Gdansk, Poland

A very quaint Old Town and an amazing, and sorrowed, history. World War II began in Gdansk and through Solidarity, Gdansk was the catalyst for the fall of Communism in Europe! The World ,and especially Europe, should have great respect and appreciation to Poland.

Tallinn, Estonia

Onto Tallinn... In 8 years, they have made great strides and improvements. Estonia is an impressive country.



Enjoying hot chocolate in Estonia

From Stockholm to Helsinki to St. Petersburg

We stayed on the ship in Helsinki, the Rock Church was a difficult walk (sorry, no pictures in Finland). Onto St. Petersburg…

Look familiar?

Church of Spilt Blood

Hermitage

1st Steam Powered Battleship - WW I and shot the first shot of the Russian Revolution

Leaving St. Petersburg

The Baltic Beginnings…

Although we departed Copenhagen during the evening, our trip really begins in the Stockholm Archipelago. What memory it evoked as we thought of our last journey through the Archipelago with everyone on the top deck swimming and enjoying the islands of Stockholm. Our next stop was Helskinki where we spent the day enjoying the accoutrements of the Crown Princess. Next, off to St. Petersburg, RuSSSia!

Stockholm Archipelago

A very narrow passage we crossed on a very, very large ship!

A very busy channel through the Archipelago.

Lunch in the square at Gamla Stan. This is the same square we had lunch at when we were last in Gamla Stan with everyone and Andrew reached out to touch the water in the fountain.

Julianne’s Dissertation Station at Buckland

Julianne is finishing her final days of Trinity Term working on her dissertation and preparing for Degree Day; a long day at Buckland! She along with Lincoln and Neal are completing another step, although Neal is now stepping out of academia. Congratulations to Julianne, Lincoln and Neal for staying the course. What Neal is finishing, Lincoln begins. And Julianne, well, more to be written.

Julianne really did work hard at Buckland.

Many, many hours. Of course there were also walks to Stanton.

The weather was brilliant!