Perm, 14.06.2019 During a short break on the motorway, checking messages and Insta on the way to Kazan, I saw a friend from Barcelona posting a picture from home – in Izhevsk, my next stop. The town lies on the way to the Ural mountains and features a museum of Mikhail Kalashnikov, the inventor ofContinueContinue reading “Surprise encounter”
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Tatarstan
Kazan, 13.06.2019 Leaving Nizhni Novgorod, the weather started to worsen and it rained intermittently. The following six hours saw me driving eastbound, parallel to the Volga without ever seeing it. In general there wasn’t a lot to see, the landscape was the same as the past days, and the new motorway had no thrills toContinueContinue reading “Tatarstan”
Russia day
Nizhni Novgorod, 12.06.2019 Today I woke up late and decided to grab a coffee on my way to see the Kremlin of Nizhni Novgorod, hoping to see a bit of the old city center too. Last night I had reached the city after sundown. The Soviet suburbs were a bit rough compared to the GoldenContinueContinue reading “Russia day”
The Golden Ring
Nizhni Novgorod, 11.06.2019 In Russia’s last two centuries of history, there have been several devastating wars and 70 years of communist regime. Among the wars, WWII stands out, as the fighting was particularly brutal and scorched earth, aka total destruction of everything, was part of the tactics. After WWII the communist regime had to rebuildContinueContinue reading “The Golden Ring”
Summertime
Moscow, 09.05.2019 Having been in Moscow already quite a few times for business and leisure, I skipped the tourist trail. The city was the last stop in a major metropolis for some time, and I had to work my to-do list of relatively unsexy things like laundry, haircut, get a Russian sim card, buy roadContinueContinue reading “Summertime”
