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Sep 1, 2019Bucket List: Trans-Siberian Railway
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Oct 1, 2018Moscow: Culinary Capital
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Sep 1, 2017Moscow’s Hidden Gems and Iconic Sights
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Apr 1, 2016St. Petersburg The Great
In 1867, writing in his diary about St. Petersburg, Lewis Carroll penned, “It is as though one walked through a city built for giants.” Since the founder of St. Petersburg, Tsar Peter the Great, measured 6 feet, 8 inches, that might account for part of Carroll’s observation. But the comment likely refers just as much to the grandeur and spaciousness of the Russian city — one conceived in culture and born of a desire to make it a capital city like no other.
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Aug 25, 2015Moscow, Russia
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