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- England, Sept. 5-7, 2016
- England/Belgium/Wales, July 5-16, 2005
- France, May 12-29, 2018
- Days 1-3, Paris, Mont Saint-Michel
- Day 4, Notre Dame; Marais
- Day 5, Normandy
- Day 6, Rodin Museum; Seine Cruise
- Day 7, Paris: City Tour, Musee d’Orsay & l’Orangerie, Montmartre
- Day 8, Champagne; Dijon
- Day 9, Burgundy, Beaune, Lyon
- Day 10, French Alps, Sisteron, Grasse, Cannes
- Day 11, French Riviera
- Day 12, Avignon, Pont du Gard
- Day 13, Carcassonne; Lourdes
- Day 14, Lourdes, Bordeaux Wine Country, Saint-Emilion
- Day 15, Bordeaux
- Days 16-18, Loire Valley, Cognac, Paris
- France/England/Belgium, Sept. 9-26, 2004(A)
- France/England/Belgium, Sept. 9-26, 2004(B)
- Greece/Turkey, Oct. 12-Nov. 5, 2005(A)
- Greece/Turkey, Oct. 12-Nov. 5, 2005(B)
- Greece/Turkey, Oct. 12-Nov. 5, 2005(C)
- Ireland, Sept. 12-28, 2016
- Italy, April 17-May 8, 2005(A)
- Italy, April 17-May 8, 2005(B)
- Italy, April 17-May 8, 2005(C)
- Italy/Switzerland, Sept. 27-Oct. 8, 2007
- Northern Ireland, Sept. 8-12, 2016
- Northern Ireland/Ireland, Sept 8-12, 2016
- Portugal, March 19-April 5, 2008(A)
- Portugal, March 19-April 5, 2008(B)
- Portugal/Spain/France/Andorra, May 29-June 19, 2019
- Days 1-3, Lisbon
- Day 4, Lisbon
- Day 5, Lisbon, Casais, Cabo da Roca, Sintra
- Day 6, Fatima, Porto
- Day 7: Porto, Portugal, to Santiago de Compostela, Spain
- Day 8, Santiago de Compostela & La Coruna
- Day 9, Luarca, Espana Verde, Oviedo
- Day 10, Santander; Bilbao
- Day 11, San Sebastian; French Basque Country
- Day 12, Pamplona; Zaragoza
- Days 13-15, Barcelona
- Day 16, Barcelona
- Day 17, Girona; Figueres: Salvador Dali Museum
- Days 18-19, Barcelona
- Day 20, Three-Country Tour; Monserrat
- Day 21, Barcelona, Going Home
- Scotland, July 18-23, 2005
- Spain, Oct. 13-18, 2006(A)
- Spain, Oct. 13-18, 2006(B)
- Spain, Oct. 24-25, 2010
- Canada
- British Columbia, Feb. 24-28, 2005
- Maritimes, Oct. 5-15, 2015, 2015
- Days 1&2: Lunenburg/Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia
- Day 3: Nova Scotia to Prince Edward Island
- Day 4: Prince Edward Island
- Day 5: Prince Edward Island to Cape Breton, Nova Scotia
- Day 6: Cabot Trail, Nova Scotia
- Day 7: Cheticamp to Baddeck, Nova Scotia
- Day 8: Louisbourg Fortress & Baddeck, Nova Scotia
- Day 9: Peggy’s Cove & Titanic Graves, Nova Scotia
- Days 10 & 11: Halifax, Nova Scotia
- Quebec, July 16-22, 2018
- Asia
- Cambodia, Jan. 14-20, 2012
- China, Feb. 5-16, 2010
- Days 1 & 2, Beijing: Qian Men
- Day 2(con’t): Beijing: Tianamen Square, etc.
- Day 3(A), Beijing: Tai Chi, Tiananmen Square
- Day 3(B), Beijing: Forbidden City
- Day 3(C), Beijing: Summer Palace, etc.
- Day 4(A), Beijing: Olympic Stadium, etc.
- Day 4(B), Great Wall of China
- Day 5(A), Beijing: Lama Temple
- Day 5(B), Beijing: Hutongs, House of Madame Sun Yat-sen, Tea Shop, Hot Pot
- Day 6, Beijing: BeiHai and Jingshan Parks
- Day 7, Beijing: Temple of Heaven; to Xian
- Day 8(A), Xian: Pagoda, Jade Store
- Day 8(B), Xian: Terra Cotta Warriors
- Day 8(C), From Warriors to Dumplings
- Day 9, Shanghai: Yu Gardens, etc.
- Day 10, Shanghai/Suzhou: Gardens, etc.
- Days 11 & 12, Shanghai/Zhouzhuang; Going Home
- India, Nov. 17-26, 2014
- Japan, April 17-24, 2009
- Malaysia, Jan. 12-14, 2012
- Myanmar, Jan. 26-Feb. 4, 2016
- Nepal, Nov. 27-30, 2014
- Singapore, Jan. 8-11, 2012
- South Korea, January 15-18, 2016
- Sri Lanka, Jan. 13-Feb. 1, 2019
- Days 1-4, Negombo
- Day 5, Negombo to Habarana, Minneriya Nat’l Park
- Day 6, Hiriwadunna Village, Polonnaruwa
- Day 7, Sigiriya Rock Fortress, Dambulla Cave Temple, Spice & Herbal Garden
- Day 8, Kandy: City & Temple of the Tooth Relic
- Day 9, Tea Plantations, Nuwara Eliya
- Day 10, Nuwara Eliya to Yala Nat’l Park
- Day 11, Yala Beach & Nat’l Park
- Days 12&13, Yala to Weligama Bay to Galle
- Day 14, Madu River, Sea Turtle Center, Colombo
- Day 15, Colombo, Anuradhapura
- Day 16, Anuradhapura to Jaffna
- Day 17, Delft Island, Jaffna
- Days 18&19, Jaffna to Wilpattu National Park to Negombo
- Thailand, Jan. 17-Feb. 2, 2014
- Days 1-3, Bangkok
- Day 4, Thailand
- Day 5, Bangkok
- Day 6, River Kwai/Death Railway
- Day 7, Bangkok
- Day 8, Bangkok
- Day 9, Summer Palace, Ayutthaya
- Day 10, Sukhothai
- Day 11, Chiang Rai
- Day 12A, Thailand/Myanmar Border
- Day 12B, The Golden Triangle
- Day 13, Chiang Rai to Chiang Mai
- Day 14, Chiang Mai
- Days 15 & 16, Chiang Mai, Bangkok, Going Home
- Thailand, Jan. 18-26, 2016
- Vietnam, Jan. 20-30, 2013
- Tour Day 3(B) & 4(A), Ho Chi Minh City: At Night and Flower Festival
- Tour Day 4(B), Ho Chi Minh City, City Tour
- Tour Day 4(C&D), Nearby Ho Chi Minh City, to the Cu Chi Tunnels
- Tour Days 5 & 6, Hoi An
- Tour Day 7(A), Hoi An to Hue
- Tour Day 8, Hue: The Perfume River
- Tour Day 9, Hanoi to Halong Bay
- Tour Day 10, Halong Bay
- Tour Day 11, Hanoi
- Tour Day 12, Near Hanoi
- Southern Africa, Sept. 3-20, 2017
- Days 1-4, Cape Town, South Africa
- Day 5, Cape Town, South Africa
- Day 6, Western Cape Winelands, South Africa
- Day 7, Zululand & St. Lucia, South Africa
- Day 8, Hluhluwe Game Reserve, South Africa; Swaziland
- Day 9, Swaziland; South Africa
- Day 10, Kruger National Park, South Africa
- Day 11, Panorama Route, South Africa
- Day 12, Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa
- Day 13, Zambia, Zimbabwe
- Day 14, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe
- Day 15, Botswana
- Day 16, Botswana Game Drives
- Day 17, Botswana-Zambia
- Australia/New Zealand, March 22-April 8, 2017
- South America
- Argentina, 2015
- Brazil, 2015
- Brazil/Argentina, 2015
- Chile, 2015
- Colombia, 2016
- Peru, Aug. 19-Sept. 5, 2018
- Days 1&2, Lima
- Day 3, Lima’s Shantytowns
- Day 4, Paracus, Nazca Lines
- Day 5, Lima Photo Tour
- Day 6, Lima Cultural Tour/Larcomar
- Day 7, Lima, Pachacamac, Larco Museum
- Day 8, Cuzco Ruins
- Day 9, Machu Picchu, Sacred Valley
- Day 10, Cuzco
- Day 11, Cuzco to Raqchi & Puno
- Day 12, Lake Titicaca, Children’s Parade, Sillustani Tombs
- Days 13&14, Colca Canyon
- Days 15-17, Arequipa, Home
- Egypt, Jan. 19-17, 2011
- Central/Eastern Europe-1, April 23-May 8, 2011
- Days 1&2, Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany
- Day 3, Frankfurt to Berlin via Weimar
- Day 4 (Part 1), Berlin
- Day 4 (Part 2), Potsdam, Germany
- Day 5, Berlin to Warsaw via Poznan
- Day 6, Warsaw
- Day 7, Warsaw to Krakow via Jasna Gora and Auschwitz
- Day 8, Krakow
- Day 9, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary
- Day 10, Budapest
- Day 11, Vienna
- Day 12, Vienna to Prague
- Central/Eastern Europe-2, April 23-May 8, 2011
- Central/Eastern Europe
- Eastern Europe
- Balkans Tour, June 15-July 2, 2017
- Days 1-4, Montenegro/Albania
- Days 5&6, Dubrovnik, Croatia
- Day 7, Montenegro
- Day 8, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Day 9, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Day 10, Split, Croatia
- Day 11, Zadar
- Day 12A, Plitvice National Park
- Day 12B, Zagreb
- Day 13, Zagreb, Kumrovec
- Day 14, Ljubljana, Lake Bled, Slovenia
- Day 15, Postojna Caves/Predjama Castle, Slovenia
- Days 16-18, Vienna, Bratislavia
- Bulgaria, April 25-28, 2014
- Romania, April 28-May 3, 2014
- Russia, Sept. 9-20, 2013
- Serbia, April 24-25, 2014
- Turkey, April 11, 2014
- Balkans Tour, June 15-July 2, 2017
- United States
- California
- Art Show 2015
- California Flowers
- Central Coast, March 9-11, 2006
- Central Coast, Dec. 14-16, 2009
- Central Coast, Rails, Whales, & Dunes, March 7-9, 2018
- Los Angeles: Day of the Dead Procession, 2014
- Los Angeles: Little Tokyo, Nov. 17, 2009
- Oak Glen, Oct. 25, 2011
- Reagan Library, Simi Valley
- Riverside-Chino: Christmas, Dec. 20, 2011
- San Diego, June 16, 2006
- San Diego, Sept. 5-6, 2009
- San Diego: Miramar Air Show, Sept. 30, 2011
- San Francisco, Feb. 21-23, 2005
- San Francisco, June 26-29, 2005
- Santa Barbara Wine Country, Feb. 13, 2005
- Chicago
- Florida, May 4-10, 2006
- Grand Canyon West, Oct. 24-26, 2017
- Hawaii, March 1-3, 2010
- Idaho/Washington/Montana, June 9-12, 2007
- Las Vegas
- New Mexico
- New York, July 25-Aug. 4, 2008
- Oregon, March 15-20, 2006
- Washington: Seattle, Feb. 23-24, 2005
- Yellowstone in Winter, Jan. 24-29, 2015
- California
- Morocco, Oct. 14-24, 2010
- Central America
- Caribbean
- Scandinavia/Estonia»
- Iceland
- Middle East
- Dubai & Abu Dhabi, Nov. 19-26, 2013
- Israel/West Bank/Jordan, Jan. 17-31, 2020
- Days 1-3, Tel Aviv
- Day 4, Gaza Border Reality Tour
- Day 5, Tel Aviv Food Tour & Art Museum
- Day 6, Jaffa, Tel Aviv, Caesarea, Capernaum, Sea of Galilee
- Day 7, Mount of Beatitudes, Safed, Kibbutz, Winery, Golan Heights
- Day 8, Diamonds, Beit She’an, Western Wall, Jerusalem
- Day 9, Masada, Dead Sea, and Light Show
- Day 10, Bethlehem
- Day 11, Petra, Jordan
- Day 12, Jerusalem Old City: Stations of the Cross
- Day 13, Hebron, West Bank
- Day 14, Temple Mount and Mount of Olives
- Western Europe
- Slide Shows
- Asia-1
- Cambodia
- Phnom Penh: On the Road, Day 2(A)
- Phnom Penh: Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum/The Killing Fields, Day 2(B)
- Phnom Penh: Mekong Sunset Tour-1, Day 2(C)
- Phnom Penh: Mekong Sunset Tour-2, Day 2(C)
- Phnom Penh: Discovery Tour-1, Day 3
- Phnom Penh: Discovery Tour-2, Day 3
- From Phnom Penh to Siem Reap-1, Tour Day 1
- Siem Reap: Angkor Thom, Tour Day 2(A)
- Siem Reap: Ta Phrohm, Tour Day 2(B)
- Siem Reap: Angkor Wat, Tour Day 2(C)
- Near Siem Reap: Ox-cart Ride, Tonle Sap Boat Trip, Tour Day 3(A)
- China
- India
- Day 3A: Delhi
- Day 3B: Delhi
- Day 3C: Delhi
- Day 4A: Delhi to Jaipur
- Day 4B: Delhi to Jaipur
- Day 5A: Jaipur
- Day 5B: Jaipur
- Day 6A: Jaipur to Abhaneri
- Day 6B: Abhaneri to Agra
- Day 7A: Agra, The Taj Mahal
- Day 7B: Agra, At the Taj Mahal
- Day 7C: Tomb & Agra Fort
- Day 7D: Driving Around Agra
- Day 8A: Agra to Orchha
- Day 8B: Orchha to Khajuraho
- Day 9A: Khajuraho
- Day 9B: Varanasi
- Day 10A: Varanasi
- Day 10B: Sarnath
- Japan
- Japan: Raw and Packaged Food
- Japan: Restaurant Food
- Japan: Shopping
- Japan: Signs
- Japan: Sweets
- Kamakura: Rickshaw Ride
- Mt. Kamagatake (Hakone-en): Cable Car Ride
- Nikko: Nikko Toshogu Shrine
- Tokyo: Central Wholesale Fish Market
- Tokyo: Imperial Palace East Garden
- Tokyo: Little Hong Kong
- Tokyo: Sumida River Cruise
- Tokyo: Tokyo at Night
- Tokyo: Views from Tokyo Tower
- Malaysia
- Nepal
- Singapore
- Singapore Walk, Day 1(A)
- Singapore Wallk, Day 1(B)
- Singapore Botanic Gardens, Day 2(A)
- Asian Food, Day 2(B)
- Buffalo Street, Little India, Day 3(A)
- Chinatown, Day 3(B)
- Night Tour, Day 3(C)
- Sri Veeramakaliamman Hindu Temple, Day 4(A)
- Haw Par Villa–1, Day 4(B)
- Haw Par Villa–2, Day 4(C)
- Sentosa Mosiac Dragon, Day 4(D)
- South Korea
- Thailand-1
- Ayutthaya Historical Park
- Bangkok: Chao Phraya River Cruise
- Bangkok: Chao Phraya Night Cruise
- Bangkok: City Tour
- Bangkok: Emerald Buddha/Grand Palace
- Bangkok: Wat Po
- Bang Pa-In Summer Palace
- Canal Cruise, Floating Market, Rose Garden
- Damnoen Saduak Canal Boat Ride
- Damnoen Saduak Floating Market
- Death Railway POW Cemetery & Museum
- From Ayutthaya to Sukhothai
- From Sukhothai to Chiang Rai
- River Kwai/Death Railway
- Sukhothai Historical Park
- Wat Rong Khun: The White Temple
- Thailand-2
- Thailand-3
- Cambodia
- Asia-2
- Myanmar
- Bagan: Day 1
- Bagan: Day 2A
- Bagan: Day 2B
- Inle Lake: Day 1A
- Inle Lake: Day 1B
- Inle Lake: Day 2
- Mandalay: Day 1
- Mandalay: Day 2A
- Mandalay: Day 2B
- Pyin Oo Lwin
- Tachileik-1: Border, Market
- Tachileik-2: Two Temples
- Tachileik-3: Border, Knock-offs
- Yangon: Driving Around
- Yangon: Places Visited
- Yangon: Shwedagon Pagoda
- Sri Lanka
- Anuradhapura
- Anuradhapura to Jaffna
- Colombo to Anuradhapura
- Dambulla Cave Temple
- Delft Island-1
- Delft Island-2
- Delft Island-3
- Galle: Buddhist Monastery
- Galle Fort-1
- Galle Fort-2
- Glenloch Tea Factory
- Hiriwadunna Village
- Jaffna
- Jaffna to Wilpattu to Negombo
- Kandy: City & Temple of the Tooth Relic
- Kandy to Nuwara Eliya
- Kosgoda: Sea Turtle Research & Conservation Center
- Madu River Safari
- Minneriya National Park
- Negombo
- Negombo to Habarana
- Nuwara Eliya to Yala Nat’l Park
- Polonnaruwa
- Sigiriya Rock Fortress
- Wilpattu National Park
- Yala Beach
- Yala National Park
- Yala to Weligama Bay to Galle
- Vietnam-1
- Ho Chi Minh City: Flower Festival, Tour Days 3(B) & 4(A)
- Ho Chi Minh City: City Tour, Tour Day 4(B)
- Nearby Ho Chi Minh City: Going to the Cu Chi Tunnels, Tour Day 4(C)
- Nearby Ho Chi Minh City: Cu Chi Tunnels, Tour Day 4(D)
- Hoi An: Old City-1, Tour Days 5 & 6(A)
- Hoi An: Old City-2, Tour Day 6(B)
- Hoi An: Thu Bon River Cruise, Tour Day 6(C)
- Hoi An: Tra Que Herb Village, Tour Day 6(D)
- Vietnam-2
- Hoi An to Hue, Tour Day 7(A)
- Hue: The Citadel, Tour Day 7(B)
- Hue: Cyclo Ride and Dinner, Tour Day 7(C)
- Hue: Perfume River-1, Tour Day 8
- Hue: Perfume River-2, Tour Day 8
- Hanoi to Halong Bay, Tour Day 9
- Halong Bay: Tour Day 10
- Hanoi: Museum, Old City, Water Puppets, Tour Day 11(A)
- Hanoi: Hanoi Hilton (Hoa Lo Prison Historical Site), Tour Day 11(B)
- Near Hanoi: Thay Pagoda, Day 12(A)
- Near Hanoi: Vietnam Village, Day 12(B)
- Gate 1 Tourmates’ Photos, Vietnam and Cambodia
- Myanmar
- Australia/New Zealand
- New Zealand
- Auckland: City Tour
- Auckland: Waiheke Island
- Auckland: Waitakere Ranges Park
- Dunedin: City Tour
- Dunedin: Otago Peninsula Tour
- Dunedin to Christchurch
- Milford Sound
- Queenstown: Skippers Canyon-1
- Queensland: Skippers Canyon-2
- Queenstown to Dunedin-1
- Queenstown to Dunedin-2
- Queenstown: The Town
- Queenstown to Milford Sound
- Queenstown: TSS Earnslaw Cruise
- Australia
- New Zealand
- Iceland
- South America
- Argentina
- Brazil
- Brazil/Argentina
- Chile
- Colombia-1
- Bogota: Botero Museum; Monserrate
- Bogota: City Tour
- Bogota Graffiti Murals-1
- Bogota Graffiti Murals-2
- Bogota Photography Tour-1
- Bogota Photography Tour-2
- Bogota Photography Tour-3
- Bogota: Salt Cathedral of Zipaquira/Tejo
- Cocora Valley: Eco Tour/Coffee Plantation
- Day trip to Villa de Leyva-1: Raquira
- Day trip to Villa de Leyva-2
- Zona Cafetera/Cocora Valley/Salento
- Colombia-2
- Peru
- Western Europe
- Belgium
- England
- France-1
- French Basque Country
- Giverny: Monet’s Water Gardens
- Giverny: Monet’s Flower Gardens
- Mont Saint-Michel
- Normandy-1
- Normandy-2
- Paris: City Tour
- Paris: Marais Pastry & Wine Tour
- Paris: Montmartre
- Paris: Musee de l’Orangerie
- Paris: Musee d’Orsay (2004)
- Paris: Musee d’Orsay (2018)
- Paris: Notre Dame
- Paris: Rodin Museum
- Paris: Seine Cruise
- Paris: The Louvre
- Paris: View from the Eiffel Tower
- Versailles
- France-2
- Greece
- Ireland
- Book of Kells, Guinness Storehouse, Archaelogy Museum
- Cahir Castle & Waterford
- Cobh (Queenstown)
- Connemara/Kylemore Abbey
- Cork: City Tour
- County Galway to County Kerry
- Dingle Peninsula
- Dublin: Cathedral, Castle, Cemetery
- Dublin Doors
- Dublin: Sights
- Galway: Aran Islands
- Galway: City Tour
- Glendalough Valley, Powerscourt House
- Kilkenny Walk
- Killarney: Drive Around
- Killarney: Walk Around
- Killarney to Blarney Castle
- Kilmainham Gaol & Howth
- Ring of Kerry
- Italy-1
- Italy-2
- Northern Ireland
- Northern Ireland/Ireland
- Portugal
- Spain-1
- Avila
- Barcelona 2019
- Barcelona Hop-on Hop-off Bus
- Fundacio Joan Miro
- Gaudi’s Barcelona: Casa Batllo, Casa Mila, Park Guell
- Gaudi’s Barcelona: Sagrada Familia
- Hospital Sant Pau
- Meet Vincent Van Gogh
- Montserrat
- Palau de la Musica Catalana
- Port Cable Car Barcelona
- Sardana Dancers, Barcelona Cathedral, Picasso Museum
- Tapas Walking Tour
- Barcelona: Gaudi’s Casa Mila
- Barcelona: Gaudi’s Parc Guell
- Barcelona: Gaudi’s Sagrada Familia
- Barcelona: Las Ramblas
- Bilbao; Guggenheim Museum
- Cordoba-1
- Cordoba-2
- Figueres: Salvador Dali Museum
- Girona
- Granada: The Alhambra
- La Coruna
- Luarca
- Madrid: Palacio Real
- Madrid: Tapas Walking Tour
- Near Madrid: El Escorial
- Oviedo
- Pamplona
- Ronda: Old Moorish Quarter
- Spain-2
- Spain/France/Andorra
- Switzerland
- Caribbean
- Middle East
- Dubai & Abu Dhabi
- Dubai, Day 1A: City Tour
- Dubai, Day 1B: City Tour
- Dubai, Day 1C: City Tour
- Dubai, Day 2A: Ski Dubai, Dubai Metro
- Dubia, Day 2B: Desert Safari
- Sharjah, Day3A: Museum and Souqs
- Abu Dhabi, Day 4A: Hili Park, Al Ain Oasis & National Museum
- Abu Dhabi, Day 4B: Al Ain Mall, Camel Market, Palace Museum
- Abu Dhabi, Day 5A: City Tour
- Abu Dhabi, Day 5B: Grand Mosque
- Abu Dhabi, Day 5C: Falcon Hospital
- Israel/West Bank/Jordan
- Dubai & Abu Dhabi
- United States
- Arizona/Nevada
- Americana in Williams, AZ
- Broken Arrow Tour–Sedona
- Cruise on the Colorado River
- Grand Canyon
- Grand Canyon Railway
- Hoover Dam, NV/AZ, to Laughlin, NV
- Montezuma Castle
- Monument Valley from Sedona, AZ
- Monument Valley, AZ/UT
- Monument Valley, AZ/UT: Goulding’s
- New Age Sedona
- Oak Creek Canyon to Sedona
- Sedona Sculpture Walk
- Sedona Vortex Tour
- Tlaquepaque, Sedona, AZ
- Uptown Sedona
- California-1
- Anza-Borrego: Wildflowers
- Barstow: Peggy Sue’s ’50’s Diner
- Cambria: East and West Villages
- Carlsbad: Flower Fields
- Catalina Island
- Central Coast, Rails, Whales, & Dunes–1
- Central Coast, Rails, Whales, & Dunes-2
- Chino: Christmas Decorations
- Indio: Date Festival & Riverside County Fair
- La Canada Flintridge: Descanso Gardens
- Lancaster: California Poppy Reserve
- Los Angeles: Becoming L.A.!
- Los Angeles: Chinatown, Jan. 2014, Part 1
- Los Angeles: Chinatown, Jan. 2014, Part 2
- Los Angeles: Day of the Dead Altars-1
- Los Angeles: Day of the Dead Altars-2
- California-2
- LA Graffiti and Mural Tour-1
- LA Graffiti and Mural Tour-2
- Los Angeles: Grand Central Market, 2014
- Los Angeles: Latin Spice Food Tasting Tour
- Los Angeles: Mariachi Plaza & Boyle Heights
- Los Angeles: Mexica New Year
- Montecito: Lotusland, Part 1
- Montecito: Lotusland, Part 2
- Montecito: Lotusland, Part 3
- Montecito: Lotusland, Part 4
- Oak Glen
- California-3
- Pasadena: 2012 Rose Parade
- Pasadena: Curbside Rose Parade-1, 2014
- Pasadena: Curbside Rose Parade-2, 2014
- Pasadena: Curbside Rose Parade-3, 2014
- Riverside: Mission Inn
- Rose Parade 2017A
- Rose Parade 2017B
- Rose Parade 2017C
- San Francisco: Alcatraz Island
- San Francisco: Chinatown Stores
- San Francisco: Victorian Houses
- San Juan Capistrano: Mission San Juan Capistrano
- Venice Beach
- Ventura County: Anacapa Island
- Chicago
- Grand Canyon West CA-NV-AZ
- Hawaii
- Las Vegas Side Trips
- New Mexico
- New York
- New York City: Central Park
- New York City: Harbor Lights Night Cruise
- NYC: Chinatown, Little Italy, Wall Street, Trinity Church
- New York City: Manhattan Island, 3-Hour Cruise
- New York City: Midtown, Soho, Battery Park, etc.
- NYC: Rockefeller Center and Fifth Avenue
- NYC: Uptown, Grant’s Tomb, Harlem, etc.
- Northport: Cow Harbor Day
- Northport: Main Street
- Washington
- Yellowstone in Winter
- Arizona/Nevada
- Central Europe
- Central/Eastern Europe-1
- Market Square, Poznan, Poland
- Warsaw’s Old and New Towns
- Inside Wilanow Castle, Warsaw
- Wilanow Castle: Favorite Portraits
- Jasna Gora Monastery, Czestochowa, Poland
- Auschwitz
- Wawel Castle, Krakow
- Krakow’s Old Town
- Wieliczka Salt Mine, Krakow
- Poland, Slovakia, Hungary
- Danube Walk: Pest Side
- Three Walks Around Stephansdom, Vienna
- Schonbrunn Palace, Vienna
- Vienna 2017-A
- Vienna 2017-B
- Central/Easterm Europe-2
- Eastern Europe-1
- Eastern Europe-2
- Romania
- Russia-1
- Goritsy: Skeksna River, Town
- Goritsy: St. Cyril’s Monastery
- Kizhi
- Mandrogi: Craftsmen Village
- Mandrogi: Vodka Museum
- Moscow: At Night
- Moscow: Novodevichy Convent & Cemetery
- Moscow: Overlook
- Moscow: Red Square
- Moscow: The Kremlin
- Russia River Cruise: (1) Moscow to Urlich
- Uglich, Part A
- Uglich, Part B
- Yaroslavl: Buildings & Town Square
- Yaroslavl: Churches
- Russia-2
- Eastern Europe-3
- Central/Eastern Europe-1
- Canada
- Southern Africa
- Scandinavia/Estonia
- Central America
- El Salvador
- Guatemala
- Antigua-1
- Antigua-2
- Antigua-3
- Antigua, La Azotea Coffee Plantation-1
- Antigua, La Azotea Coffee Plantation-2
- Antigua to Lake Atitlan
- Guatemala City: Drive Around
- Guatemala City: Museos Ixchel and Popol Vuh
- Guatemala City to Petenchel
- Hotel Atitlan at Lake Atitlan
- Lake Atitlan
- Lake Atitlan to Guatemala City
- Panajachel
- Petenchel to Antigua
- Quirigua
- Tikal National Park
- Mexico
- Panama
- North Africa
- Asia-1
- Movies
- Contact
Russia River Cruise: (1) Moscow to Uglich
Map of Our Russia River Cruise
Our ship left Moscow about 4 p.m. We first sailed from our berth on the Khimk Reservoir to the Moscow Canal, which connects with the Volga River. We were on the way to our first port, Uglich, 165.28 miles (266 km) from Moscow.
Map of Our Russia River Cruise
On Our way
We passed by the Northern River Station and the other river boats docked here.
On Our way
Presentation of the Captain’s Crew and Welcome Cocktail
The crew was presented to us. The captain spoke in Russian, with Tanya, our Gate 1 tour guide, translating into English. We also had a large Italian group on board and their guide translated what the captain said into Italian. Additionally, we had a small group from Sweden and their guide translated what the captain said into Swedish. The captain of the ship is at the microphone.
We had champagne––very sweet. Joyce didn’t want hers so I had two glasses of champagne.
Presentation of the Captain’s Crew and Welcome Cocktail
The Captain of the M.S. Lenin
Many of the women aboard thought the captain was movie–star handsome.
The Captain of the M.S. Lenin
Tanya
Tanya, our Gate 1 tour guide. I found out later that she is actually Dr. Tanya as she has a Ph.D. in linguistics and teachers at a university. This was her first Gate 1 season. Her English was excellent.
Tanya
Our Special Treat for Dinner
Tonight, we had a special appetizer: red caviar, smoked salmon, and pancakes––how caviar is often served in Russia. No one but me wanted the caviar, so I had at least an extra helping of it. I also ate the smoked salmon, which I have always avoided. I also had a glass of wine at dinner.
When I got back to my cabin after dinner, I was unbelievably dizzy. I think the salty sandwich I had for lunch at the Gum Department Store, the champagne at the captains’s reception, the wine and the caviar and the smoked salmon I had for dinner, not getting enough sleep for two nights, the time change (Moscow was 11 hours ahead of LA time), and the movement of the boat hit me all at once. I was a bit worried. I opened my cabin’s window and took two Tums and all settled down, until I was awakened by what I thought was an earthquake (if you live in Southern California and you hear strange noises and movements at night, the first thing you think about is you are having an earthquake). It took awhile until I remembered I was on a boat. The strange noises and movements were from going through a lock. The list of locks that Tanya gave us indicated that we went through six locks that night and early morning.
Our Special Treat for Dinner
Our Cruise Through the Moscow Canal and on the Volga River
I have put most of my photos of our cruise from Moscow to Uglich through the Moscow Canal and on the Volga River on a slide show: Go directly to
http://www.peggysphotos.com/russia–river–cruise–1–moscow–to–urlich/
or to Slide Shows, Eastern Europe, Russia, River Cruise: (1) Moscow to Uglich.
The most interesting sight that we passed on our cruise was the Bell Tower of St. Nicholas’ Cathedral, built in 1800, and originally in the town of Kaliazin. In 1940, the town was flooded when the Uglich resevoir was constructed. Little of the town remains today.
Our Cruise Through the Moscow Canal and on the Volga River
Uglich
We reached our first port of call: Uglich. “Uglich” is a derivative of “ugol,” a corner. The Volga makes a sharp turn at Uglich. Uglich was founded as early as 937. Today, it has about 39,000 inhabitants.
It is mostly known as is the place where Prince Dimitry, the youngest son of Ivan the Terrible, after Ivan’s death, was banished to and then assassinated in 1591 at age 8–10 years old (sources state his age differently). Dimitry was the heir to the Muscoite throne. His death led to the Time of Troubles, a period of political crisis in Russia in the 17th century. Some thought that Dimitry was still alive and there were three False Dimitrys claiming the throne: False Dimitry I, II, and III.
Uglich
Uglich
The church in the Uglich poster. The Church of Prince Dimitry the Martyr (Church of the Blood or Church of St. Dimitry on the Blood) built on the site where Dimitry was killed. Peter the Great ordered the church built, which was started in 1692.
I have put my photos of Uglich on two slide shows. Go directly to
http://www.peggysphotos.com/uglich–part–a/ and
http://www.peggysphotos.com/uglich–part–b/
or to Slide Shows, Eastern Europe, Russia, Uglich, Parts A and B.
Uglich
Uglich Church Choir–Movie
At a museum in Uglich, we were treated to an a cappella choir singing two religious songs. Here is a movie of one of the songs they sang.
Uglich Church Choir–Movie
Uglich Church Choir–Movie
The second religious song they sang for us. You could buy CDs of either their religious music or folk music after the performance.
Uglich Church Choir–Movie
Uglich Women Singers–Movie
These two women were also singing in Uglich for donations.
Uglich Women Singers–Movie
Kalina Folk Concert–Movie
After dinner––I had “cutlet meat with nuts and cheese in Italian, white sauce with cinnamon and nuts, potatoes ‘Delikatesnii’ (with cheese and sweet pepper), eggplants with cheese”––it sounded better than it tasted. I stayed up for tonight’s entertainment, the Kalina Folk Concert. I have put three movies of the folk concert in the movie section: Go to Movies, Central/Eastern Europe Movies, pages 9–10. I have put one movie of the Kalina Folk Concert here.
Kalina Folk Concert–Movie
Sunset on the Volga
Photo taken after our dinner.
Sunset on the Volga
Sunset on the Volga
Lights reflected on the Volga River.
Sunset on the Volga
Sunset on the Volga
More lights reflected on the Volga.
Sunset on the Volga
Sunset on the Volga
The sun is almost down.