Day #20: Nizhny Novgorod

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Nizhny is a river city, with the old part of the city and its Kremlin situated high up on the highest hill overlooking the vast Volga. This means stuning panoramic views over the city and the river, but a killer of a walk up to our hostel in the old town: 90 minutes from the train station, mostly steeply uphill. It was worth it, though, for the views, and we spent the rest of the day admiring the vista and walking along the wide promenade by the Volga. The sheer size of the Volga makes it easy to forget that it is a river - walking beside it felt more like walking along a seafront. As it was a weekend, the prom was packed with tourists, enjoying probably one of the first days of the year when the Volga has flowed, rather than being frozen over.

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