travels with my sons

Reid and I spent a great two weeks in St. Petersburg with Joe. We took the train to Petragrad around the Bay of Finland to the Summer palace. Though crowded, it was overpowering. The trip home was adventuresome. The taxi to the airport was fine (if some mild extortion at the end). Recovered my luggage which had been missing for the entire trip. Aeroflot is a mismatch now of an airline. Trying to be commercial, yet staffed by bueracrats who still think it is a state run airline that is accountable to no one. A great trip. I visited the Hermitage, went in the morning and stayed all day, the Russian Museum, St. Isaac's, the Russian Orthodox Church, the Duma, the parks and walked and rode the metro all over the city.