Street lamps

Melting in Yekateringburg-95 degrees !!

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November 29th 2012
Met again by a non English speaking taxi driver -notice a pattern emerging !- and whisked through the underground walkway and then the car park to his car.This is Russias 4th largest city and a real culture shock with modern high rise buildings and lots of neon flashing lights.Nevertheless we are heading ever closer to Moscow,only 2 hours time difference now. Our hotel was called the Guru Hotel ... 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