Vacation 2004: Vladimir Area

On July, 1st, we had a guided tour on Vladimir Area by my cousin Sonja and her dad Slava. At first, we took a ride to nearby village of Bogolyubovo, which is by itself listed in Golden Ring. To be precise, we looked for a stand-alone church Pokrov-upon-Nerl, which is listed in UNICEF heritage list. This is a wonderful example of medieval orthodox architecture, standing among meadows on the bank of a pond called, of course, the Holy Lake. I think the main big thing about this church is the harmony between itself and surronding nature. We took pictures of church and they are very very beautiful, although we know that the best ones are made during big water in spring at dusk...



We were not only visitors there. We managed to meet a brazilian woman who arrived to Vladimir in the same train with us; but we could not resist to take picture of these cossacks who participated in religious holiday held in Bogolyubovo that day.



When we returned to Vladimir, we explored the city centre with all its treasures: Uspensky Cathedral (see picture below) with frescoes by Andrei Rublev, the Golden Gate (part of medieval city wall), very interesting City Museum (it also has good panoramic view, since it was once used as firemen's tower)



We spent the evening at my cousin's place. Here below you can see himself demonstrating his working place at home. To remind you, more photos of vacation can be found at my photoalbum at foto.zlo.ee/johnny