July 4, Tuesday - Novgorod
- 0900 Buses depart for Philharmonic Halll for rehearsal and tour of
city. Visit museum of Wooden Architecture
- 1300 Lunch
- 1400 Tour Kremlin grounds, St. Sophia's Cathedral and Yaroslav's
Court
- 1745 Singers depart for the concert warmup by bus
- 1900 Concert at Philharmonic Hall to benefit St. Sophia's Cathedral
restoration
St. Sophia's was pretty, but is clearly getting lots of work done on
it. I bought a miniature icon of St. George here. There was a little
girl making out like an absolute bandit begging from the people who went
in. I think I saw her twice hiding some of her take in less obvious
places on her person.
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