Impressions of Russia

This trip has been an amazing experience to change our opinion of Russia.  It is a wonderful country with terrific people.  As one of our guides said 80% of the people are like people in the rest of the world and want to live in peace and harmony like everyone else.  It has taught me that I need to be very careful about the spin the media puts on things.

We have met wonderful young people, who are very happy.  I know some will say we only met the people the Russian’s wanted us to meet but I don’t think that was the case.  The young people were quite prepared to talk about the problems the country has but they also were proud to talk about the countries strengths.  They have a real passion for their country – not the American waving the flag kind of patriotism but a love for their country you can tell is in their heart.

I highly recommend Russia as a place to visit.