Monthly Archives: November 2014

Day 6   Embarkation day on the “Tiki Don” as we started our cruise on the Volga River and continued through canals, lakes and other rivers on the Volga-Baltic waterway to St. Petersburg.  Every day featured some kind of Discovery in … Continue reading →

Days 1 – 4  Once we were in Moscow, Kathy visited the tourist sites which I had already seen when I went to the Soviet Union in 1986 with Grandmothers for Peace.  These included the Kremlin with its red brick … Continue reading →

The 2nd day in Kiev we visited the Lavra (Caves Monastery). another UNESCO site. with many “onion – domed” museums on several levels.  In the 11th century, several “holy men settled in these caves and were joined by other healers … Continue reading →

“See with your own eyes what life is like in the new Russia!”  How could I resist going on a river cruise from Moscow to St. Petersburg and revisit some of the sites I had seen in 1986 with a … Continue reading →