We're staying in the Pur Navolok Hotel in Arkhangelsk. It's right on the Dvina River, but we've got a "courtyard room," which is a nice way of saying the rear parking lot.
We've got a corner room, which is nice, but the view out our hotel window seems a little on the non-picturesque side, doesn't it? The best view of the Dvina River we have is a little slice between a stand of trees and a few buildings.
The Gostiniy Dvor was built back in about 1680, when Arkhangelsk was Russia's major port city, and served as the area's cargo trading center.
Not so many places in the US where one's hotel room overlooks a building quite so old.
what hotel did you stay in?
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for making this blog. My students recently read about a girl who came to the U.S. from Russia and so they really enjoyed being able to see the different places and buildings. They were also very excited to learn about Elena and enjoyed meeting her. I had one student that was so interested, that he quickly finished his work so he could sit at the computer and read all of the captions as we didn't have enough time to read them all.
ReplyDeleteLove you to all,
Judy