Sunday, September 5th, 2010--Saint Petersburg, Russia 95-1 Smolny Cathederal

Sunday, September 5th, 2010--Saint Petersburg, Russia

September 5th 2010
Sunday, September 5th--Saint Petersburg, Russia After breakfast aboard the ship, all of Polina’s charges boarded a tour bus at the dockside. The bus drove through the city and the local guide pointed out the various buildings, churches, historical places, etc. and told the history of the city. She kept saying to look at the yellow facade on the right or around the next ... 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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Sharon Mock Whitaker and Valerie Mock

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We are sisters who began our love of travel with our parents when we were in grammar school. We grew up in Northern California and had traveled most of the Western States and Mexico before the 8th grade. Sharon traveled to Europe the first time when she graduated from high school to be a Girl Scout camp counselor and Valerie lived in Europe 7 years teaching the US military community at the graduate level. We rarely take a tour and usually travel on a low budget, by car, plane, and train. We have recently both retired and Sharon bought a Roadtrek RV, that we named Rosie II after our parent's "R... full info

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