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Monthly Archives: July 2013
Closing the Circle – From Saint Petersburg to Washington
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Apologies for a text only post but it’s the last day 22 June. It didn’t take long this morning for me to realize that indeed our fellowship was reaching its end. Although we managed a few moments together in the …
In which we share a farewell dinner and a midnight cruise
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21 June part dva. Our farewell dinner. Expecting that I’d want to take as full advantage as possible of the cultural opportunities offered in Saint Petersburg during the White Nights, I’d purchased a ticket to a show of folk song …
The Hermitage and St. Isaac’s Colonnade
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21 June. As our group walked through Saint Petersburg on a gloriously sunny morning yesterday, Mike told us of our good fortune. Fewer than one in five days in Saint Petersburg, he told us, are mostly sunny. During our three-hour …
White Nights and La Nozze Di Figaro
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20 June – Evening. Even on this penultimate day of our tour, our group remained closely bonded and wanted to eat together. And of course, we still wanted to eat Russian food. So, at the end of our three-hour walking …
In which our walk in Saint Petersburg Continues
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20 June Part dva. Finishing the morning with Mike. The previous post ended at the statue of Peter the First in front of Mikhailovsky Castle but that wasn’t the end of our tour. We continued past the castle and crossed …