Uglich

Uglich




Today we got off the ship and toured Uglich. We woke up to much greener lands on each side of the boat. We are heading south plus time is passing so we are seeing spring come in the land. It is really pretty. Uglich is a quaint town and we walked from the dock to the kremlin or center of the town. It was hard to keep walking as the lanes were lined with souvenir stalls. But we did our best to walk past them and go to the church of the blood of Dmitry. It was very pretty with lots of icons and paintings in the same tradition as other Russian Orthodox churches we have been in. We had a group photo made at the residence where Dmitry and his mother lived. Then Natasha took us to an ATM so we could replenish our money supply and we got us some cokes to drink back in our room. We walked around the stalls and found some souvenirs for different people on our list. There are a lot of wonderful artistic things and it is so tempting to want them. But we keep reminding ourselves to be practical and get something useful at least. The churches in this town were colorful and had lots of onion domes so of course, we took lots of photos. We are going to have a ton of photos to wade through and delete. The sunsets are beautiful here on the river. The sunset is earlier here in the southern part than it was in St Petersburg and earlier on the river. But it is still quite late.

Tonight we were asked to sit at the Captain’s table which was a neat experience. Captain Boris sat next to Jim and I was next and Natasha was next to me. Natasha translated for us and there were 3 other couples plus another program director and the ship director. We had steak or a vegetarian dish and I ordered a Coke instead of the wine and it was refilled along which was great. They fixed everything for me without onions and it was so good.

Of course the main finale was the baked Alaska dessert. We had the most trips of anyone on the ship so that was sort of nice for once.



We are on our way to Moscow now and should arrive after lunch tomorrow. We have a city tour mid afternoon so that we will at least get off and see some sites.

I asked tonight when GCT was going to get wifi on the ship because the Viking ships have it. They said that it is being tested on one of the riverboats in Europe this year and next year the others should have it. It would really help if they had it as there are no internet cafes and such along the way and the ship’s internet is slow at times and at some times can’t pick up a signal at all.