The Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg

Paula jumps for joy at the prospect of seven hours looking at paintings and stuff

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18. "Now does our project gather to a head..."

September 20th 2007
(P) 13 September Up at 3 a.m. (having gone to sleep at 1.30) for the 06h00 flight from Liverpool to Riga in Latvia. Unsurprisingly slept until we touched down. Riga is a city we are on familiar terms with, having inter-railed there in 2001, so we enjoyed checking out the old haunts. Over dinner Nick had a Adaris beer (reminding him of John Aldridge, so he says). 14th - 19th Septe ... read more

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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

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