These crazy holidays |
I was fortunate to be reminded of everything I have for which to be thankful tonight at and after our Passover seder. Between the chaos of planning my own wedding and the other stuff on my plate...
Posted by Starr on Wed, 04 Apr 2007 09:52:00 PST |
Petersburg 8 - Moscow! |
So Saturday night we went to Moscow. 3 of us went - Katie, Sarah, and myself, and we took the train. The train left at 1:30 am, but since the metro stops at midnight we lef...
Posted by Starr on Mon, 17 Jul 2006 04:22:00 PST |
Petersburg 7 - Dacha |
Ok, so I know it's been a few days since the last email, so this one will either be long or be in several parts. We will start with Friday, which is the day we went to the dacha. ...
Posted by Starr on Mon, 17 Jul 2006 04:20:00 PST |
Petersburg 6 - Hermitage and more |
Here is another chapter in the St Petersburg adventures. I have under 30 minutes of internet time left, hence the shorter message. Today - this morning - Gabby and I ventured to the Hermi...
Posted by Starr on Mon, 17 Jul 2006 04:18:00 PST |
St Petersburg 5.5 |
I am amazed by the levels of secrecy still in place in the government and with documents, as I'm sure I've mentioned before. We need information on the historic properties that need to be...
Posted by Starr on Mon, 17 Jul 2006 04:17:00 PST |
St Petersburg 5 |
Good afternoon and Happy 4th of July! It's strange to be in a foreign country that isn't Canada for this holiday. We don't have much planned for this evening since, well, we're in Russia, ...
Posted by Starr on Mon, 17 Jul 2006 04:15:00 PST |
St Petersburg 4 |
The rest of last week was full of meetings and whatnot to prepare more for the project. I will now tell you a little more about it, since I don't know what I've told you so far. We have a ...
Posted by Starr on Mon, 17 Jul 2006 04:12:00 PST |
St Petersburg 3.5 |
Monday we had another lecture related to real estate and our project, and Tuesday we had two more sessions. Wednesday all of the students met together to begin work on the project. Luckily...
Posted by Starr on Mon, 17 Jul 2006 04:11:00 PST |
St Petersburg 3 |
Sunday we took a trip to visit two summer palaces located outside of the city. These were the palaces of Paul and of Catherine the Great, from a long time ago. We took the metro/subway to ...
Posted by Starr on Mon, 17 Jul 2006 04:10:00 PST |
St Petersburg 2 |
It is Saturday afternoon and luckily it has cooled off a bit here, so we can walk without becoming soaking wet. We had more meetings on Friday with various professional people in the property de...
Posted by Starr on Mon, 17 Jul 2006 04:08:00 PST |
