Borscht, Pork and Potato

My "Training" Has Begun

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November 22nd 2010
Last night I made my first train connection, St. Petersburg to Moscow on the "Red Arrow". As it was my birthday and I had too much going on just getting to the train, I decided to take the night off from blogging. That also gave me the opportunity to watch the first half of the Packer/Vikings game before I had to leave! Go Pack! Actually, I was all packed. The hotel people let me camp in the break ... 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