Filed under: Assimilation, Daily Journal Entry by allisonwucher

7/10/09 Today we explored the city of Pskov. This is our last stop on the tour before returning to St. Petersburg for one last day of touring as a group. Pskov came into existence in 903. In WWII 93% of the buildings in Pskov were destroyed so everything is fairly new. We began our day [...]

Filed under: Daily Journal Entry, Habitation, Migration, Transportation, Uncategorized by allisonwucher

7/9/09 Today was our 2nd and final day touring Novgorod. It started out wet, really wet. It was POURING when we left the hotel. Unfortunately since I had packed my suitcase the night before and I did not have access to the internet to check on the weather, I was wearing my little cute ballet [...]