Russia

During my father’s and I’s five days aboard the Trans-Siberian train we got lots of photos of the scenery, but I waited until we were on a turn so I…

All Aboard!!! The Trans-Siberian train is heading out. My dad joined me as we spent five days traveling to Mongolia and yesterday was the first blog of this adventure. Tomorrow…

For the second half of the fifth leg of my “Planes, Trains, & Automobiles World Tour”, I took my dad on the Trans-Siberian train all the way across Russia. Many…

Yesterday you read all about my dad and my’s time in Suzdal, Russia, well today I want to share my favorite acrylic sheet with you as the “Photo of the…

Today my father and I took a bus from Vladimir to Suzdal, in Russia, to see this World Heritage site. Immediately upon arrival we can feel the difference in this…

Yesterday I told you about the day my father and I spent in Vladimir, Russia and today I want to share my favorite photo from the museum in the Church…

My dad and I got into Vladimir in the evening after taking a two hour train from Moscow, so all we really did was check into the hotel and go…

Today is mine and my dad’s final day in Moscow and we chose to head back to the Red Square, which is the parade ground on the side of the…

I was so excited to see St Basil Cathedral, because every time I hear about the Kremlin or Moscow I see pictures of this amazing and colorful church. If you…

On our 3rd day in Moscow I wanted to do something away from the Kremlin (blogged about two days ago) and the Red Square (blog coming in two days) and…

I like the memorial we have in Washington, DC dedicated to the unknown soldiers and I am happy to tell you Russia also has one just outside the Kremlin in…

Today is mine and my dad’s second day in Moscow and we plan on spending it all in the Kremlin. If you are like me, you may have heard of…

I can’t believe I was able to capture these two birds as well as I did. They were just going about their business as they hopped along from bush to…

Today we arrived in Moscow via the overnight train, Red Arrow. As I said on Thursday, this ride was fabulous and we were bummed to have slept most of the…

This city was meant to be photographed at night with all the lights and colors. I mean did you see the POTD on Monday? Talk about lighting!!!! Here we have…

You can read about the fort if you go back to the blog from Sunday, but here is a picture of the alter itself. If you do go back you…

Today is my and my dad’s last day in St Petersburg, so we paid to join a tour group to Peterhof, the summer palace of Peter the Great. I know…

Tomorrow I will write about Peterhof itself, but today I want to share the main fountain with you as my “Photo of the Day”. If you want to see other…

Today is the second day with my dad in St Petersburg and I am so excited to visit the Winter Palace (FYI, it is closed on Mondays), which is also…

This is the Church of the Nativity and this photo has captured my heart. I love everything about it including the lighting, color, and clouds.  In order to capture this…

I met my dad in St Petersburg, Russia to start the fifth leg of my “Planes, Trains, and Automobiles World Tour”. It started off with a hiccup since I showed…

As American citizens we are lucky in the fact that of the 196 countries in world we do not need visas in advance of our arrival for 174 of them….