KLM are offering a round trip from Durham Tees Valley to Astrakhan for £1,311.80 over the half-term bank holiday in October, departing Sat 24 Oct and returning Sat 31 Oct going via Amsterdam and Moscow, with a codeshare onto Aeroflot from Moscow.
Maybe a way to entertain the kids while they're out of school ? Would give them something to talk about it in the playground at the very least.
The Russia guidebook I have at home devotes a few pages on Astrakhan - perhaps you could go visit the Astrakhan Kremlin with its 2 cathedrals, the history museum, or the remains of the monastery ? Astrakhan even has its own (genuine) Irish pub
Alas my guidebook for the UK has rather less to say on the sights of Middlesbrough, but I'm sure it's a nice enough place
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