FUN-travel: Yaroslavl & Cruising Lake Rybinsk – Day 6 – Uniworld River Cruise
July 10, 2014 by Susan Clarke
Day 8 – Tuesday, July 8 – Yaroslavl & Cruising Lake Rybinsk – blue skies w/big puffy, white clouds – high 70’s – sunrise 0’dark:30 – sunset after 11 pm
- 6:30 – wake up – typical routine
- 8:00 – arrive dock
- 8:30 – tour departs by bus
- 8:45 – 1st stop – puppet theatre
- Rather large collection of beautiful handmade puppets
- some over 100 yrs old
- performances encompass fairytales for children & dramas for adults
- 9:45 – 2nd stop – Church of Elijah the Prophet
- Masterpiece of Orthodox architecture
- Lavishly adorned 17th century frescoes
- Yaroslavl founded in 1010
- Called the “Florence of Russia”(clearly by Russian standards & not Italian!)
- City center is UNESCO World Heritage site
- 10:15 – free time
- Walk thru local market several blocks long
- filled w/everything from fresh food to clothing to electronics
- 10:45 – Russian beer break – Yarpeevo – 100 rubles =$3
- 11:10 – bus back to ship – 15 mins
- Find out we have twice the ship board credit than thought!
- 12:00 – set sail for Goritsy
- 12:30 – lunch w/pizza
- 3:00 – massage
- 4:30 – nap
- 6:15 – Uniworld Cocktail Reception for previous cruise passengers
- 6:45 – photo op – grand statue – Volga Mother
- Just outside of lock #9
- 7:15 – dinner – more just so so food & wine
- Eat with nice couple from South Africa
- Mid cruise survey left on bed
- 11:30 – take sleeping pill
What I DON’T LIKE
- City not nearly as pretty as Florence
- Food is too repetitive & not up to Uniworld standards on their ships
- Not real pizza – Russian idea of it
- Russian massage way different than ever had before
FUN-fact – The Rybinsk Reservoir was the largest manmade lake in the world at 1737 square miles when formed in 1941.