The Big Buffalo

To Russia!

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June 24th 2008
Tuesday 24th June The taxi-van had picked us up and dropped us at the bus stop when Owen realised his camera-bag was missing. I had done the "last check" of our rooms at the hotel and hadn't spotted it. We convinced the driver to take Owen back to check, but they returned empty-handed. On reflection, Owen thought he had left it at the Olde Hansa on a bench alongside our table (in the dark). ... read more

Europe » Russia

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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