St. Basil's Cathedral

From Fine Wines to Great Beers to the Best Vodkas

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May 16th 2007
After we left Italy, we did a self-drive tour for 6 days that took us through Weggis, Switzerland; Beaune, France; and both Baden, Baden and Frankfurt, Germany. Unfortunately, we have very few pictures from those days because our luck finally ran out and we encountered a LOT of rain that week. The scenery through the Alps in Switzerland was magnificent, even if the clouds were swirling all around ... read more

Europe » Russia » Northwest » Saint Petersburg

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Founded in the 12th century, the Principality of Muscovy, was able to emerge from over 200 years of Mongol domination (13th-15th centuries) and to gradually conquer and absorb surrounding principalities. In the early 17th century, a new Romanov Dynas... ... read more