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woef Says:
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woef Says: ... and enjoy watching the buildings, the people. Be amazed from the ladies, specially in summer. They say they dress up because it can always be the most important day in there life. Even for buying sugar in the supermarket they look like they are going to a party.Anyway, I...
MrRandMcnally Says: Where the little eagle and big eagle rivers meet to form the Orel (Eagle) River a traiding post was built to link Kiev and Moscow. The original fortress is now gone but there is a monument at the confluence to mark the spot where Orel began. A time capsul is burried at the...
MrRandMcnally Says: The author Turganev was born near Orel and spent much of his life at his estate near town. He casts a long shadow over the town that has a Turgenev street, and Turganev Theater.His estate gives you a feel for the lives of the Russian lower nobility. The home is small, just a...
MrRandMcnally Says: The people outside of the big cities are more open and ready to share their lives. Take the time to meet the people of the real Russia
1 Review and 2 Opinions Another confusing stay ... The list Hot water ... all the time !!! Spare roll of toilet paper !!!...
woef Says: starbucks copy.One at the main square.one at Mira square.Internet connection for free. Wifi. But, kinda slow. coffee
woef Says: All kinds of food.Many Italian dishes ...Trendy place.This is the best restaurant in the city. Excellent!of course .... the price is not the cheapest in town.Faaast Internet connection! (50roebel) CarpaccioNorwegian salmon....Blond Leffe
woef Says: All kinds of food. English menu ... and a real pub environment.It's also surpisingly big.Nice experiance.Somethimes fully booked though... some open fire dishesThe beer is without brand ... some are okay, some not ...depends your taste I guess.
pecar Says: there is an express train from kurskaya rail station in moscow. seats like on aeroplane the russians call it.. four hours.. and actually pretty cheap
woef Says: taxi is about 90 roebels ... does not really matter where or how far you go in the city
expressmale Says: From Kursky Railway Station Moscow to Orel by overnight sleeper 6 hours
MrRandMcnally Says: Go to the Kursky Train station in Moscow at, 29 Ul. Zemlyanoi Val, use the Kurskaya metro station.You can bye tickets there and get on the train to Orel. The train has cabins with 4 beds attached to the walls for overnight trains (If you have 3 people it is nice to splurge...
MrRandMcnally Says: Any time you sit down for a meal you can expect a large number of bottles on the table. After toasts it can be difficult to walk by the end of the night. Once you start drinking it can be difficult to stop. I've been told that it is easier to say you don't drink at the...
woef Says: see the picture use a guard at the door :-) carry toilet paper ... or get a coffee somewhere...and do your business there.
bugulma Says: In 70 km to the South there is "Orlovskoye Poles'e" nature reserve. I was there during one evening in the end of my business trip with my colleagues. There is nice hotel complex and we had dinner there and enjoyed the pond in front of it. Then we went to the little menagerie...
bugulma Says: Waling into the streets in Orel is quite enough interesting way to spend time. Although most of buildings have the Sovit architecture (the city was destroyed a lot during WWII) but it is the good examples of Soviet style, for exampe, you may see it in Moskovskaya Street (on...
bugulma Says: The river that is passing through the city is Oka River. My hotel was not far from the river banks. On the picture you see the view from the so named Krasny Most, the central bridge of the city.
Mikhailo-Archangel'saya (Uspenskaya) Church
bugulma Says: The church was built in 1801-1817 on the place where were 2 churches before, Mikhailo-Archangelskaya and Uspenskaya Churches. That's the reason why the church has two names. Till 1860 the bell tower was stayed apart. In Soviet times it was cosed (since 1932) and used as...
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The people outside of the big cities are more open and ready to share their lives. Take the time to meet the people of the real Russia
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I was in Orel 4 days for my business trip. Unfortunately I didn't see much and only 2 evenings during my staying in the city I spent walking into the streets. Orel was founded in 1566 as a fortress...
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Service Learning Project in Orel Russia
Gettysburg College, my alma matter, has an excelent program that sends volunteer students all over the world to do good works and to learn about the World. I went to Orel Russia, about 200 miles south...
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Although Orel was destroyed by the Germans in the Second World War, the Russian army successfully defeated the Germans here forcing them to retreat back to Germany. This memorial stands to commemorate...
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My home away from home in Russia
I spent the better parts of October & November of 1999 and February 2000 hanging out in this provincial town that is about 4hr south of Moscow (by train). Orel is a city of half a million people but...
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