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Church of the Resurrection (Our Savior on the Spilt Blood), St. Petersburg, Russia.  Built on the site of the assassination of Tsar Alexander II, on March 1, 1881.

We lived in Russia from 1981 to 1983.

One of our personal favorites was Iran… we lived there in the days of the Shah, and what a marvelous place it was! 

The people were friendly, there were wonderful, exotic places to visit, and the skiing was tremendous.

Iran was developing, and more and more people were joining a middle class.

I wonder if Iranians feel that getting rid of the Shah and taking on the Mullahs was a good trade?

[Photo above: Qashqai girls and women at a wedding south of Shiraz, Iran.]

We lived in Japan from 1983 to 1986 and traveled a lot.  Here’s a picture of the Karatsu Kunchi, a 400-year-old traditional parade in Kyushu.