St. Petersburg, Russia Helsinki, Finland Sept. 14-18 2009 Landing in St. Petersburg after southern Italy was a shockâa huge difference in culture, weather, fashion, faces. I was awed, walking around town the first evening, at how grand everything is. Wide avenues, enormous, … [Read more...]
Carry-on for two months in Europe!
Welcome to my new blog! I'll be sending dispatches from my two-month trip to Puglia and Sicily in Italy, and then on board a Lindblad National Geographic Explorer ship from St. Petersburg, through the Baltics, then around the coast of Europe to Lisbon. I'm at the airport, … [Read more...]