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Day 03 - 31st August 2010 - Istanbul and Moscow

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September 1st 2010
Day 03 31st August 2010 - Istanbul and Moscow Crystal and Laetitia went for a turkish bath in the morning, and I met them outside the famous Blue Mosque. We went inside - very beautifully decorated from floor to ceiling, with soft red carpet (shoes off at the door, as with any mosque). Caught a cab to the airport, where we departed for Moscow via Riga in Latvia. On arrival in Mosco ... 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