually conquer and absorb surrounding principalities. In the early 17th century, a new Romanov Dynas... ... read more