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Winter holiday is over. School has begun. But I will remember my last winter holiday for a long time. I went on a fantastic trip in January.
My mum and I went to the third capital of ourcountry, the city of Kazan.
It's the city of contrasts, the crossroads oftwo worlds-the West and the East.
Really it's a place where the West peacefullyexists side by side with the East.
We went to Kazan by train.  It's more comfortable than going by bus and less expensive than going by plane. The city is on theleft bank of the Volga, eight hundred kilometres from Moscow. One night on thetrain and we found ourselves in the capital of Tatarstan. The guide told usthat more than 2 million people visit Kazan every year. More than one millionpeople live in Kazan. (It ranks six in Russia)
The weather was fine. All the time it was onlyabout seven degrees below zero. We saw a lot of interesting sights but most of all Iwas impressed by the Kremlin, where there is a marvelous muslim mosque,and nearby the 16th-century cathedral with the Spasskaya Tower; and thePalace of  the  President of Tatarstan and much more.We went on an excursion "The Evening Kazan" and saw beautifully decorated with New Year illumination fairy-tale capital of Tatarstan. There are а lot of museums, theatres, stadiums and other places of entertainment. I liked the city very much.