Folk Dinner

St. Petersburg

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October 13th 2012
Around 9am in the morning our cruise ship docked in St. Petersburg. Thankfully there was a breakfast buffet included in our fare onboard so we had a good meal before going through customs and passport control. The border guards gave some of the American students a tough time getting through (Eric had to sign his name twice as if they didn’t believe it was him) but for the most part it was pret ... read more

Europe » Russia

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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