It’s time for another bit of virtual sightseeing. Last year I started my very own world tour. Let’s see how far I can get powered only by
- My falling to bits exercise bike
- My falling to bits running shoes
When I started the tour I was restricted to Yorkshire now that has become the garden. So let’s see where we left off last time. At the start of June we had reached Moldova. Now the journey continues. We still had many kilometres unused and we have now added another 1800km. So where have we got to….
Well with quite a few km’s still in the bank we have arrived at Volgograd. Formerly known as Stalingrad. This Russian city was founded in 1589. In certain important days the city can be officially called Hero City Stalingrad. In 1942 the city was the setting for one of the darkest, bloodiest and most horrific battles in the history of warfare. Approximately 2 million soldiers were killed, injured or captured in the 6 month battle. 40000 civilians were killed and the city was destroyed.
The city now has a population of just over a million. So what does it look like now.
******All city photos are from Tripadvisor******
A Dad trying to cope with the loss of his Partner and becoming a single parent. 
Feels like a warrior city.
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It really does
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👍👍👍
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Wow, those are big statues!
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They so are. Almost Greek methodology like.
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Those are quite the statues! Nice post! Keep Creaking along. I’ll keep creaking too! 😀
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Definitely creaking together 😀
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Yay! 😀
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Those statues are so impressive. WOW! I don’t know if I ever saw pictures of Moldova. Thanks a lot for taking us along, Gary!
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Thank you Erika
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You are very welcome, Gary 😊
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Thanks Erika
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😊
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Hope your smiling
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Guess what😊😁😄
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Fantastic
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A good tour
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Thank you sir
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A very nice stopeover.
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Yes it was
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They like big statues! Interesting.
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But very DARK 😦
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So much sadness there in the past.
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Very big ones
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Places that have such a heavy history have a “feel” to them. I lived in Cambodia as a child and loved it but I was always afraid to go back, after…ghosts or something.
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My partner went to Cambodia
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A greek God with a machine gun… a HUGE statue of a Greek God with a machine gun…
I don’t have words. You’ve done the impossible, rendered me speechless.😲
We should go see The Hu next!💃🏼🎶💌💌
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That would be cool. Might have to work on the Mongolian costume for the gig. xx
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Looks like a very unusual and quite a forbidding place.
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Looks fascinating
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It does. Huge statues
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k went there.
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Steeped in history I expect. So many places in the world that we’ll never see. Hard to imagine it.
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Maybe one day.
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Maybe
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😀
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Now that!! Yes that – is a cracking post!! Dang to peeing off the Gods though!!
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Yes that’s not good.
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You think … ha ha 🙂
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They do like their monuments super-sized! 😉
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