The best of 2006 trip to Germany and Russia.
 An Orenburg cat going for a walk |
 The Tchkalov monument is very popular with wedding parties, including this very, very happy couple :) |
 And a very happy bride nearby :) |
 Let's look back West at the staircase we've just descended |
 And the fishing lady |
 Let's head back to Europe |
 Here it is - Orenburg St. Nicholas Cathedral |
 The Mother of God |
 May we never experience what these brave people have gone through... |
 The weather was cooperating. Farewell, Orenburg! |
 To board the plane, the passengers simply walked out of the terminal towards the aircraft, which was 100 metres (yards) away |
 Passing an unidentified wooden Russian Orthodox church |
 St. Catherine's monastery church - side view |
 St. Catherine - the mosaic is above the church entrance |
 Jesus Christ - the mosaic is above a second entrance to the monastery |
 The outside wall of St. Catherine's monastery |
 A tractor at the gas station |
 St. Tikhon's Russian Orthodox church - town of Klin, Moscow region, Russia |
 Inside St. Tikhon's Russian Orthodox church - town of Klin, Moscow region, Russia |
 St. Tikhon, Patriarch of Moscow and all-Russia |
 Jesus Christ |
 And this is a Russian Orthodox Church of the Birth of Theotokos (God's Mother) |
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