[SlideDeck2 id=7783] June 1, 2013 It seems as though it’s been much more than four days since I arrived in Moscow to begin scouting our first tours here.  Svetlana met my flight and we were soon weaving through traffic that’s as heavy as New York City - perhaps even a bit worse. I sometimes whimsically [...]

I can still remember when, as a child, my school would conduct the occasional air raid drill. I don’t know if it was common throughout the country or whether our proximity to our nation’s capital caused our schools to take the precautions. I also remember the first time I saw an underground bomb shelter for [...]