13-16 August 2008: Moscow Finally we arrive to Moscow, one of the most important stops of the Journey! We settle in a green suburb of the Russian capital; during our three-day stop several meetings had been programmed between local authorities and our delegation under Mr. G. Karampatos, Executive Director of the Cultural Foundation “The Olive …
12 August 2008: Kazan – Nizhniy Novgorod Before getting back on the road, we stopped a little in the sunny city centre of Kazhan, an important stopping point of our route, since it is the historic city of the Tatar kingdom. Its Kremlin is registered in the UNESCO Worldwide heritage. We then stopped for the …
11 August 2008: Ufa – Kazan We stopped for the night ourside of the city of Kazan. After having slept in a greek gymnasium,a public square in Georgia, the turkmenistan border, and a parking in Kazakhstan, a new unexpected place was waiting for us in a highway’s petrol station!
10 August 2008: Chelyabinsk – Ufa Another stopping point in our long route towards Moscow… The Routes of the Olive Tree have reached Ufa today.A simple stop in our trip,we slept in a hotel nearby the airport. We went through the Ural mountain during the day… we’re now riding away from the Silk Road, towards …