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					<title><![CDATA[Sunday April 20th, 1986 5]]></title>
					<description><![CDATA[We managed to make it to the evening meal! Instant mash with steak and PRUNES! Margaret enjoyed the combination!We went to see the folklore evening, singing and dancing in a brand new theatre in the hotel. A cast of about 50! It was magnificent!<br><div class='borderedPhoto' ><a href='/Photos/PhotoView.aspx?imageID=32564' class='photoLink' ><img src='http://img.blogabond.com/UserPhotos/3880/580/image3-1.jpg' border=0></a></div><div class='borderedPhoto' ><a href='/Photos/PhotoView.aspx?imageID=32565' class='photoLink' ><img src='http://img2.blogabond.com/UserPhotos/3880/580/image4-1.jpg' border=0></a></div><div class='borderedPhoto' ><a href='/Photos/PhotoView.aspx?imageID=32566' class='photoLink' ><img src='http://img.blogabond.com/UserPhotos/3880/580/image5-1.jpg' border=0></a></div><div class='borderedPhoto' ><a href='/Photos/PhotoView.aspx?imageID=32567' class='photoLink' ><img src='http://img2.blogabond.com/UserPhotos/3880/580/image6.jpg' border=0></a></div><div class='borderedPhoto' ><a href='/Photos/PhotoView.aspx?imageID=32568' class='photoLink' ><img src='http://img.blogabond.com/UserPhotos/3880/580/image7.jpg' border=0></a></div><div class='borderedPhoto' ><a href='/Photos/PhotoView.aspx?imageID=32569' class='photoLink' ><img src='http://img2.blogabond.com/UserPhotos/3880/580/image8.jpg' border=0></a></div>]]></description>
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					<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate> 
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					<title><![CDATA[Sunday April 20th, 1986 4]]></title>
					<description><![CDATA[Missed my dinner! My watch was somehow 1 hour slow and we turned up too late! We somehow survived. Spent two hours going round the Hermitage Art Gallery. Saw art from all over the world EXCEPT <a href="/Russia">Russia</a>!<br><div class='borderedPhoto' ><a href='/Photos/PhotoView.aspx?imageID=32561' class='photoLink' ><img src='http://img2.blogabond.com/UserPhotos/3880/580/image0-1.jpg' border=0></a></div><div class='borderedPhoto' ><a href='/Photos/PhotoView.aspx?imageID=32562' class='photoLink' ><img src='http://img.blogabond.com/UserPhotos/3880/580/image1-1.jpg' border=0></a></div><div class='borderedPhoto' ><a href='/Photos/PhotoView.aspx?imageID=32563' class='photoLink' ><img src='http://img2.blogabond.com/UserPhotos/3880/580/image2-1.jpg' border=0></a></div>]]></description>
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					<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate> 
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					<title><![CDATA[Sunday April 20th, 1986 3]]></title>
					<description><![CDATA[<div class='borderedPhoto' ><a href='/Photos/PhotoView.aspx?imageID=32560' class='photoLink' ><img src='http://img.blogabond.com/UserPhotos/3880/580/image5.jpg' border=0></a></div>And the cemetary, where people are buried in huge communal graves.<div class='borderedPhoto' ><a href='/Photos/PhotoView.aspx?imageID=32559' class='photoLink' ><img src='http://img2.blogabond.com/UserPhotos/3880/580/image4.jpg' border=0></a></div>]]></description>
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					<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate> 
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					<title><![CDATA[Sunday April 20th, 1986 2]]></title>
					<description><![CDATA[Went on sightseeing tour. Maria, the Russian guide, has a dull voice. We saw, and took photos of the convent, which is intact only on the outside.<div class='borderedPhoto' ><a href='/Photos/PhotoView.aspx?imageID=32556' class='photoLink' ><img src='http://img.blogabond.com/UserPhotos/3880/580/image3.jpg' border=0></a></div><div class='borderedPhoto' ><a href='/Photos/PhotoView.aspx?imageID=32557' class='photoLink' ><img src='http://img2.blogabond.com/UserPhotos/3880/580/image1.jpg' border=0></a></div><div class='borderedPhoto' ><a href='/Photos/PhotoView.aspx?imageID=32558' class='photoLink' ><img src='http://img.blogabond.com/UserPhotos/3880/580/image2.jpg' border=0></a></div>]]></description>
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					<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate> 
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					<title><![CDATA[Sunday April 20th, 1986]]></title>
					<description><![CDATA[.<div class='borderedPhoto' ><a href='/Photos/PhotoView.aspx?imageID=32555' class='photoLink' ><img src='http://img2.blogabond.com/UserPhotos/3880/580/image0.jpg' border=0></a></div>7-52 am. Took 1st picture of view of the River Neva from the hotel room window. Big slabs of ice floating down.<br>Breakfast - Some kind of Semolina Slab, slices of fatty sausage, coffe, tea, sour cream, cake, jam]]></description>
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					<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate> 
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					<title><![CDATA[Saturday April 19th 1986]]></title>
					<description><![CDATA[Saturday April 19th 1986 <p style='clear:both;'/>1st day<p style='clear:both;'/><a href="/Russia/Leningrad">Leningrad</a> (NOW ST PETERSBURG)<br>2 Hours in customs. Got to Hotel (<a href="/Russia/Leningrad">Leningrad</a>)- Great Hotel, Meal of veal stew, red cabbage, cucumber, and saute potatoes. Starters sardine & cucumber and pumpernickle bread.<br>Lovely view from Hotel <a href="/Russia/Leningrad">Leningrad</a> of river Neva. It is beautiful and you can see the lights on the other side. We have spent some of the evening in the hotel nightclub, where they had a full floor-show - Singing in the rain, I just called to say I love you, etc - Great!<br>We danced until midnight, <a href="/Russia/Leningrad">Leningrad</a> time (9 o'clock our time)<br>I'm in the hotel room number 655 with a lovely view of the river, and some duty-free scotch and a free Pepsi which I found.<br>P.S. The flight was great, no bump and just under 3 1/2 hours.<br>]]></description>
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