I mourn the passing of my friend Mike.
We were in St. Petersburg together: he lectured there when I was teaching.
We went to Gatchina, picked berries, drank tea, got caught in the rain, drank more tea, then we pushed the car into the gas station as we'd run out of gas. He looked over me and made jokes about A Day in the Life of Ivan Touristovich.
He thanked me for bringing him here as our canal boat rounded the bend.
Thank you
http://www.trekearth.com/gallery/Asia/Russia/photo335352.htm We explored Charleston, Madison and Minneapolis. We almost died in a car crash in New Jersey.
We had history.