Preparation....South Korea's Got Seoul!Well, we're here.....We are gloopy....Have a great weekend!Hello, Friends!Snow! Snow! Snow!Another Monday....Where is the sneg of yesteryear?!?Merry Christmas!С Новым Годом!Наш Рай!Back to School.....NovgorodAnother week has passed......Very quickly....
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Velikiy Novgorod, Russia
It was already afternoon by the time we arrived, so we headed straight away for the Museum of Wooden Architecture, an open air museum about 10 minutes away from the centre of town, with examples of early wooden architecture, churches, houses, and even a windmill! It was so beautiful - it was the end of the day, so there were practically no other visitors, and lots of snow. It was really lovely. Then we headed for the St George monastery, which was even more spectacular. Unfortunately, we were too late to enter the church, but we walked around for a while in the snow, looking at how incredible it was. It was so dark by this time, we couldn't even really take pictures - I also slipped on the ice and dropped my camera in the snow, and when Zoe went to help me, she fell over too...so my camera was fairly unhappy after that, and refused to take any more photos for the rest of the day. It was wonderful to see it though, I'm so glad we took the trip out there!
We had a feast at a local cafe, got a good night's sleep, and the next morning headed over to what was once the local marketplace, where there some truly beautiful churches. After that, we visited the Kremlin, and entered the Cathedral of St Sophia to see the amazing decorative icons inside. All the churches in Novgorod were so beautiful, it was a really lovely day!
The journey to and from Novgorod was really interesting, as well. Everything changes so much as soon as you leave the city, it's crazy. Along the way, there were lots of little villages which seemed to consist of just a row of houses, many of which were really delapidated and sometimes completely falling apart. We spoke about it in our conversation class yesterday, and our teacher told us that usually people have to come and live in the city during winter, because it's simply too harsh to live out there. But we still saw people walking around and everything...... The journey made us both really want to explore more traditional towns!
So, that was our journey to Novgorod! We really enjoyed ourselves.....
Love, Meg and Zoe
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