Distinctive stops along the Volga

We're having internet issues but just docked in St. Petersburg so that may improve. Here is a brief update.

Our walking tour of the ancient city of Uglich was lovely.  The Church of St. Dmitry on the Blood dates from around 1690.

                       

 The photos below are of the Goritsy/Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery.  Built in 1397 by St. Kirill who left a life of luxury to enter the religious life,  The monastery walls, seven meters thick, repelled Lithuanian invaders in the 17th century.  It has two priories and 11 churches within its walls.