Posted in Uncategorized on May 27th, 2008 7 Comments »
It was a fine morning and we needed coffee, sustenance and reasonable prices. Thankfully, once again, there was a McD’s right around the corner. However by this point it was making us sick, but we couldn’t afford anything else.
The most important place (arguably, I suppose) to visit in St. Petersburg is by far the Hermitage. [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 20th, 2008 5 Comments »
In efforts to finally get this epic trip documented before the official start of summer we are going to squeeze 5 days into 3 posts. So please don’t bother pointing out time discrepancies or sudden changes in weather conditions from similar photos, which are obviously taken days apart – you jerk.
Our final destination would take [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 14th, 2008 4 Comments »
… are up! Click on the photos tab to view the photo sets. Special shoutout to my auntie Cathy’s students from St. Petersburg who have been patiently awaiting these photos… blog posts to follow shortly!
Posted in Uncategorized on May 12th, 2008 6 Comments »
Thanks for our patience as we have been slow to load posts. Things have been busy with friends leaving and the warm weather keeping us busy outdoors. Adding to a huge work schedule, we haven’t had much time. Since we have so much to talk about after this trip, and it’s May, i am going [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 1st, 2008 10 Comments »
The first thing we noticed, was that it was much warmer than Siberia, a reasonable -10 degrees. We had our guard up here due to reports of taxis driving off with your stuff, muggings and the fact that most of the city is run by or through mafia ties.
From the station we elected to walk [...]