in the pizza place in Vladimir
still in the pizza place in Vladimir
Vladimir's "golden gate"
another view of the "golden gate" (I realize it is neither golden nor a gate per se...)
staircase up to the museum in the golden gate
diorama with flashing lights and audio in the golden gate museum
view from a window in the golden gate
another view of Vladimir
this used to be part of the city wall (I think)
random gold thing with crow
random gold thing without crow :)
spacesuit!
another view from the golden gate
Russian traffic patterns
meeting the spaceman
back down the stairs
this was a seriously steep staircase
wedding party on their umpteenth loop around the golden gate, constantly honking
nick decided to skateboard down a wall (not really)
wedding pictures
grassy wall
running up the grassy wall
silhouetted victory shot on grassy wall
more grassy wall shots
Nick decided to skateboard on a dirt path
...and surprisingly he didn't die
another museum thing
pretty view
random church
random church AND pretty view, whoa
litter
more views and churches
Jenna and Dima
little kids!
more view plus an old house
inside the tall brick museum
huge keys
Irina explains what we're looking at
sweet spiral staircase, part 1
sweet spiral staircase, part 2
another church (they're like starbucks here, to quote mike, someone sneezes and one pops up...okay never mind that probably didn't make any sense)
view!
more view!
pretty tree-lined path!
VIEW!
odd glass effect
view from an overpass
view of the overpass
Russians are serious about their banks
milling about
another view of the bank
weiner dogs!
snazzy statue
cathedral of the assumption (the one in Moscow is modeled off of this)
horses (comment: all the trees are apparently painted white to keep bugs away or something, but it was kind of weird)
nature is pretty
gold onion-domed cathedral
vista!
one of those crow-pigeon mutant obnoxious birds
pretty river and scenery
more scenic views
schoolkids getting their picture taken
blurry because the camera police bumped my arm right as it was exposing to tell me "no cameras allowed"...
another view of the cathedral (maybe this is a different one? argh)
you'll never guess what I found - a cathedral! whoa!
this one had a bell tower and spikey thing
view plus cathedrals
pretty sky...oh and a cathedral...
take away the Russian-ness and random run-down junky area and it's vaguely reminiscent of eastern WA
the group, well, at least most of us anyway, Dima must have been taking the picture (I like how Irina has on Jeff's ridiculous sunglasses)
random pillar with statues, leaving Vladimir now
at the hotel in Suzdal! Irina, me, and Celina are color-coordinated :)
walking around Suzdal
still walking around Suzdal
horse and buggy in Suzdal!
beautiful evening with little church
the Suzdal kremlin - my all-time favorite Russian building because of the amazing blue domes with gold stars on them!
another part of the Suzdal kremlin
(I took a lot of pictures because it was pretty)
(here's another one)
photo op time
yay!
another village-esque view
in the restaurant where we couldn't eat...
...it was full and there was some kind of celebration going on...
...complete with blurry dancers!
heading back out to find another restaurant, beautiful view
walking along
river and view!!
more river and dusk!
me in front of the pretty view
my "blackberry ice cream" (oh russia)
take 2, this time in focus with a flash
random flashing palm tree thing
morning in the hotel
view from the hotel window
nice grassy area outside the hotel
lounging around before heading out
cute little church
random Suzdal dog and cat
modern and old fashioned
it seems like half of Russia is like this and half is beautiful cathedrals
still walking through Suzdal
it's probably illegal to not have a random square with a statue of Lenin in a town
photo op...oh those crazy Americans...
more photo taking
"favorite city" - yes!!
horse-and-buggy and...car
Jack pretended to climb this wall for about 5 minutes so we could all get photos
then Jeff pretended to climb the wall and nearly hit his head
more Suzdal
Dima...
the part you don't see
random clothesline
someone's house? condos? we'll never know
random "alley"
huzzah double-headed eagle
reminded me of Slytherin :)
this cat was determined to run away from us
tourist buses...oi
in the monastery (yet another white-painted tree bottom)
you know, another building...
walking around the monastery
I found flowers!
random gazebo
gazebo ceiling with missing board
random building in the monastery
Jack joked "you found the only flower in Russia and took a picture of it" because this one was all by itself in a huge flowerbed
church inside the monastery
we decided the green ones looked inflated
snazzy belltower
birds' nests
inside the monastery cathedral
...crammed with tourists
but the walls and ceiling were amazing!
snazzy chandelier
more tourists in the cathedral
another angle
the ceiling, part 1
the ceiling, part 2
the bell concert!
sitting on the grass listening to the bells
weird bugs...
another shot of the weird bugs
group shot!
another view of the main cathedral in the monastery
nick stops to rest by a tree
being tourists
more pretty flowers
Jeff tries on a fox hat
view across the river
I love Suzdal!
proof that I was here, part 1
proof that I was here, part 2
check out the sky reflected in the water
apparently hitting pedestrians is a sport here. the red color means level 5, "extremely difficult" (probably because they're running).
Jeff saunters along
heading to the other side of Suzdal
random walkway with cool lighting
scarves for sale
heading to cross the river
view of the Suzdal kremlin from the river
crossing the river
sketchy foot bridge...
wooden cathedral!
yet another photo of the Suzdal kremlin
close up of the wooden cathedral, part of the outdoor wooden building museum
inside a small wooden chapel
another view
I decided this was a human hamster wheel
walking around the wooden structures
rainbow!
*I have no idea*
more wood buildings
heading back to our hotel to get our belongings
pretty!
in front of the "Sokol Hotel"
Felix and Dima (Felix bought what is quite possibly the most ridiculous hat I've seen here)
