Wednesday, October 16, 2019 (continued)
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We noticed the ferry was running, and went back for a ride;
the young man is turning the cable guide |
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| A birch branch is used as a handle for the cable guide |
The ferry took us to the land of Lukomorye, a fairy tale land associated with the Alexander Pushkin poem
Ruslan and Ludmila.
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| Tamiko with the Giant Head from the poem (KSS) |
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| The Wise Cat who tells stories in Lukomorye |
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| Kent with the Mermaid who sits in an oak tree |
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| The witch's hut on chicken feet in Lukomorye |
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| Ruslan with the dwarf sorcerer, Chernomor |
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| A detour to the Church of the Prophet Elijah, which is being renovated |
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| New windows have already been installed (KSS) |
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| Empty chicken coop cages of the mini-zoo |
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| Columbia livia/Rock Doves |
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| Silver Fox (melanistic form of Vulpes vulpes) (KSS) |
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| Vulpes vulpes/Red Fox (KSS) |
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| The red fox and Kent |
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| Ciconia ciconia/White Stork |
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| Asio otis/Long-eared Owls (KSS) |
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| Hinny (has a pony father and donkey mother) |
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| A newer animal enclosure with a faux white birch wall |
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| Domesticated rabbits (KSS) |
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| Maybe these are Ludmila's family with King Vladimir on the R |
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| And this must be the lovely Ludmila |
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| It was snowing hard as we waited for the ferry |
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Kent, Peter, Shousong, Tamiko, Eileen, and JoAnn; the only
adventurers to go to Lukomorye (Thanks for the photo, JoJo!) |
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| "Souvenir Supermarket" |
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| Blue and white porcelain in Lomonosov style |
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| Traditional Sarafan dresses |
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| Kokoshnik/Russian women's folk headdress |
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| A unique set of porcelain |
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Kent outside the Vodka Museum; the sign states:
"We are responsible for those who get drunk"
(which has two different meanings!) |
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| музей водки/Vodka Museum |
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The Vodka Museum supposedly has nearly 3,000 bottles of vodka;
is each one different? |
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| All sizes and shapes |
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| High-heel and soccer cleats bottles |
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Four samples for 300 Rubles: беленькая/Belenkaya by Beluga Group,
перцовочка/Pertsovochka (Pepper with honey) by Ladoga,
три старика/Three Old Men by Sormovsky, and
воздух/Air by Ukraine National Vodka Company |
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Kent tries a shot of vodka, followed by a
bite of pickle and brown bread |
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| "Fresco" in the Vodka Museum |
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| Distilling apparatus display |
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| Restaurant and administration building |
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| Пирожки/Piroshki are sweet or savory stuffed pastries |
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| We ran into the cows several times this morning (KSS) |
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ледяная горка/Ice slide, which is said to be a precursor of the
roller coaster, which in some languages is called a 'Russian Mountain' |
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| Horse-drawn "sledge" in front of a craft workshop and store (KSS) |
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Tamiko stands next to the largest felt boot (2016) in the world according
to the Guiness Book of World Records, with dimensions of
3.02 m/9' 11" in height, and 2.53 m/8' 3" in length (KSS) |
We were back on board the Viking Truvor for lunch, and continued sailing down the Svir River to Lake Ladoga.
Next: St Petersburg: General Staff Building.
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