In addition to seeing all of the highlights of our "Indian Summer" tour of Moscow and St. Petersburg, one special event you will be invited to is the exquisite Tsar's Ball at Catherine the Great's Summer Palace! This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to experience the splendor of a bygone royal era. If you want to know what it was like to attend a royal function as an ambassador from another country-this is your chance! Be welcomed by uniformed Hussars. Walk along a carpet entrance to the strains of a military band. Experience a grand entrance to the most beautiful palace in the world!

Please read the details concerning this celebration of art, music, and history in our newsletter. If you have been putting off that second honeymoon now is the time to act!

Russia can be cold in the winter but the beauty of the landscape more than compensates for the temperature! This winter, St. Petersburg will be a magical setting that will give you memories that you will never forget. Our winter tour is the time to take advantage of music that has enthralled peoples of every country for hundreds of years. World class musicians will sweep you off your feet as never before! The program offered during this time has to be experienced to be believed. Please read our newsletter and think of what it would mean to spend this magical time with a loved one in such historical and beautiful surroundings.

In keeping with the spirit of Christmas we are going to present every traveler with their very own Russian mink hat! This is a quality lifelong gift that you can wear whenever and wherever you travel to colder climes. As always, we are going to every extreme to make this winter tour the trip of a lifetime and a Christmas and New Year's to remember.

I hope you enjoy the newsletter and that you will join us during this special time in a very special place.

Sincerely,
Michael E. Donnelly, Ph.D. President