We got up at 5:15am today without any problems. From Istanbul, we had an hour layover in Munich and then flew to St. Petersburg. Fortunately, everything went smoothly, including passport control. We had been warned about long and inefficient lines at the Russian passport control both by my father and by our tour book. Not wanting to deal with sh...

Well, it's the first day in Munich. Thus far, we've spent time in both Frankfurt and Freiburg. No time now, more to come.

This weekend we (Amy, Dana, Erin, Marissa, Steve and I) went to Munich, Germany. A choice rather different from the Krups boycotting person I was in high school. We took an overnight train on Thursday night and slept six in a second class sleeper car. The car was roughly the size of a tiny closet and we had three person bunks on either side. I t...