Posted by ClearSkies on January 10, 2006, at 7:19:30
In reply to Re: Book for descendents of WW2 refugees » ClearSkies, posted by Declan on January 10, 2006, at 0:49:46
> Hey, did you like Stockholm? I'd so much like to go there, I've heard it's really something.
> DeclanClean, expensive, well preserved - all those buildings from the Hanseatic League - it was an enormous empire!, I had no idea. And across the Baltic Sea the massive decay and past glory of St Petersburg... well, it was a complete contrast. More civic pride but less to show for it.
I don't really have a rosey-tinted memory of the visit, it was just an extraordinary holiday. Cost tons of money.
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