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St. Petersburg by Moonlight
I am not a night person. When midnight strikes, I like to be in my pajamas (well, okay, let’s be honest—I’d live in my pajamas if that were socially acceptable) and on my way to bed. I’ve always been a...
View ArticleObserved in St. Petersburg
*Street sweepers use birch branch brooms, though they use them very efficiently. By mid-morning, the streets were always clean and tidy. But they definitely had their work cut out for them, since...
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You Can Call Him Doctor
Great success! Jeff successfully presented his Ph.D. dissertation research, smoothly answered all his opponent’s questions (or nicely evaded them), wowed his committee, and was, as a result, awarded...
View ArticleRussia in Review
UPDATE: You can now link to our photos from the Russia page. Check them out! If you take a look at the navigation bar at the top of the page, you’ll see we’ve added a new section: Country Summaries....
View ArticleBack in the U.S. of A.
We touched down in D.C. this afternoon and are approaching hour 24 of being awake. I’m hoping to end that streak soon by sinking into bed, so I’m sorry but you won’t be getting much of a coherent post...
View ArticleAdios Amigos
Last night we said goodbye to DC with a party, where we were able to gather many of our friends together for a final farewell. Though I was initially resistant to the idea of moving to DC, over the...
View ArticleThe final decisions
We were going through our things tonight. We have a large maybe pile of things we may want to take with us (in addition to a much larger pile of things we are definitely not taking with us). This pile...
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A Farewell in Photos to D.C.
Farewell to the Metro, my connection to the city. Farewell to my favorite weekend destination, Eastern Market Farewell to all my former places of employment, the Holocaust Museum, The Children’s...
View ArticleThe Final Week
So forgive us for not posting at our regularly scheduled time, but things have gotten a little crazy here this past week, our final in the States. In the past week, we have: Spent countless hours on...
View ArticleAnd We’re Off
Tomorrow morning we leave. We begin what will be a one year adventure around the world. We’ve thought about, talked about, and dreamed about this moment for years. Now that it’s here, how do we feel?...
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