A fountain near Red Square

June 30th 2007
Today and yesterday are big holidays here. They are the Independence Day celebrations when the USSR broke up and the CIS was formed. We went as close to Red Square as we could. Today it was roped off awaiting the evening's festivities. We could see the famous churches, Kremlin, etc. from a block or two away. But our object today was to get Metro subway tickets and to start to learn how to get arou ... 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

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Bill & Nancy Lively

Bill and Nancy

We are retired librarians. Nancy worked for the Board of Education and Bill operated a one person engineering library for a communications company. Travel has been one of our passions our entire marriage. Originally we thought this blog would report only on our trip to Prague. However, we have decided to add entries and photos previous trips. We hope you enjoy them. Visited Countries Map http://www.worldmapmaker.com/view-map.php?map_id=... full info

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