| A Russian market. Beautiful produce, which our guide told us was beyond the reach of middle class Russians. | The caviar counter. Red caviar in abundance, black caviar less plentiful but still in good supply, in small plastic containers. |
| A huge meat department with a wide selection of freshly butchered meat. | Beautiful freshly made bread. |
| The 1950s "Khruschev apartment", in a bad state of repair, where our hostess has her flat. | The beautiful, but tiny, flat of our gracious hostess Lidia, and the wonderful table she set for us. |
to our Baltic Cruise. |