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Team tours St Petersburg

 

Totally cool…I have always wanted to go there.

I am currently on a design trip in Santa Anna CA….great weather.

Hugs
Janus

On Tuesday, July 28, 2015, Vernon Tejas <vetejas> wrote:

Hello friends, family and loved ones,

We made a big day of seeing all the sights this lovely city has to offer. First we visited Peter and Paul Fortress.

 

Team tours St Petersburg

 

Thanks for sharing. Looks like a fun crew. Seems folks keep getting younger and younger these days.

One thought… Now that’s a church!

Second thought… Though Stalin tried to outlaw religion, he wasn’t such an ass as to destroy something so marvelous which was built with the intention of honoring God. [I am sure peasants slaved and died during construction, but hey, it’s the intention, isn’t it?]

Love,
Phillip

> Hello friends, family and loved ones,
>
> We made a big day of seeing all the sights this lovely city has to offer. > First we visited Peter and Paul Fortress. Inside the walls >
> Vasily Island
> We took in the lighthouses and old stock exchange and the Church of the > Spilt Blood.
> Beautiful mosaic work!Learning History
>
> World classHermitage museum
> All of our bags arrived and we are excited to get underway early in the > morning. Please join udon our adventure.
>
> All our best,
> Vern Tejas and Team

 

Team tours St Petersburg

 

Hello friends, family and loved ones,

We made a big day of seeing all the sights this lovely city has to offer. First we visited Peter and Paul Fortress.

Inside the walls

Vasily Island
We took in the lighthouses and old stock exchange and the Church of the Spilt Blood.

Beautiful mosaic work!

Learning History

World classHermitage museum
All of our bags arrived and we are excited to get underway early in the morning. Please join udon our adventure.

All our best,
Vern Tejas and Team

 

Team 2 Elbrus with Vern and Carole Tejas tours St. Petersburg

Team Elbrus Has Left the Country

 

Friends, Family and Loved Ones,

After a rigorous few days of sightseeing, feasting, shopping and celebrating in Moscow, our adventure has come to an end. We want to thank the Team for coming trained up and ready to rock. Thanks to everyone for following us!

Vern & Carole

 

The trip was great! Everything from the city tours, to the acclimatization hikes, to the superb food at base camp, to our fearless leader Vern…it was excellent. I can’t say enough about Vern, as well as Alex and Vladamir.

Mount Elbrus double-coned summit. Left summit is the highest at 18,510 feet
Russian Orthodox Cathedrals in the Kremlin, Moscow.
Cultural Museum on Red Square, Moscow.
Climbers on an acclimatization hike, with Elbrus in the background.
Looking outside out hotel window at the Caucasus Range. Lucky 7
View from the new Elbrus Huts.
Relaxing at the top of an acclimatization hike, Elbrus in the background.
Snow Cat used to transport gear to our highest hut.
Sunrise on Elbrus summit day.
The last 400 feet to the summit.
High on summit day with the shadow of Elbrus under the full moon.
Ushba, one of the most famous mountains of the Caucasus.
Celebration party after summiting Elbrus.
Climbers high on summit day.
View of one of the new Elbrus Huts
View of one of the new Elbrus Huts
View of the new Elbrus Huts
Eugene and Nicolai, two of our Russian guides.
Sunflower fields outside Mineral Vody, southern Russia.
St. Isaacs Cathedral, St. Petersburg.
Peter and Pauls Fortress, St. Petersburg
The Hermitage in St. Petersburg, the greatest mueseum of Russia.
View of one of the new Elbrus Huts

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