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I'm all ears!438 odsłon%06, %400 %2007
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Nevsky Prospect - St. Petersburg727 odsłonThis is where my wallet was stolen. This is one of the main streets in St. Petersburg, Russia. Marjorie and I were walking up the street (same direction as the girl with the yellow shoulder bag) on a sunny spring afternoon. A large man on a cell phone came out from behind the bus shelter (on the left in this photo) and blocked my path. Others crowded me from behind when I stopped suddenly, and my wallet was gone. The police didn't really care -- this is apparently typical in St. Petersburg.%02, %622 %2007
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Kiko's Birthday Cake442 odsłonFor Kiko's 12th Birthday, May 1 2007. %02, %622 %2007
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Battleship Aurora722 odsłonA museum, moored in St. Petersburg. This battleship fired a shot (a blank) that started the 1917 revolution.%02, %622 %2007
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Marjorie with our Guide, Maria Smolentseva820 odsłonAt Catherine's Palace in Pushkin, about 12 miles from St. Petersburg. Maria is an excellent guide, and spoke very good English. %02, %622 %2007
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Nevsky Prospect - St. Petersburg4941 odsłonTo cross the street in either direction on Nevsky Prospect -- one of the main streets in St. Petersburg -- you need to go into this pedestrian underpass. When we did so, on a bright spring afternoon (our wedding anniversary), my camera was stolen. I'd just entered the underpass, and as my eyes adjusted to the gloom someone bumped into me quite hard, and I knew my camera was gone when my left shoulder suddenly didn't feel the weight. But there was a crowd, and no obvious villan.%02, %622 %2007
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Maria and Marjorie at the Waterfront613 odsłonStanding at the waterfront of St Petersburg, with a Soviet-era apartment building in the background. Maria Smolentseva was our guide during our last day in St Petersburg.%02, %622 %2007
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27th Police District, St. Petersburg704 odsłonMarjorie going into the 27th Police District to report the theft of my camera --- for the second time. The first form they gave us, right after the incident, was just a lost-and-found form, so we had to enlist the help of our hotel, and go back a second day. The inside of the police station looks like the waiting room for the Gulag.%02, %622 %2007
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Marjorie Contemplating Russia644 odsłonIn our hotel lobby, St Petersburg%02, %622 %2007
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Kiko462 odsłonThis is our last photo of Kiko. I didn't want to bother him by getting up close with the camera, but did want some photographs of Kiko on his 12th birthday, May 1, 2007. He died later that evening, on the couch, and with Marjorie and me at his side. Marjorie asked, "Why do I miss him so much?" But just do a search on this website for "Kiko" to look at all of his pictures. He always made us laugh.%02, %622 %2007
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Kiko in the Garden481 odsłonMay 1, 2007 -- Kiko's 12th Birthday. He'd had surgery about a month earlier to remove part of his lung: biopsies, x-rays, and CAT scans had been inconclusive. Unfortunately he had lung cancer. He was fine up until his birthday. He wanted to spend most of the day outside -- fortunately it was warm and sunny. He came in at 7:00 PM, and then died, with Marjorie and me with him, at 11:00 PM. On the couch, his favourite place.%02, %622 %2007
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Tapa Rolling in the Garden475 odsłon%02, %622 %2007
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