Russia (Part 5)
We finally got to Murmansk, and it was around 1:00, with the bizarre noonday sun brightly hugging the horizon.
Russia (Part 4)
Then next day we woke up to the unusually late first snows of Apatity, and had snowball fights and played around, then we headed to some tours of the apatite mines and processing plants for which we had supposedly come to this godforsaken place.
Russia (Part 3)
We visited St. Isaacs Cathedral, which I can say without reservation is the most magnificent building I have ever seen or heard of.
Russia (Part 2)
From Russia With Love The next morning I awakened at around 9:00 to an amazing sunrise. The sun was a bright fluorescent orangey-pink muffled by purpley-grey misty clouds over the Neva and the City, and since we were so far north, it didn’t just rise UP, but also sideways, so […]
Russia (Part 1)
Pamela Olson is a student at Stanford and for the past semester has been touring Russia. Her writing style is comfortable yet gives you a real feeling of being with her. In our eyes she exemplifies what YAGO is all about. If you are going to Russia you’ll want to read this because […]