Uglich

Very short blog. Uglich is a small town and is the last stop before Moscow. Once again another church to visit with its usual decorations, another choir singing with the usual CD that can be purchased, and a church that was built as a memorial to the son of aTsar (can't remember the Tsar but the church was called Dimitri, church of the spilled blood, or something similar) . Dimitri was about 8 and was playing outside with a knife when he had an epileptic fit and managed to stab himself in the neck 7 times (Oh yeah? More likely he was assassinated so someone else could take the throne.)

Ran the gauntlet of market stalls but they did have some nice items reasonably priced. Set sail and went past a spire of a church rising out of the middle of the river. There was a whole town underneath when the area was dammed . Later that night we had the talent show where those of us who had been learning Russian, sang three songs, the Russian dancers gave a dance, plus a few other items. Amateur mike night but it was a bit of fun.Read more