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Route 45. Voyage down the Volga from Tver to Suizran
12020-11-25T14:52:30-05:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5952google_maps2021-01-23T11:10:21-05:002020-12-11T15:09Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5Distance: Duration: Price of a 1st class ticket:
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12020-12-09T13:45:29-05:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5So It Begins (the itineraries)Kelly O'Neill18plain99842021-01-21T15:18:05-05:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5
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12021-01-22T11:26:35-05:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5A voyage begins.6The Atel. The Etel. The Itel. The Rha. The Oaros.plain2021-01-23T11:12:57-05:002020-12-03T15:09Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5
12021-01-22T11:31:58-05:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5Volga babble8About the way it rises in the Valdai Hills. About its length. Its fall. Its entry into the Caspian Sea.plain2021-01-23T11:12:05-05:002020-12-03T15:22Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5
12021-01-22T11:37:49-05:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5A highway for a thousand ships7plain2021-01-22T12:30:09-05:002020-12-03T15:31Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5
12021-01-22T11:43:58-05:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5notes of near despair4and allusions to Egyptplain2021-01-22T12:29:47-05:002020-12-03T15:39Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5
12021-01-22T11:51:32-05:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5So we shall see3how the ancient Oaros - the Russian Nile, the Matushka Volga - fills my eyes.plain2021-01-22T12:28:13-05:002020-12-03T15:41Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5
12020-12-11T10:15:36-05:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5Tver15a sleep, a meal, a walk, a trip in a rickety cab, an embarkationplain2021-01-22T12:39:04-05:002020-12-14T09:5356.85836, 35.90057Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5
12020-12-11T10:16:16-05:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5Orsha9Goodness. I have two days to watch the banks of the Volga rise and sink.plain2020-12-14T12:27:09-05:002020-12-14T12:0056.91196, 36.22862Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5
12020-12-11T10:16:29-05:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5Kortcheva20a town that rose, fell, and was submergedplain2020-12-14T16:00:20-05:002020-12-14T16:0256.792778, 36.839444Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5
12020-12-11T10:16:42-05:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5Savelovo10a place to trade steamer for traincarplain2020-12-14T12:25:09-05:002020-12-14T18:1456.85, 37.366667Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5
12020-12-11T10:21:34-05:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5Kimri3should you need to purchase boots...plain2020-12-14T11:30:57-05:002020-12-14T22:0156.86667, 37.35Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5
12020-12-11T10:22:08-05:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5Kalyazin12a town, nothing more, and an observationplain2021-01-22T12:50:36-05:002020-12-15T10:0257.24028, 37.84333Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5
12020-12-11T10:22:38-05:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5Priluki6the banks of the Volga rise and sinkplain2020-12-14T13:34:42-05:002020-12-15T13:0057.3675, 38.04639Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5
12020-12-11T10:22:56-05:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5Uglitch8murder and souvenirsplain2021-01-22T12:52:18-05:002020-12-15T16:0457.5303, 38.3229Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5
12020-12-11T10:23:13-05:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5Muishkino7an unimportant little townplain2020-12-14T13:50:03-05:002020-12-15T21:0057.781, 38.4563Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5
12020-12-11T10:44:30-05:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5Romanov-Borisoglyebsk9a spinning mill and five cupolasplain2020-12-16T13:41:30-05:002020-12-16T14:0057.88529, 39.5406Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5
12020-12-11T10:44:50-05:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5Konstantinov7chemicals instead of cupolasplain2020-12-14T14:44:17-05:002020-12-16T14:0657.83005, 39.58989Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5
12020-12-11T10:45:26-05:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5Norskaya Fabrika5nothing but a cotton millplain2020-12-14T15:00:59-05:002020-12-16T15:3057.72718485109483, 39.77071052604158Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5
12020-12-11T10:47:22-05:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5Yaroslavl15a city of holy doorsplain2021-01-22T09:15:47-05:002020-12-16T17:0357.62987, 39.87368Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5
12020-12-11T10:49:18-05:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5Sopelki4always a reason to return to the libraryplain2020-12-14T16:18:15-05:002020-12-18T10:0057.54825, 40.04876Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5
12020-12-11T10:53:05-05:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5Babaiki7pilgrimage and despairplain2020-12-14T16:27:23-05:002020-12-18T12:1257.67663, 40.36567Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5
12020-12-11T10:53:24-05:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5Kostroma7an assortment of Romanov wallsplain2021-01-22T13:01:40-05:0057.76647, 40.92686Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5
12020-12-11T11:59:01-05:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5Putchezh4in which one begins to wonder what makes a town a townplain2020-12-14T22:48:34-05:0056.97878, 43.16761Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5
12020-12-11T12:01:29-05:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5Katunki5the promise of what is to comeplain2020-12-14T22:55:00-05:0056.83406, 43.23074Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5
12020-12-11T12:02:06-05:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5Vasilyev2aching to move onwardplain2020-12-14T23:03:53-05:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5
12020-12-11T12:18:20-05:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5Sormovo3a place for heavy laborplain2020-12-14T23:15:53-05:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5
12021-01-22T13:16:47-05:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5Luiskovo5a place that is no placeplain2021-01-23T11:07:21-05:0056.03282, 45.0422Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5
