August 12, 2005

Peter's Great City

For our visit to St. Petersburg we had an ace up our sleeve: We had friends living there! Sally, and her husband Mike had just taken up residence in the city last May after Mike won a scholarship to...

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Posted by Jim & Lisa on August 12, 2005 12:45 PM
Category: Russia

August 05, 2005

Mother Russia

MOSCOW - So what a change to go from the far east to the doorstep of Europe! After watching the world roll by our window for nearly a week it was finally time to engage the world again. Although we...

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Posted by Jim & Lisa on August 5, 2005 09:25 AM
Category: Russia

August 02, 2005

Hurray for Trains

Ahhh, the Trans-Siberian, or more accurately the Trans-Mongolian. We climbed aboard at 7:30 AM on July 27th and the train pulled out of Beijing station exactly 10 minutes later, right on schedule. We had booked a first-class, two-bed berth, meaning...

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Posted by Jim & Lisa on August 2, 2005 08:48 AM
Category: Russia

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