At 9.30 am we landed and disembarked at Goritzy a remote wharf on the edge of a forest. We were taken by bus to the Kirillo-Belozersky Monestry. Yep; more churches 11 all up in the compound. This is a huge place with a 2km perimeter wall. Its the largest in Russia. Again the weather was near perfect although a bit nippy at first - 9 deg. Its a very photogenic place, but again crowds of tourists made it hard to get an unobstructed view.
The place was frequented and favoured and funded by the Tzars. The nearby houses (seen only from the bus) are all wooden. We are advised they are heated by giant stoves in the middle which occupy 25% of the floor space and need refueling twice per day. There are plenty of trees around for the fuel.
Not much opportunity for shopping today. Alison had hoped to get some leather gloves which are produced somewhere near here.
The monastery buildings appear to be all of brick with copper roofs. Maybe the copper is a recent embellishment.
We hit the waterway again and soon were almost out of sight of land crossing the White Lake to join the Volga - Baltic Waterway. Tomorrow is Kizhi Island in Lake Onega.
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