Enjoying another day of perfect weather we went for some sightseeing in the Golden Ring. We started with a church that had been raised over some caves in which there used to live hermits and was offered the opportunity to visit the caves ourselves. A remarkable experience, not at least as some hermits still lived in the caves in the late 19th century. The monk showing us the premises ended the tour by offering us to fill water bottles with holy water from a spring deep below the church.
In the afternoon we visited Sergiev Posad, one of the most important sites in Russian Orthodoxy. It is a most impressive fortress dating back to the 14th century with some cathedrals of great splendor. Once again we were lucky to have a monk guiding us speaking a fluent English and we were given a chance to participate in the ceremonies.
On the way back towards Moscow we got stuck in the traffic, a rather normal occurence in this city of traffic jams, and abandoned the car in favour of the Metro in order to get to a concert in time. The composer is a Rotarian and the concert itself was interesting.
Some of us continued the evening by strolling to the Red Square and enjoy the surroundings and the warm evening.
Best Regards,
Christian
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