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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 …

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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 …

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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 …