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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 …

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20 June. For the second time in writing this journal, I can use this phrase: This morning, it’s official. In this instance, it means the scratchy throat and intermittent achiness of the past few days is now a full-fledged cold. …

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19 June. One of the peculiarities of this trip has been our oddly coordinated arrival times with regard to checking-in to our hotels. It may be that we’re coming and going at the only times available and I hope that’s …