Vlad

On Wednesday we had a tour of downtown Vladivostok. I could tell you how beautiful it was, or you could just look at these pictures and it would save me thousands of words:

(Matroishka and the city. I am very happy with my choice of Vladivostok over St. Petersburg)

(Vlad is a strange mix of new-ish buildings and fallen-down forgotten structures)

(We went to a museum inside an old Soviet submarine. Behind is the bridge you can see in the first picture.)

(There's not a lot of diversity in Vladivostok, and going out with Jordan is always exciting. This day she got hijacked by a wedding party to be in their photos. She's such a good sport.)

(I'm a little bit obsessed with tigers. I WILL see one before I leave.)

(This is the newly constructed conference center for APEC, the political summit that delayed our travel. It's kind of a big deal, and we drove out to an island (the bridge was new for the summit too) just to gawk at it from the bus.)