Summer Palace

St. Petersburg -- Part Two

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June 3rd 2008
After the very long day we had had yesterday, I must admit that the alarm going off at 6.00 woke me up this morning. As a result, I was not able to have my morning cup of coffee. Really not a very good start to the day -- even in St. Petersburg. To rectify this situation, Lynn and I decided that we would raid the ship's buffet and take cups of coffee onto the coach with us. Oh dear me, but tha ... 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