Top ten places – May 31st->June 9th.
From May 31st to June 9th I’ve travelled from Tallinn in Estonia to Kazan in the Russian republic of Tatarstan. Here is the ranking of the top ten things I liked the most, as usually in reverse order.
After a very rainy day in Tallinn the evening keeps several surprises: few sunny hours and a concert including Turn It on Again of my favourite band
Water everywhere: A crazy rainy days spent among the crazy fountains of Petergof beautiful and full of surprises
Early morning, Tallinn bus station ready to go to Saint Petersburg. Outside an old bus has still written Leningrad. It is really same town?
Pushkin museum in Moscow, beside impressionist work a retrospective about the Italian Giorgio Morandi with display in Russian and Italian. A small moment of pride.
Nevsky Prospekt, a street so important for fan of greatest Sicilian songwriter Franco Battiato. Realising you’re there (again) is priceless
Too much rain in Tallinn so how to survive to it? Some of the best cheesecake eaten in my life are a good way. Thanks Mmuah cafe!
One full day spent being totally at the mercy of the history surrounded by thousands of items in Hermitage Museum, being aware that it was even too short
Nothing like Tatarstan gives you the idea of the many faces of Russian Federation. A republic where you do not feel in Russia but certainly you are.
Moscow is not a town, it is a spiritual mood. It is impossible to describe my feeling when I’m here. I was a Muscovite in one of my previous lives.
Facing the difficulties of planning a complicate journey: the Trans-Siberian and being able, in an afternoon, to shape, train after train what you dreamt so many times.
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