Irkutsk & Lake Baikal ("Blue Eye of Siberia")
September 27th 2011 Hi Everybody!
We are halfway to our quest of making it around the world.
FYI: This is my 100th Blog!
We got off the train on Sunday in Irkutsk and were happy to be met by our guide/driver - Ivan. He took us for breakfast and then for a nice tour of the city. In 1920, Stalin closed all churches in Russia. People were not allowed to legally worship again until the fall of Communism. Stal
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