When we went ashore from the Viking Surkov to visit the city of Yaroslavl in August, I realized I had forgotten to wear a hat. Fortunately, our first stop was at a public market, where I found just what I was looking for—a shady, air-conditioned chapeau. Our next stop was near this fountain, where I could rest in cool comfort while my intrepid photographer wandered off with his camera.
© Photos by Kay Davies and Richard Schear |
Yaroslavl is a perfect Russian city for Watery Wednesday, located as it is at the confluence of two of its rivers: the mighty River Volga, left, and the Kotorosl River, right. The oldest settlement at this site is Neolithic, making Yaroslavl the oldest of all the currently existing towns on the Volga.
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16 comments:
Gorgeous watery captures and I love your hat!! I always enjoy reading the history of the places you've visited, Kay! Hope your week is going well!
Sylvia
Hello Kay, waaahhh I missed your blog... been crazy with my offline scheds lately,, I can't hardly get a handle of my dashboard..lol..
Wow you look great in your photo as always...
Happy Holidays from me to you :))))
All the best my blogging friend,
Verna
looking lovely in your new hat!
lovely pics!
Good hat for touring, light and airy. The history of Europe is so vast. I was a history major, but stuck with the US and Mexico. - Margy
Russia has plenty of beautiful places. Thanks for sharing the photos!
The Flood Water
Your smile is contagious Kay!
My Watery. May you have a joyful holiday!
That is a pretty impressive fountain and a beautiful park. You sure do get to some interesting places.
Dear Kay, I'm enchanted by so nice smile! you are adorable!
Wonderful pictures and place there.
Léia
I think the hat suits you very well ! Beautiful pictures !
There is so much history in the world to soak up. Thanks for history lesson. It is an amazingly old place and beautiful too. handy to have a market with a hat. It looks cool (pun intended)
I love your photos! Happy holidays!
I love your hat! I love the photos.
Happy travels.
We have no water. Our ponds are frozen, quite, although we expect freezing rain today. Sigh.
Cheers from Cottage Country!
I like your hat too and the photos. Thanks for sharing these. :-)
The more pictures I see from Russia the more fascinating it becomes. I have always thought of it as being a dark and dreary country, but through the photoblogging, I have found it to be beautiful with so many historical pieces of architecture to view. genie
I like this kind of fountain. In Singapore, tey used to have a muscial fountain in Sentosa.
Before I even read your narrative about the hat I was going to comment how great it looks on you!
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