Return of the Czars

After the Czars returned from Irkutsk to Moscow on Friday, September 25th, they had a demanding day ahead, the last day of the Czar Reunion trip. The most crucial points in their tight agenda were to 1. collect all the bags they left in Moscow, 2. visit the Kremlin, 3. have a royal lunch, 4. leave for home. Check the detailed minute by minute photo report file of the last prominent day below.

The last Czars photo taken on the trip
Czar Fredovich was leaving by train (because of the heavy luggage he brought at the beginning of his Russian business engagements) at 9pm, Czars Bonegovich and Madonovich were returning by plane at 8am the next day... therefore they spent a night out after seeing off their royal fellow.

The flight was unexpectedly smooth and there was surprisingly no hassle related to the fact that Czars’ visa were already checked out at the Mongolian border crossing (which the Czars were eventually not allowed to cross anyway) Well, expect for 1 thing: the Czars call it “just another nonsense” - hopefully this was the last one**.

Czar Fredovich’s train journey through Ukraine and Poland (with 12-hour stop-over in Kiev and furthermore changing trains in Przemysl, Krakow and Katowice) was not initially looked forward to, however turned out to be quite adventurous and pleasant end of the voyage.

Some secret sources inform there is going to be certain audio-visual material released in upcoming period, so let’s see what happens.

Long live the Czars:) !

10:35 landing in Moscow
14:21 in front of the baggage room, present at every Russian railway station: handing in all the bags after they were previously collected and repacked in the former Czars' residence
15:08 heavy rain has come
15:52 1-hour Kremlin sightseeing begins
(in the picture: the Czar bell and the Czar cannon)
17:37 lunch & dinner, the last royal dish of the trip after which the Czars split: Hudyslav and Martin carried on the Moscow sightseeing, and Zdenik left for the Kiev railway station from where he took his train to Ukraine, Poland and the Czech Republic
19:45 in the botanical garden
…oh, sorry, this was actually in the cinema, in front of the restroom
22:37 evening walk at the Old Arbat street in Moscow
0:29 just fallen asleep at the coffee lounge in a shopping mall near the Moscow Sheremetyevo airport
(the mall guards tried to make us leave when the mall was closing down, but because of many other sleepy squatting travellers, they eventually let us stay over till the morning)
8:47 about to touch down in Prague
** “Russian Federation no”
When Madonovich’s backpack was x-rayed, an old lady in charge spotted an interesting object – 15cm long metal object of supposedly apocalyptic destructive power. Czar Madonovich was ready to fight for his camping gear and requested an English speaker. It took some time. The output of the excited discussion was: “(pointing at the respective aluminium stick) Russian Federation no!” The stick was not sharp, nor explosive or flammable, not big or heavy, nor generally dangerous (definitely not more than knife and fork, also present in the backpack)… “No!”. Although it was accepted on the flight from Irkutsk to Moscow less than 24 hours ago (as well as in Thailand, India, Nepal and some other airports in the past), the answer was still clear: “Russian Federation no!” Another seemingly solid arguments, e.g. the fact the Czars were just about to leave Russia, or that the whole backpack was actually a cargo luggage, not a hand bag, were also refused without any sensible explanation. How logical, how ridiculous, how R. :)