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It's Russia Jim but Not as We Know It
... t going to buy anything and off we went to the Hermitage.
Here, our guide took us on a whirlwind tour, showing us various works of art and had we been on our own there is no way we would have seen as much as we did and leave with the increased knowledge of each item and the history of the building and it's former occupants. After several hours the tour concluded and he left us to keep wandering around on our own.
We stayed for another 1/2 hour and ...
The Splendor of Peterhof
... so it was a good deal for Beth and the Russian lady.
It was time to board the bus. As we approached, there was a small group of Russian musicians playing for tips. They had just finished playing the French national anthem, the Marseillaise, when they struck up the Battle Hymn of the Republic. If I was momentarily surprised, it was soon eclipsed by their next selection – Dixie!
We returned to the Rurik for lunch and then set off on ...
Rolling our way through Russia
... straight from Irkutsk to Vladimir. Life on the train moved very slowly, so there isn`t much to do other than look out the window, read or play cards. We were lucky in that the leaves had started to turn golden yellow making for specatcular scenery. We shared our cabin with a grandmother (babushka) and her 3 year old granddaughter for most of the way, and although we couldn't speak to each other we managed to communicate. ...
For me: Great City Wanna Be
... 8220;mates” were habitually late to the bus slowing us down time and time again. And, Ludmilla, probably not on her own accord, had us stop for 45 minutes to shop at what I would call a “tacky” curio shop before we could depart, finally, for the Emerald Princess.
After yesterday's rude and surly immigration official, let it be known that this evening's official was cordial, smiling and had a twinkle in her eye. Very nice. A reply to yesterday's ...
Work is the Curse of the Drinking Classes
... park near the statue of the Bronze Horseman and people watch. (trust me, the booze bit is coming). We ended up staying there for some ridiculous length of time, like 4 or 5 hours. Russians are fascinating, and we were conducting an ethnographic expedition (although as Nora said, we might possibly be the rudest anthropologists out there). We noticed that every single Russian who had to have their photos taken with the flowers posed. They posed provocatively, ridiculously ...
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