A nice walk, lots of photos...

When I first arrived in Russia, I went on long walks whenever I had the opportunity. I don't really do that much any more, partly because Vladimir is a small town and I've walked through most of it, and partly because my Floridian/Georgian ass doesn't enjoy being exposed to subzero temperatures. Today was a beautiful day. It was about -1/0 C, and even though there was a mighty biting wind blowing, the sky was such a clear blue and the sun was out that I knew I had to go for a walk. I wandered along Bolshaya Moscovskaya, essentially going window shopping, then walked around cathedral square and took even more pictures of Uspensky Sobor (the Assumption Cathedral) - but how many pictures of that place do I need? I mean, we all agree that it's gorgeous, and I'm not going to get a better picture of it than this one that I took back in December, so why do I keep photographing it? Because I just can't help myself. But I've decided to try not to post too many shots of it in the future, lest you cats get sick of looking at it. Instead, I'm going to post the pics that I took while walking back from Cathedral Square to the AH along a small back-street called Geogievskaya Ulitsa. Enjoy!

An old apteka (drug store) and and old church
(Sorry, I don't know the church's name)

Back of old church shown above

Old cupola on above church

This archway intrigued me.

The view down Geogievskaya Ulitsa

Old homes on Geogievskaya Ulitsa

Love beer. Self-explanatory. Except, why is it in English?

This place was literally up to its eyeballs in snow.

Here you can see the Uspensky Sobor in the distance,
with the old southern homes of Vladimir in the foreground