Palaces, gold, Tsars, Russian Orthodox Churches, Fortresses, malachite, jasper, metros, marble, meat pies, parks, good luck charms, weddings, Faberge, Lamborghini, Vladimir, Natalia, gold, Gold, GOLD and GOLD– these are a few of the words that come to mind when we start to think about our time in St. Petersburg, Russia. With the political situation the way it is we consider ourselves quite luckily we were able to make it to St. Petersburg this season. Unfortunately with what has been in the news recently we are concerned for many and what the impact will be on those that are dependent on tourism to this amazing city. We have been talking about writing this blog for almost two months now and how difficult it is going to be. There are three reasons for this. First, we were there
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