St. Isaac’s Cathedral, a church in St. Petersburg, Russia, is the third largest domed cathedral in the world. It was ordered by Tsar Alexander I in 1818, and after being built for 40 years by Auguste Montferrand, it was finished in 1858. It has a height of 102 meters and an interior space designed to hold 14,000 standing worshipers. The building has so much gold, marble, and heavy ... View Post
Going to Russia – Are You Crazy?
I remember when I first told people I was going to Russia on this trip. WHY? Was the most common response I received. There are several reasons I chose to go, but the top reasons are that Howard’s family is from Russia (Lithuania, actually) and he really wanted to go to St. Petersburg one day. When he was alive we would talk about where we wanted to travel, and St. Petersburg was always near ... View Post
Iceland – A land of opposites
Iceland is a study in opposites. There is the whole fire (volcanoes) and ice (glaciers) thing, but it has a huge dichotomy between Reykjavik and the rest of the country. I didn’t expect it to be so completely different. Let me try to explain... Reykjavik Leaving Reykjavik our first day of touring to drive out to the Golden Circle route in the morning was a surprise to ... View Post
Visiting Geysir, Iceland
We visited Geysir this week while we were touring the Golden Circle in Iceland. The Golden Circle is an area with lots of natural wonders like the continental rift at Thingvellir National Park, and numerous volcanoes and waterfalls. Geysir is a very active geothermal area in southwest Iceland, about 48 miles from Reykjavik. It contains many small geysers, hot pots, and springs. The geysers erupt ... View Post
Horseback Riding at Laxnes, Iceland
On our second day in Iceland, we went horseback riding at Laxnes Horse Farm, about 30 kilometers out of Reykjavik. Icelandic horses have an interesting history. No horses have been imported from the mainland in over 1000 years, making the breed completely native to Iceland. On top of that, all Icelandic horses have five gaits as supposed to the common four. They have the common gaits: ... View Post
Get Ready, Get Set…
I left off the "A Year of Planning" post with my reasons for going east to Europe instead of west to Asia. Once I had a direction, the ideas came fast and furious and I spent hours, and I really mean up to 8-10 hours a day, doing research. I researched where to go, what to do, how long to spend in places, the things I needed to do to get to those places (visas, vaccines, tickets), and read ... View Post
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