Day. 5   Moscow to Uglich

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We sailed all night and then all day till 6pm and then embarking for a local walking tour in Uglich of a couple of churches and the local market.It looks to be a very poor area with most buildings in poor state of repair though the main church, The Transfiguration Cathedral was beautiful on the outside with its golden domes.Inside was quite dark as are most churches here as the figures depicted on the walls and ceilings are of historical stories - a bit too complicated to remember as their history is long and very complicated and as one guide put it, when a new government comes to power they can put a different slant on things.Not an unfamiliar story eh?This is just a small village but has several churches, a monastery and a nunnery.Of course nunneries came in handy as when someone important /rich wanted to take a new wife as Ivan The Terrible did, they just sent the wife there and forced her to "take the veil" or she somehow disappeared and often was poisoned not by him of course.We also had some Russian Folk Music on board and a talk on the arrival of tea in Russia how it was presented and followed by a Tea Party/Afternoon Tea.It is so lovely to just sit in the lounge and watch the world of Russia go by on the banks of the Volga River.