Moscow to Nizhny Novgorod

We were headed to Kazan, Russia to see a sporting event. Left Moscow on July 3. The first destination we had was Nizhny Novgorod.

It was a little further than we wanted to go in one day so we stopped just on the outside of town at a small hotel.

This church was near our hotel

We kept pushing forward and in a few hours were in Nizhny Novgorod

The had a market to!

We roamed around the city a bit but it was very hot and soon we were both over heating.

In a tunnel under the street

We walked through their Kremlin and looked a the outdoor displays.

The Kremlin was on a hill and this was the overlook

Look up at the Kremlin from the bottom of the hill

We only stayed a few hours then decided it was just to hot and we wanted to move on and get closer to Kazan. So we took off and a ways down the road we saw a beach and decided to go swimming.

We pulled off the road for swimming

After an hour or so of swimming we kept going down the road looking for a place to camp for the night. We stopped in a village and asked and they pointed us in a direction and we headed off

It was on sand tracks through fields. Kind of fun and a little adventure

We finally came across the picnic table they told us about.

More swimming and then a nice sleep!