Cruise in Russia

After a long pilgrimage among the peoples of the world, here we are in Russia, a country undergoing political change — and cultural political change! It was a magnificent encounter and a dream pursued since way back in 1960, when, still a soldier, I came close to it (being on a cruise with the ship MONTECUCCOLI in Helsinki); back then St Petersburg (Leningrad) was an almost impossible destination, since we were in the middle of the Cold War. Now, many years later, it wasn't just beautiful but Magnificent.