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How interesting would travel be if there were no religions? “Not very,” I say. I think of Midnight Mass when I look at this photo. My most memorable Midnight Mass was the Christmas before my youngest brother shipped out to Viet … Continue reading
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I love to wander about on my own when I travel. I didn’t get to wander enough when I was on a waterway cruise between St. Petersburg and Moscow. We’d stop at cities or villages and have a tour, but … Continue reading
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The Charcoal Man Leningrad 1989 The charcoal man delivers charcoal to the cars on the Siberian Express. The charcoal is burned in the samovars so that tea is available at all times for the passengers. We had ridden the … Continue reading
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This was shot in 1989. Gorbachev was in power and it was the beginning of Glasnost and Perestroika. Russians were glued to their radios and tvs trying to figure out what it would all mean to their lives. Lenin’s … Continue reading
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Blue and white Rococco Architecture of the Smolny Cathedral and Convent These beautiful buildings sit on the bank of the Neva River. The three onion domes on the cathedral can be seen from all over St. Petersburg. The cathedral was designed by the … Continue reading
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Kirillo-Belozerski Monastery on the Sheksna River We briefly visited this monastery when we were on a river cruise from St. Petersburg to Moscow a few years ago. We were taken from our ship by bus to the monastery, were given … Continue reading
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Many villages and beautiful old churches were lost when the rivers of Northern Russia were widened to make them navigable for large ships. The landscape North of Russia was beautiful. It gave the impression of pristine nature, but I knew that … Continue reading
