New Year holidays with friends in Russia. The first photo is near the train station in Moscow. Kazan is about a 14 hour train ride eastwards. The weather was not too cold, about -10 C (15 F), with plenty of fresh snow. On New Years' night, my friend and I went to the city center to take pictures.It is not a Christmas tree, but a New Year's tree in the background.
Across the former Soviet Union on December 31, families decorate trees and prepare special salads to celebrate the Communist-approved New Year holiday, while Grandfather Frost, dressed suspiciously similar to Santa Claus, brings presents for the ch
ildren.The days are short in winter, so the holiday lights are especially welcome.
In Kazan, the Kul Sharif mosque is also lit up brightly at night.
Later in the week, we invited some of their relatives for dinner and homemade bread and steamed meat dumplings.
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