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...Read this update
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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...Read this update
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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...Read this update
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July 25, 2005
The Trans-Siberian
We've gotten a little behind on entries here in China because the internet connections are pretty slow...and we've been doing some traveling outside of cities....(we hope to fill in the gaps in the next couple of weeks) We leave the...Read this update
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