After freezing rain during the night, the roads are icy and slippery. We drive south to Varnja to visit Mother Zoya again, who had invited us yesterday to visit. We end up spending almost the entire day with her and her husband who joins us after a short while: Zoya tells us about the Old Believers and her views on religion, about her personal life, the regional history, and much more. Together with her husband they show us their photo albums, and of course there is no way to leave, as they start making food and we are being treated.
After a very long talk, much food and apple pie, Zoya gives us some apples for our way and some of the homemade caramellized sugar that Old Believers use and that she makes herself at home. She invites us to come back and learn how to make sugar in this way.
As we drive back home in the evening, the roads are even more icy than earlier, and the way back takes us more than an hour. Cold and silent lakeside.
After a very long talk, much food and apple pie, Zoya gives us some apples for our way and some of the homemade caramellized sugar that Old Believers use and that she makes herself at home. She invites us to come back and learn how to make sugar in this way.
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