Like a war correspondent, The Palladian Traveler files his last dispatch in this series from a platform overlooking a re-creation of the Battle of Borodino, the bloodiest battle of the Napoleanic Wars that signaled the beginning of the end for Emperor Napolean I.
The Palladian Traveler heads far outside the city limits of Moscow to reach the spiritual center of the Russian Orthodox Church and pays his respects at a cemetery where Russian history sleeps as he files his penultimate dispatch in the Easy Pace Russia series.
The Palladian Travel holds his breath as he passes by the old KGB Headquarters on his way to a daytime stroll around iconic Red Square and a bit of window shopping at the ornate GUM indoor mall.
The Palladian Traveler heads 50m below the surface to discover well-kept Soviet art as he joins countless Muscovites as they commute via the museumesque Moscow subway system.
The Palladian Traveler dusts for prints as he goes in search for the facts surrounding a whodunnit murder committed down in the bowels of an aristocratic residence along the banks of the Moica River in St. Petersburg.
Like savoring caviar and vodka, one cannot come to Mother Russia without attending a ballet, and this is why the Palladian Traveler files his ninth dispatch from inside the ornate Hermitage Theatre as the lights dim and the curtain goes up on Swan Lake.
The Palladian Traveler is joined by the likes of Da Vinci, Michelangelo, Rembrandt and Velasquez as he pays a visit to the world famous Hermitage Museum.
The Palladian Traveler grabs a knife, fork, spoon and beer bottle, along with a front row seat, as he smacks his lips and claps his hands through a two-part folksy night in St. Petersburg.
After lunching on caviar, The Palladian Traveler hops aboard a hydrofoil and files his fourth dispatch from Peterhof, the sprawling and ornate Russian version of Versailles, just a few nautical miles outside St. Petersburg.
The Palladian Traveler arrives at the very spot where Peter the Great grabbed a shovel, broke ground and gave birth to St. Petersburg as he files his third dispatch from his Easy Pace Russia journey.