Three day scenery

Russia sure is big.

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July 31st 2008
Well here we are in Moscow. We were so thrilled to get here after 72 hours non stop. The train was actually pretty good with lots of storage but about the 66 hour mark we all got really lethargic. The highlight was the station stops we could get off at to buy food from old ladies at the station.The boiled potatoes were particularly grand!!! If I see another game of UNO or Yahtzee I will scream th ... 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