Texas Capitol Monuments and Markers
Living downtown in Austin means that we see the Texas Capitol at the north end of Congress Avenue almost everyday. During the pandemic we had to walk up to get mail at our office...
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Fabergé Eggs and the Fabergé Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia
Of the 50 Fabergé Imperial Easter eggs, 44 have survived. On our trip to Russia, we saw nineteen of the forty-four. We saw ten of them when in the Kremlin Armory in Moscow (where...
Map Translation – the Central Museum of the Patriotic War (ЦЕНТРАЛЬНЫЙ МУЗЕЙ ВЕЛИКОЙ ОТЕЧЕСТВЕННОЙ ВОЙНЫ)
The previous article on our series about Russia contains the translation from Russian to English of the main guide I got from our visit to the Central Museum of the Great Patriotic War in...
Central Museum of the Great Patriotic War (ЦЕНТРАЛЬНЫЙ МУЗЕЙ ВЕЛИКОЙ ОТЕЧЕСТВЕННОЙ ВОЙНЫ) Map-Guide Translation from Russian to English
In July 2019 I had the privilege to visit Victory Park and the Museum of the Great Patriotic War in Moscow, Russia. Like many of the places in Russia there was little English translation;...
U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds flight over downtown Austin
As part of the celebration of #HealthcareHeroes the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds flew over Austin and the surrounding area May 13th. The flight was supposed to be the day before and an hour earlier,...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...