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Day 11: St. Petersburg in Russia Travel Log
We docked for good at St. Petersburg, and had a busy Hermitage-focused first day, which consisted of visiting the Hermitage museum, its impressionist wing, and its storage and restoration center,...
Day 10: Mandrogy in Russia Travel Log
We docked early at Mandrogy, which is what our tour director describes as “Disneyland of Russia”. It was like a Russian village themed amusement park, complete with a visitor’s center and a carto...
Day 9: Kizhi in Russia Travel Log
Today we crossed lake Onega to visit Kizhi. The lake was very calm and made for smooth sailing. We also had a visit to the wheelhouse in the morning. It was amusing, the controls look like they a...
Day 8: Kuzino/Berillov/Goritzky in Russia Travel Log
Today we docked at Kuzino, got bussed to Berillov, and then got bussed to Goritzky to re-join the ship. This all happened in the morning, within 3 hours. There is nothing at the port of Kuzino,...
Day 7: Yaroslavl in Russia Travel Log
We spent the morning in Yaroslavl. That is supposed to be an industrial town but we weren’t taken anywhere near industrial buildings. Instead we went to the old part of the town, where there are ...
Day 6: Uglich in Russia Travel Log
Today we made a port call to Uglich. The ship didn’t dock till 2pm, so in the morning we had lectures (about Romanov dynasty and Russian language lesson). The time passed by. Viking is good about...
Day 5: Moscow in Russia Travel Log
This was the first day we had an early start, because we had to squeeze in a morning excursion before leaving Moscow in the afternoon to get to Uglich in afternoon the next day. We left around 9:...
Day 4: Moscow in Russia Travel Log
Today we had a long day, visited the Cosmonaut museum in the afternoon, and a night tour of Moscow. But the morning was again idle. We got a late start, with me getting breakfast at Panorama bar...
Day 3: Moscow in Russia Travel Log
The first full day in Moscow was spent on the boat at first. La Professeure had a late start (she still had jet lag), so I got breakfast and checked out various public areas of the ship. Then she...
Day 2: Moscow in Russia Travel Log
My in laws had to pass through the ‘thorough’ custom check because of medications they were taking, but ended up getting routed through the normal custom that we went through - which was actually...
Day 1: New York in Russia Travel Log
We left for Moscow on a direct flight, from 7pm to 11:30am: 9 1/2 hours flight + 7 hour time difference. La Professeure did the airport transportation arrangement and it was very smooth… We left ...
Because My Life has been Boring in Trichotomy
That’s the reason I have for not writing. Middle Management I’ve been a tech-lead for 2+ months now and I cannot say I have enjoyed it. As an engineer I have a short set of objectives to build ...
End-of-Year Survey, 2015 in Trichotomy
What did you do in 2015 that you’d never done before? ~ Use a snow blower. Play solo at Zankel Hall. Put down a pet. Get a promotion. Visit New Hip Company’s headquarters. Perform at a cemetery. ...
Catch up in Trichotomy
A lot of small things happened since I last wrote, but I haven’t been motivated to log onto prosebox. So the is almost 2 months’ worth of entries: The Lead With my promotion I’ve been assigned ...
California Dreaming in Trichotomy
I am in California now, at New Hip Company’s headquarters, pretending to work. As soon as I returned from France, my manager gave me the news that my promotion was approved as a ‘strong promote’...
Goodbye Henrietta in Trichotomy
Today was appropriately gloomy. Cold, damp, and drizzling all day. Henrietta declined even further the last few days; I wished we could have brought her to the vet last weekend. But as it stood, ...
A Life Well-Lived in Trichotomy
Since we came back from France, we noticed that our pet rat Henrietta had lost some weight. I’d thought that’s because she is leading a healthier life style now, so didn’t think much of it. And L...
Day 11 (Oct 12th): Saint Germain en Laye in Paris and Normandy travel log
Today would be the departure day of our trip. We woke up at 3:30am to get our luggage ready for a 4:30am pickup. After which we spent time in the ship’s lounge area to wait for a taxi that would ...
Day 10 (Oct 11th): Saint Germain en Laye in Paris and Normandy travel log
According to our travel brochure, we were supposed to dock at Conflan today, but for whatever reason, we were docked at Le Pecq again. In the morning I went to a tour of Conflan, thinking I would...
Day 9 (Oct 10th): Les Andelys in Paris and Normandy travel log
We docked at Les Andelys in the morning, to visit Chateau Gaillard’s ruins. It was a long walk up a steep hill, and there were many elderly guests, so our guide (who happened to be our program di...
Day 8 (Oct 9th): Rouen in Paris and Normandy travel log
Today we had a full-day excursion to the Normandy beaches. I’d expected it to be physically exhausting, but it was actually an easier day than previous ones, because we mostly just sit in a bus a...
Day 7 (Oct 8th): Rouen in Paris and Normandy travel log
Today we spent the day in the Medieval city of Rouen. We had a late day - the day started at 10, when we took a walking tour through the Medieval part of the city. It was a long walking tour, tho...
Day 6 (Oct 7th): Vernon in Paris and Normandy travel log
We were supposed to spend a whole day in Vernon, but the lock masters of France decided that they were going to have a strike the next day, so we needed to hurry down to the next port Rouen befor...
Day 5 (Oct 6th): Saint Germain en Laye in Paris and Normandy travel log
Today was a whole day in Paris day with the cruise proper. We didn’t sleep well (probably still adjusting to sleeping on the boat?) and we woke up at 7:30. La Professeure slept in, but I got brea...
Day 4 (Oct 5th): Paris in Paris and Normandy travel log
This was the day we board our ship, and the bus would pick us up at 12:30 to go to the port. However, since we hadn’t packed and did not sleep well the previous night (and the fact I watched Matc...
