This is the first descent of Europe’s longest river by kayak from the source in the Valdai Hills northwest of Moscow to the river’s delta at the Caspian Sea. The Volga traverses 2300 miles (3700 km) through western Russia’s most beautiful countryside with some of the richest history known to man.
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Check out this bridge! I'm speechless.
We'll be paddling under the famous "dancing bridge" tomorrow as we depart Volgograd. Won't be lingering underneath it, that's for sure.
You can read a little more about it here.
--Barbara
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