photos

most recent pictures, as promised…



church in Novgorod. It was really beautiful; this picture doesn't really do it justice, but after I took it, our tour guide told us we weren't supposed to take photos in there.



two churches in Novgorod
Novgorod has zillions of old churches. The Church in the foreground is supposed to magically be able to make you have a good marriage if you run around it three times, so all the girls booked around it. Except as soon as they started running, some random stray Doberman started chasing them. It just wanted to play, but it was pretty funny.



Novgorod beach
There's a pretty sweet statue of a guy on a horse if you look closely enough.



Church of Saint Sophia, Novgorod



Moscow subway - we FINALLY did do the circle line. In fact, I got separated from the group and had to finish the line and walk back to the hostel myself.



Red Square at night - You can see Saint Basil's in the background.



another Moscow subway shot



Church of the Archangel, view from the theater within the Kremlin Wall, Moscow

Oh and PS, there apparently weren't any Roma in Moscow - they've all been kicked out. Everyone I saw whom I thought were Roma were actually just dirty old people (бомж).