Transylvania (September 2003)

Scenes from around Transylvania (a journey back to the 18th century)

Waiting for a train with the Houghtons, at Vatra Dornei station





Travelling by train through the mountains



Horse riding close to the border with Romania & Ukraine



Scene from the Carpathian Mountains



Unloading the milk float on a misty autumn morning in Pioana Stampei.

Back in the USSR (27-30.09.01)

Ipswich Town Football Club were pulled out of the hat to draw FC Torpedo Moscow in the first round of the 2001/02 UEFA Cup competition, so after only 10 months, it was a case of being back in the U.S.S.R. (CIS doesn't have the same ring to it!)

View from Sparrow Hills over 'The Grand Arena of the Central Lenin Stadium' (now known as Luzhniki Stadium)



Famous scene across Red Square



The monument “300 years of Russian fleet”, more popularly known as the monument to Peter I, was erected in 1997. The monument is a figure of Peter I at the wheel of a ship on high pedestal.



The imposing Moscow State University is one of the 'Seven Sisters' (or vysotki, in Russian). As the name suggests it forms a group of seven Stalinist sykscrapers in Moscow and when completed in 1953 was Europe's tallest building (until 1988) and 7th tallest in the world.



Taking a step back you get a better view of the 787ft tall building.



An admission ticket to the Kremlin.



A small wedding party enjoying a dance to live music on Sparrow Hills.

Moscow (17-20.11.00)

A crisp autumn morning outside St Basil's Cathedral in Moscow.



A reflection of the GUM Department Store can be seen on the wall to Lenin's Mausoleum.



Views from Red Square of Lenin's Mausoleum and the Kremlin walls



Checking out the map before negotiating the Moscow underground system.



Kate standing outside the Cathedral of the Annunciation which is the oldest building in the Kremlin (1554-62).