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Northern Russia 2009 Lake Ladoga provided a lifeline to the city of Leningrad during the 900 day siege by the Nazis as they attempted to conquer Russia in 1940-1941. Covered with ice thick enough to hold trucks laden with supplies, … Continue reading
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Russia 2009 One of the many small, nearly abandoned villages we sailed past on our Russian River cruise. Sometimes the roof on the church would be caved in. The tiny houses were ramshackle. Trees and grass, growing with abandon, were taking … Continue reading
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Kyrgyzstan 2012 We stopped at a place called Cold Water on our way to Issykul Lake from Bishkek. It must have been a popular stop for travelers when Russia still operated sanatoriums along the lake shore (for all those workers who needed … Continue reading
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Moscow 2009 No visit to Moscow would be complete without a visit to St. Basil’s Cathedral. I’d always has the idea that the inside was cavernous, but it isn’t. It’s a rabbit-warren of nine small chapels connected by marble stairways … Continue reading
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Moscow, Russia 2009 Arbat Street is a place where you can meet your old friends or find new ones. Musicians play for donations, artists display canvasses, hucksters sell doo-dads from China and lovers stroll. When we were here in … Continue reading
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Yaroslavl, Russia 2009 I’ll be cooking the Thanksgiving dinner and I’ve got recipes stacked all over my counters: books, magazines, and printouts from the internet. Each recipe seems to have a list of ingredients as long as your arm as … Continue reading
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Northern Russia 2009 When I told my friend, Torie, that I was going to Russia her comment was, “You’ll be shooting onion domes.” I hadn’t thought about it. But she was right. I never tired of them, though. They represented … Continue reading
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Moscow 2009 GUM Department Store Built in the late 1880’s as a replacement for shops that had burned in the great fire of Moscow, GUM is a mix of Russian medieval architecture and 19th century railway station designs. (If you … Continue reading
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Red Square, Moscow 2009 This reminds me of the books I’ve read written by innocent people imprisoned by Stalin. Books such as those by Solzhenitsyn, Natalia Ginsburg, Alexander Dolgun, and others who suffered unspeakable atrocities by the communist regime. Deprived … Continue reading
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Moscow 2009 Another drive by shooting. If you are on a bus, then you must try to shoot from the bus window. Who knew shots could turn out so well? Well, some of them do, so we have to try. … Continue reading
