By this time, I’m sure most in our group were hungry. Our lunch stop was at Troika restaurant. Apparently, Troika is one of the best and finest restaurants…
I was already having a hard time believing what my eyes were seeing. Then we walked into the Great Hall or the Hall of Lights. This is a…
Our first stop was at Catherine Palace, located south of St. Petersburg proper in the town of Pushkin, in the Pushkin District. The town of Pushkin is named…
It’s hard to believe I am actually in a country where not very long ago, we, as Americans, for all intents and purposes, were not allowed to travel…
There’s nothing like visiting a place in person to dispel years of school history book teaching, news media reports, and Hollywood movie stereotypes. No matter how hard I…