2010

2010 was a year with some nice trips. I was in Ekatarinenburg and Sterlitamak in Russia, Wuhan and Beijing in China and I took a couple of hours to visit the British Museum in London.
Ekatarinenburg
Ekatarinenburg is a city on the border between Europe and Asia. It is the city where the Romanovs, the last Tsar of Russia and his family where shot by the communists. On that spot a church has been build.
Monument for the founders of the city	Church of the Blood on the spot the Romanov’s were killed			Monument for the Romanov’s.
Old building		Central lake in the city, sun and blue skies but still cold.
China
China is one of the places I had on my wish list, probably because of growing up in Taiwan. I spend a week working in Wuhan and a weekend in Beijing. This turned out to be a bit longer as the volcano eruption in Iceland delayed my return trip.
In front of the Yellow Crane Tower, one of the major tourist attractions in Wuhan			View of central Wuhan
Temple of Heaven, the starting point of our see Beijing in a Day tour		Forbidden City
Tomb of one of the Emperors, North of Beijing		Chinese Wall, as it follows the crest of the hill, some parts are very steep.
A Chinese Opera performance for dinner marked the end of a full and interesting day.
Sterlitamak
Sterlitamak is an industrial town in the Central South of Russia. It’s main attractions are a few strange hills not far from the city.
London
The British Museum is one of the top museums in the world and exhibits a wide range of top artworks from across the world.
Pre-historic ivory spear thrower		Frieze from the Acropolis, one of the Elgin Marbles
Serpent head from an Aztec grave		Ironworks from Nigeria
Ram from Mesopotamia	Rosetta stone, key to the decryption of the Egyptian hieroglyphs			Medieval Chess piece from the UK

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