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The Golden Ring

LEletizia13 ·32 photographs ·10 Jul 2007 – 14 Jul 2007 ·5 days
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Where
Suzdal, Sergiev Posad
When
10 Jul 2007 – 14 Jul 2007
5 days · trip of 2007
Who
Let13 · @letizia13 · Roma
How
Travel diary
The story

Renting a car in Moscow is simple and fairly quick, and you can go and visit these two gems of what is commonly called the Golden Ring. The roads are not in great condition and the Russians are used to speeding, but with a little caution it is not at all dangerous. Watch out for checkpoints, they are extremely numerous and the police are rather strict and do not speak English; do not commit any offences and make it clear that you don't speak Russian. You won't have any problems, but if they really are reluctant to let you go... horrible to say... leave a little something for the policeman on duty. Sadly that's how it is. As soon as you leave Moscow you will discover another country, immense and beautiful, inhabited by people very different from Muscovites. Suddenly it is like being catapulted back in time, into a distant but, unlike Moscow, welcoming world. Suzdal is a true gem.

Sergiev Posad is the most important pilgrimage destination for the Orthodox. Don't miss them!

The journey's photographs

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golden domes of an Orthodox church with gold crosses against gray skyTrinity Lavra of St. Sergius, golden and blue domes under cloudy skyBlue star-painted domes and gilded central dome of cathedral, Sergiev PosadFresco of two saints under a wrought-iron canopy on a white wallNuns in black walk through a monastery courtyard with green domed buildingPale blue baroque bell tower in Sergiev Posad, golden dome, purple flowers in foregroundTrinity fresco with three angels at a table above a church entranceWhite church with gilded onion dome and cross, Rostov Kremlin churchReligious fresco under an Orthodox church pediment, pale skyBlonde woman in front of blue and golden onion domes at Sergiev Posad LavraOrthodox monk and nun talking on a wooden monastery balconyTourists walk on cobblestones in front of a pale green building with grey roofElderly women in headscarves sitting on green benches in monastery courtyardWomen trying fur hats near matryoshka stalls at the Trinity Lavra, Sergiev PosadWoman in blue headscarf browsing wooden matryoshka dolls at Suzdal marketWar memorial with star and flower wreaths, behind the white Trinity cathedral in SerpukhovBlue highway signs point to Sergiev Posad and Yaroslavl on busy M8 roadWoman at the entrance of a Russian grocery store, white and green brick buildingWooden countryside houses among tall grass and trees, cloudy skyGreen Russian car stopped on country road, brake lights on, plate E349CXWhite churches with onion domes beside a stream under grey cloudsTwo smiling women holding cups of red berries at an outdoor marketWhite church with silver onion domes beside fir trees, cloudy skyWhite church with silver onion domes and bell tower on wet street, SuzdalWhite church with dark dome and bell tower in Suzdal under cloudy skyBrown horse pulls a decorated carriage with a driver in red shirtPink wooden mansion with silvery metal roof, white verandas, overcast gray skyTwo women under a white archway, church towers and brick walls behindWhite monastery gate with two red tent-roofed towers under a grey skyWhite walls of Rostov Kremlin with blue onion domes under cloudy skyWhite church with green roof and five black onion domes topped by golden crossesNativity Cathedral in Suzdal, blue star-painted domes, white walls, cloudy sky
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