01-01 Moscow
It’s the bold architecture and beauty of Red Square in Moscow that takes your breath away and provides the lasting memory of a trip to Russia.Our visit was in 1987 just as the country was opening up to tourism and foreign investment. So we saw what it was like living in the Soviet Union under…
01-02 The Ukraine and Moldova
The Opera House in Odessa, on the Black Sea, was a spectacular structure and Mary and I had box seats for a breathtaking performance for only $2 US each. And yet our seat covers were worn down to the canvas below, and the curtain on the stage was both worn and filthy.Odessa was the first…
01-03 Leningrad
The photo is of my wife Mary, taken in front of the Hermitage Museum in Leningrad in 1987. There has never been anything in our life to compare to the Hermitage, and we have visited all the great art galleries of the world.It is also called the Winter Palace, which was stormed by Lenin and…