St Petersburg, briefly known as Leningrad, was founded by Peter the Great in 1703. It is associated with the birth of the Russian Empire and is considered the Northern capital. We were fortunate to have a Saturday free in this city, and doubly fortunate that work hired a driver and guide for us for the […]
We landed in Bucharest around noon on Jul 12, were picked up by work at the airport and given a brief tour of the local landmarks. And that was our few hours tour of Bucharest! The rest of the time was spent working. We departed Bucharest for St Petersburg on Jul 15.
In July 2015, Neil and I were provided with the opportunity to visit the folks we worked with in Bucharest, Romania and St Petersburg, Russia. Grandpa and Tita Christine took care of the kids for 10 days (the kids are 5, 6, and 7 at this point). Of course, there’s always some sort of wrench […]