http://mikeheidimullins.vox.com/explore/friends-and-family/library/posts/page/1/ en Vox Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:39:53 -0700 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/post/st-petersburg---from-russia-with-love.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Bill and Marge Pfeffer) http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/post/st-petersburg---from-russia-with-love.html?_c=feed-rss http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/post/st-petersburg---from-russia-with-love.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:39:53 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a3000400fad6a492300005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a3000400fad6a492300005-50si" alt="Hermitage in Background" /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a3000400fae8d6ed55000b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a3000400fae8d6ed55000b-50si" alt="St. Petersburg Canals" /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a3000400fad6a492480005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a3000400fad6a492480005-50si" alt="On The Way To Our Homestay" /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a3000400fa96925be80002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a3000400fa96925be80002-50si" alt="University Area, St. Petersburg" /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a300040100a7f35f30000e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a300040100a7f35f30000e-50si" alt="McDonalds in Russian" /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a300040100a7f35f2f000e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a300040100a7f35f2f000e-50si" alt="Loved These Pillars" /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a3000400fae8d6ed3a000b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a3000400fae8d6ed3a000b-50si" alt="Beautiful Italian Style Architecture in St. Petersburg" /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a3000400fad6a492200005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a3000400fad6a492200005-50si" alt="Church On Spilled Blood" /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a3000400fa9692fc3b0003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a3000400fa9692fc3b0003-50si" alt="At The Ballet" /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a3000400fae8d6ed65000b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a3000400fae8d6ed65000b-50si" alt="View of the Hermitage from the Inside" /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a3000400fae8d6ed5d000b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a3000400fae8d6ed5d000b-50si" alt="This Room Had Ancient Armor" /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a3000400fae8d6ed2d000b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a3000400fae8d6ed2d000b-50si" alt="A Little Side Room" /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a3000400fad6a4921c0005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a3000400fad6a4921c0005-50si" alt="Beer Vendors on Every Corner" /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a3000400fad6a492220005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a3000400fad6a492220005-50si" alt="Cool Little Hallway" /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a300040100a7f35f11000e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a300040100a7f35f11000e-50si" alt="Everything in the Hermitage is Ornate" /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a3000400fae8d6ed39000b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a3000400fae8d6ed39000b-50si" alt="Fine Artifacts at the Hermitage" /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a300040100a7f35f1b000e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a300040100a7f35f1b000e-50si" alt="Great Little Painting" /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a3000400fad6a492350005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a3000400fad6a492350005-50si" alt="Imperial Family Cathedral, Hermitage" /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a3000400fad6a492390005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a3000400fad6a492390005-50si" alt="Just Another Beer Store" /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a3000400fad6a4923f0005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a3000400fad6a4923f0005-50si" alt="Life Imitates Art" /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a3000400fa96925bc50002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a3000400fa96925bc50002-50si" alt="Look Right, Look Left, Look Up" /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a3000400fad6a492470005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a3000400fad6a492470005-50si" alt="Mummified Remains of Young Woman - Very Spooky" /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a3000400fa9692fc5c0003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a3000400fa9692fc5c0003-50si" alt="Really Nice Marble Busts" /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a3000400fa96925bcf0002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a3000400fa96925bcf0002-50si" alt="Room of Ruebens" /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a3000400fae8d6ed53000b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a3000400fae8d6ed53000b-50si" alt="Sample Extravagant Room at the Hermitage" /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a3000400fad6a4924c0005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a3000400fad6a4924c0005-50si" alt="Strange Cops Hanging Out on Table Next To Us" /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a3000400fad6a4924f0005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a3000400fad6a4924f0005-50si" alt="There Were Many Brides on 08-Sept-08" /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a3000400fa96925bdf0002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a3000400fa96925bdf0002-50si" alt="This Is The Fourth Time I&#39;ve Seen That Painting" /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a3000400fa9692fc820003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a3000400fa9692fc820003-50si" alt="This Room Was Lined With Portraits of Russian War Heroes" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> When we started this trip, there were three things I really looked forward to – the ruins at Angkor Wat, the Great Wall of China and the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg. Arriving in this northerly city on a brand new spiffy overnight train f... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/post/st-petersburg---from-russia-with-love.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e3989e11a3000400fa9692fd1c0003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/post/moscow---back-in-the-ussr.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Bill and Marge Pfeffer) http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/post/moscow---back-in-the-ussr.html?_c=feed-rss http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/post/moscow---back-in-the-ussr.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 17 Aug 2008 23:15:00 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a3000400fad6a4472e0005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a3000400fad6a4472e0005-50si" alt="View of Red Square from St Basil&#39;s Cathedral" /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a3000400fa969210450002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; 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margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a300040100a7f31411000e-50si" alt="Drunken Soviet Sailors With Joe Stalin Impersonator" /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a300040100a7f31415000e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a300040100a7f31415000e-50si" alt="Elegant Stained Glass Windows at Novoslobodskaya Station" /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a3000400fa969210100002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a3000400fa969210100002-50si" alt="Fruit Vendor" /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a3000400fad6a4470a0005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a3000400fad6a4470a0005-50si" alt="Kazan Cathedral, Red Square" /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a3000400fae8d6a160000b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a3000400fae8d6a160000b-50si" alt="Khrushchev&#39;s Grave" /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a3000400fa9692101b0002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a3000400fa9692101b0002-50si" alt="Moscow Fountains" /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a300040100a7f31420000e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a300040100a7f31420000e-50si" alt="Mural of Lenin in the Subway" /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a3000400fa9692b1fe0003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a3000400fa9692b1fe0003-50si" alt="Neighborhood Grocery Store in Historical Building" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> With a Tony Soprano meets Boris Yeltsin fabled atmosphere, we weren’t sure what to expect after arriving in this capital city following our 5000 mile train trip across the heartland of Russia. Six dollar big Macs, gorgeous stiletto heeled Russi... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/post/moscow---back-in-the-ussr.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e3989e11a3000400fad6a447fd0005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/post/lake-baikal---back-in-the-ussr.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Bill and Marge Pfeffer) http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/post/lake-baikal---back-in-the-ussr.html?_c=feed-rss http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/post/lake-baikal---back-in-the-ussr.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 09 Aug 2008 07:13:18 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a3000400fae8d4210c000b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a3000400fae8d4210c000b-50si" alt="Train #263 to Lake Baikal" /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a3000400fae8d42101000b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a3000400fae8d42101000b-50si" alt="On The Way to Lake Baikal" /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a3000400fae8d42106000b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a3000400fae8d42106000b-50si" alt="Shores of Lake Baikal" /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a3000400fa968f8e350002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a3000400fa968f8e350002-50si" alt="Lake Baikal Homestay " /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a3000400fa968f8e3c0002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a3000400fa968f8e3c0002-50si" alt="Overlooking Lake Baikal" /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a3000400fae8d42113000b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a3000400fae8d42113000b-50si" alt="Trying To Stay Dry Or Is That Yassar Arafat" /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a300040100a7f09267000e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a300040100a7f09267000e-50si" alt="Irkutsk Architecture" /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a3000400fa968f8e300002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a3000400fa968f8e300002-50si" alt="Irkutsk Downtown" /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a300040100a7f0926e000e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a300040100a7f0926e000e-50si" alt="Lake Baikal" /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a3000400fa968f8e300002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a3000400fa968f8e300002-50si" alt="Irkutsk Downtown" /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a3000400fae8d42117000b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a3000400fae8d42117000b-50si" alt="Ulanbaatar Train Station" /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a3000400fa96902e7b0003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a3000400fa96902e7b0003-50si" alt="Train Station Along the Way" /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a3000400fad6a1c2810005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a3000400fad6a1c2810005-50si" alt="Along The River in Irkutsk" /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a3000400fa968f8e2a0002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a3000400fa968f8e2a0002-50si" alt="Colorful Building - Irkutsk" /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a3000400fae8d420f5000b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a3000400fae8d420f5000b-50si" alt="Cool Statue Downtown Irkutsk" /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a3000400fae8d4210a000b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a3000400fae8d4210a000b-50si" alt="Tea Stand" /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a3000400fa96902e850003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a3000400fa96902e850003-50si" alt="Wandering Cows at Lake Baikal" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> We’ve been on quite a few trains the last 10 months, but train #263 from Mongolia to Lake Baikal is easily the worst one. Stuck in a miniature cabin with two other roommates, we traveled for two nights and three days in a hot car without benefi... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/post/lake-baikal---back-in-the-ussr.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e3989e11a3000400fa96902f660003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/post/mongolia---in-the-footsteps-of-genghis-khan.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Bill and Marge Pfeffer) http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/post/mongolia---in-the-footsteps-of-genghis-khan.html?_c=feed-rss http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/post/mongolia---in-the-footsteps-of-genghis-khan.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 02 Aug 2008 10:12:50 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a300040100a7ee274a000e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a300040100a7ee274a000e-50si" alt="Beautiful Mongolia" /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a3000400fa968dc3af0003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a3000400fa968dc3af0003-50si" alt="Mongolian Kids on Train With Monica, Our Roomate" /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a3000400fa968d21060002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a3000400fa968d21060002-50si" alt="Road To Ger Camp" /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a3000400fae8d1b497000b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a3000400fae8d1b497000b-50si" alt="Gers in The Valley" /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a3000400fa968d210b0002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a3000400fa968d210b0002-50si" alt="Train Station in Middle of Nowhere - Mongolia" /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a300040100a7ee277f000e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a300040100a7ee277f000e-50si" alt="Our Crabby Train Attendant" /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a3000400fad69f58e30005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a3000400fad69f58e30005-50si" alt="Marge on Yak Cart " /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a3000400fae8d1b4d1000b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a3000400fae8d1b4d1000b-50si" alt="Ready To Ride" /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a300040100a7ee27ab000e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a300040100a7ee27ab000e-50si" alt="Waiting To Sample Local Food" /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a3000400fae8d1b4df000b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a3000400fae8d1b4df000b-50si" alt="Sour Yoghurt" /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a3000400fad69f59100005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a3000400fad69f59100005-50si" alt="Wild Horses Cooling Down" /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a300040100a7ee275b000e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a300040100a7ee275b000e-50si" alt="Leaving the Ger Camp" /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a3000400fae8d1b4f1000b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a3000400fae8d1b4f1000b-50si" alt="Waiting Out Storm" /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a3000400fa968dc3d80003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a3000400fa968dc3d80003-50si" alt="Young Mongolian Girl" /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a300040100a7ee276c000e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a300040100a7ee276c000e-50si" alt="Local Cowboy" /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a3000400fae8d1b47d000b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a3000400fae8d1b47d000b-50si" alt="Approaching Storm" /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a3000400fad69f58b30005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a3000400fad69f58b30005-50si" alt="Before the Thunderstorm" /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a3000400fad69f58a40005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a3000400fad69f58a40005-50si" alt="At The Brand New Genghis Khan Memorial" /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a3000400fad69f58bb0005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a3000400fad69f58bb0005-50si" alt="Camp Staff" /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a3000400fa968dc3860003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a3000400fa968dc3860003-50si" alt="Entrance To Ger" /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a3000400fae8d1b4a2000b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a3000400fae8d1b4a2000b-50si" alt="Happy Hour at the Ger" /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a3000400fa968d20d30002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a3000400fa968d20d30002-50si" alt="Interior of Ger" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Our trip to Mongolia began early on Saturday, 19-July when we arrived at the Beijing train station and met up with our traveling group of 20 people. Sharing our four person rather smallish compartment with two young ladies – one from Spain and ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/post/mongolia---in-the-footsteps-of-genghis-khan.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e3989e11a300040100a7ee28a3000e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/post/beijing---in-the-olympic-spirit.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Bill and Marge Pfeffer) http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/post/beijing---in-the-olympic-spirit.html?_c=feed-rss http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/post/beijing---in-the-olympic-spirit.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 02 Aug 2008 09:49:42 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a3000400fad69f56640005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a3000400fad69f56640005-50si" alt="Gates of the Heavenly Palace" /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a3000400fad69f56940005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a3000400fad69f56940005-50si" alt="Tianamen Square" /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a300040100a7ee24f2000e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a300040100a7ee24f2000e-50si" alt="Marge on The Great Wall" /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a3000400fa968d1e8f0002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a3000400fa968d1e8f0002-50si" alt="Marge and Olympic Workers" /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a3000400fae8d1b258000b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a3000400fae8d1b258000b-50si" alt="Peking Duck in Beijing" /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a3000400fae8d1b247000b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a3000400fae8d1b247000b-50si" alt="Houhai Lake" /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a3000400fad69f56990005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; 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But such is not the case as Marge continues to struggle trying ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/post/nanjing---stuck-inside-of-mobile-with-the-chinese-blues-again.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e3989e11a3000400fad696cafe0005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/post/my-aim-is-true.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Bill and Marge Pfeffer) http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/post/my-aim-is-true.html?_c=feed-rss http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/post/my-aim-is-true.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:43:25 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a3000400fae8c3ae92000b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a3000400fae8c3ae92000b-50si" alt="Wow - Cable Car to Huang Shan Mountain" /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a3000400fa967fc1c10003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; 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We had arrived in the quaint little Chinese settlement of Likeng, which hasn’t changed much in the last billion years, sitting nimbly on the banks of two Lipton-... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/post/my-aim-is-true.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e3989e11a3000400fa96803fd20003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/post/buddhist-disneyland.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Bill and Marge Pfeffer) http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/post/buddhist-disneyland.html?_c=feed-rss http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/post/buddhist-disneyland.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 08 Jun 2008 23:24:20 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a3000400fad68edbee0005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a3000400fad68edbee0005-50si" alt="At Attention Before Starting Work" /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a3000400fad68edd190005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; 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