Gold ring - St. Petersburg

• The Golden Ring - St. Petersburg

As I understand it, the term golden ring came from the golden domes of numerous churches scattered throughout the city route. In this case, it is the golden domes we have not seen so much - mainly silver, blue, and even wood. The first time I thought about it in Vologda, where we climbed the bell tower of St. Sophia Cathedral ...

In Vologda, we were greeted by local children, who offered to show the city. Also, a beautiful girl of Beeline pre-purchased tickets to the bell tower, causing, however, suspect the cashier that they are genuine:

The height of the bell tower - 78 meters. Upstairs there is a viewing platform:

The rise of the old fashioned way - legs on a long spiral staircase made of wood. steps places Angles many tourists erased soles, so the rise should be cautious. What happened - roll down too far:

From the height, of course, beautiful views of Vologda, but the first thing that surprised visitors - are the numerous "Chekina" on the walls of the lookout:

The Kremlin area. Her lace museum. Unfortunately, it was closed and we were not able to get there:

teplohodik rolls lovers and guests:

Lace Museum (former building of the State Bank)

These "spikes" crosses covered, to scare away pigeons:

Monument to the poet Batyushkov - predecessor of Pushkin - "from the grateful descendants". Say, eight years ago on April 1 grateful descendants horse dressed in calico pants:

Vladimir Ilyich, without it anywhere. It seems the number of monuments to Lenin is in constant competition with the number of churches and monasteries. As if in addition to the Baptism of Russia and the October Revolution, nothing important happened in our country:

Souvenir shops next to the Kremlin area:

Vologda lace nice. Museum, unfortunately, was closed, but the streets occasionally met traders that local souvenirs:

In Vologda there were some progressive moments. For example, these shops:

And this is - tech lights. Afternoon charged by sunlight, at night powered by a rechargeable battery. Perhaps the cost to execute them in some more conservative form factor, but so, too, is nothing:

In Vologda even has its Ilya Varlamov, only younger and slimmer:

Waste bins are simple and straightforward: iron frame and bag:

is not as reliable as matter, but it's better than nothing:

The monument to the letter "O" - a tribute to the local "okayuschemu" says. The boys were told that the next day after installation, the whole sector of the Vologda Vkontakte gay with all sorts of photos of this monument:

In Vologda is one of the smallest monuments to Lenin, made in the scale of 1: 1 (165 cm):

Walking around the city, came upon a securely closed "loaf":

In fact, inside the machine storage vendors, so that even broke down the door, does not go far:

A few more shots of the city:

In Vologda, they placed us at the hotel "history". Prices: 2500 for a standard room and 5,000 for suites. My room was spacious balcony where it was convenient to handle photos and answer the letters: