tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11762382.post138780007656836740..comments2023-10-24T08:13:45.842-06:00Comments on Only in New Mexico: Misc.Jim Bacahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14019944863771287149noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11762382.post-14994829920225973842012-07-30T11:49:27.735-06:002012-07-30T11:49:27.735-06:00Damn you and your trips. You go every place I want...Damn you and your trips. You go every place I want to go.<br /><br />Seriously though, good for you. I read a lot about Russia, the politics, the Russian novelists (the time of the czars!) and one of the podcasts I listen to is a Russian history professor interviewing other Russian history professors about new Russian history books they've just come out with. That country has an amazingly rich history. It's like no other place on earth.<br /><br />To me, Moscow and St Petersburg would be must sees with so much of the history occurring in just those two cities, and with their magnificent architecture and some of the world's greatest art and so on, but you're getting out into Russia, too.<br /><br />I say that because, a couple times, I've heard people talk about Moscow and then add, "But Moscow isn't Russia." Referring to the countryside, the farmland, villages that make you feel like you're back in the 18th century.<br /><br />Bring lots of film (har). Bring several spare cameras. I'll be looking forward to this. Say Hi to Tolstoy for me. And definitely Lenin. Of course Lenin.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com