Out with the old.

"The Rostov kremlin."

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Russia Picture by Jonathan Campion
Travel story: Out with the old.

Another sunday, another minibus journey. But this one was much more comfortable and only took us 50 miles, to Rostov. Half of our group went for a day trip and Katya came with me.

Rostov is a very old town with wide streets, dozens of churches with bold grey domes and shop signs in an archaic Cyrillic script. We almost had the place to ourselves because weekends are so quiet. There was a lot more space than in Yaroslavl and no large buildings; it really felt like being in the... More