The next magnet traveled to Moscow with my son who gave it to his friend, Sonya. This was at the time that Russia was celebrating the turning back of German troops during World War II. I will not try to translate Victory Day as the Russians would say it so will leave it as is. As expected, there was a parade of troops and military equipment as well as fighter jet flyovers.
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| Victory Day in Moscow |
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| Oh! those onion domes. |
After Moscow, Adam went to visit a couple school buddies, Volva and Anya, in Voronezh, further to the south. Voronezh's claim to fame is that Peter the Great created the Russian Navy there. Volva's father was a professor at Voronezh State University, which was the sister University to Tartu University in Tartu, Estonia where Adam first studied abroad. He introduced Adam to the Dean of International Relations who told him he was the only American ever to cross his threshold. There was quite the competition over which family would take in Adam for the night. He woke up to breakfast, was taken out to the Russian bath houses, had grandiose lunches with the entire family (including cousins), was taken on little excursions and basically treated like royalty. It must feel like some great honor to have people fighting over who would be his host. Adam gave a magnet to Anya's grandmother who served him tea and little pastries.
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