Russia is grand! It is so nice to be back in Europe again, and Moscow has history! It seems amazing to be in a country filled with buildings going back hundreds of years and still in use, to visit churches going back centuries, to walk through streets with crumbling plasterwork; until this trip I had no idea just how privileged we are in Europe to live amongst the history of our forefathers, I took it for granted. Even in Japan where I expected history and sought it out, it didn't feel the same! Moscow has some amazingly beautiful buildings, especially the churches, I had one of those jaw dropping with wonderment moments today in at least two of the churches! Sorry no Moscow pictures yet...
The transiberian Railway journey too, was just fabulous! I enjoyed every moment, and the scenery was fantastic. It was cold and wintry with small patches of snow remnants and ice in the mornings, trees with tiny new green leaves, and bare fields waiting to be sown. Then we crossed the Urals and it was summer, trees in full leaf and 30' in Moscow! Siberia is beautiful miles and miles of silver birch forest interspersed with Chagall like villages, complete with wonky dark wooden huts, and beautifully painted and decorated window frames.
Some pictures from the train....
The transiberian Railway journey too, was just fabulous! I enjoyed every moment, and the scenery was fantastic. It was cold and wintry with small patches of snow remnants and ice in the mornings, trees with tiny new green leaves, and bare fields waiting to be sown. Then we crossed the Urals and it was summer, trees in full leaf and 30' in Moscow! Siberia is beautiful miles and miles of silver birch forest interspersed with Chagall like villages, complete with wonky dark wooden huts, and beautifully painted and decorated window frames.
Some pictures from the train....
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