Peterhof (Петерго́ф), St. Petersburg, Russia
In July 2019 my wife and I spent an afternoon at Peterhof outside of St. Petersburg. This stop was a part of our Volga Dream cruise tour. We took a hydrofoil across the Gulf...
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Saint Petersburg Horse Statues (and others)
Based on the number and quality of horse statues in Saint Petersburg Russia, there must be a historical fascination and linkage between Russians and horses. The obvious link would be the Cossacks, who reputedly...
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Waterloo Greenway Creek Show 2019 – Austin, Texas
The 2019 Waterloo Greenway Creek Show was held November 7-17, 2019 along Waller Creek between 9th and 12th Streets in Austin Texas. This was the sixth annual Creek Show. There were six light installations...
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Piskaryovskoye Memorial Cemetery, Saint Petersburg and other monuments to the Siege of Leningrad
During the Siege of Leningrad September 1941 through January 1944, more that 600,000 people died, most from starvation. For comparison, the total casualties for the United States in World War II were approximately 419,000....
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Volga River Cruise – Moscow to St. Petersburg
After five nights and the better part of six days in Moscow, we took a tour of Moscow subway stations on our way to board our home for the next six days, the Volga...
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VDNKh (ВДНХ) – Exhibition of Achievements of National Economy (Выставка достижений народного хозяйства), Moscow
While in Moscow we (ok maybe just me, but Audrey humored me) wanted to visit the Cosmonaut museum. The Cosmonaut museum is very recognizable from quite a distance with its tall swooping tower with...
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Novodevichy Cemetery (Новоде́вичье кла́дбище), Moscow
Novodevichy Cemetery was the second most prominent place to be buried during the Soviet era, the first being the Kremlin Necropolis. It was opened in 1898 adjacent to the Novodevichy Convent off the Third...
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Red Square, the Kremlin and surrounding sites – Moscow, Russia
On our recent trip to Moscow we stayed within walking distance of Red Square. We visited multiple times during our five days in Moscow, including a visit to Lenin’s Mausoleum (separate article here), a...
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Teotihuacan – near Mexico City
Teotihuacán is a massive archeological site 25 miles northeast of Mexico City. It was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1987. By many estimates, it was the largest urban center in Mesoamerica near...
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Giant’s Causeway, Northern Ireland
It was a long bus ride from Dublin through Belfast and up to the Giant’s Causeway at the very north end of Northern Ireland. The drive takes three hours, slightly longer in a bus...
