A Must-See in Pushkin, AKA Tsarskoye Tselo To the list of places I don’t know I need to see when I head to Russia is Pushkin, also known as Tsarskoye Tselo (‘czar’s village,’ I am told). Not far from St.…
The Mystery of the Amber Room
Tag: Pushkin
Remembering the Romanovs in Russia
A Reading of Helen Rappaport’s Romanov Sisters The story of some sisters burdened with a bit of a wackadoodle mother and an autocratic father appeals to many of us, even if we do know the ending, as in the case…
Russian Coke
For this week’s Wacky Wednesday, consider the general likelihood that you might one day be drinking a good old Coca-Cola in front of the gates at Catherine Palace in Pushkin, Russia. Then dream big. —Lori Tripoli
Standing in the Tracks of Chariots and on the Paths of Heroes
For me, there’s no greater experiential learning than walking back through time via travel. The chariot tracks in the streets of Pompeii made life in the first century that much more real to me. Seeing row after row of crosses…