Day Seven: Monday, 26 MarchAnother day in St. Petersburg! Even though I think the city is so pretty, it is very polluted with dirt in the air and dust everywhere. All the cars are so dirty that the trucks would only wipe off the license plate with their hand! It would be like a brown back with random white spot showing their numbers- gross but funny! It was good we had another day here, my pictures from the first few days of the trip were deleted so I had to take...

Day Five: Saturday, 24 March This morning we arrived in Moscow! Our first sight was, of course, Red Square. Right in the center of Moscow is the beautiful catherdral, Kremlins wall, Lenin's maseleum, the history museum, and the GUM mall. We went on another guided sight seeing tour of the city that didn't end until 3 pm. Our hotel was another luxuirous accomodation. We had free time once we arrived so the girls from Vaxjo and I rested and tehn went to the ...

Day Three: Thursday, 22 March Today was a very busy day. When we left in the morning after our delicious buffet breakfastat the hotel, we wouldn't be back until late in the evening. Our first event was a city sight seeing tour all over St. Petersburg. We had a guide telling us the history of the city and famous buildings and we were able to stop along the way to see the fmaous sights. One of the most interesting stops was when we saw a bear drinking out of a...

Since I have gotten back from my three week vacation I know I have a lot to write about. So I will break my Russia trip up in Days of the trip. Day One, March 20:This was just a travel day for the four of us from Vaxjo who went on the trip to Russia. We left Vaxjo in the AM and traveled by train to Stockholm. We bummed around the town and had to be at the ferry landing in the evening. The boat left at 8 pm and we explored the ferry (it was HUGE!)... had some fun ...