Random Things I Liked in Novgorod

 A gift to me because I couldn't go to St. Petersburg. Thank you!

A handmade lace shawl.

Lesya's black currant jam.

 White nights.

Fragrant blooming jasmine all over town.

 Refrigerator chess.

 Old metalwork.

 An ancient alphabet.

 A bathroom floor covering. Each block is about 6 inches square.

Dostoyevsky's typewriter. 

Dostoyevsky's samovar. With cookies. 

 Domes on the church gate.

 Ornate grillework.

 A church from 1410.  

 The contents of the mineral water in Staraya Russa.

 At the health spa.

 Architectural details.

 A painted trunk. 

 From a poster near the kremlin.


 Run this way!

 I think this was a strawberry drink.


This three year old could count to ten in English.

 Patterns in paving stones. Someone should make a quilt out of this.

The squeaky parquet floors in the museums.

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