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Russia 2017 - Day 7
The Writing Hub • Sep 25, 2017
(Monday 11, September)
Day seven we had a nice lay in before breakfast, then it was time to stretch our legs by walking around the decks before doing a bit of singing, and then we had a meeting on our program in Kizhi (Кижи) and what we are going to see on our way to St Petersburg. It was then time to meet the Captain, and the cats, on the Captain's bridge; the cats looked rather grumpy, that's probably because we were there. After asking the Captain some questions and taking photos of grumpy cats it was time to play Uno up in the conference hall before lunch.
Afterwards it was time to rest and let our food go down before we docked into Kizhi Island. At 5pm we arrived in Kizhi and had our tour. Kizhi is a small island village with buildings made entirely out of wood, the south side is open to visitors while the north side is inhabited by locals. Only six to be exact. We visited the small church and the inside of one of the houses; we then walked to another small church and listened to the man in the bell tower play a tune with the bells. Afterwards we had time to explore on our own before getting back onto the boat.
In the evening it was time for the pirate night, dressing up was essential, dinner was served in the Volga restaurant and there was entertainment to greet us as we went in. Cakes were presented to those who had a birthday on board, there were quite a few, and everyone had to sing happy birthday. After dinner it was time for the pirate disco; or also known as Alexander and his playlist of the same songs every night. After the disco it was bed as we were all tired after all the dancing we had done.
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