Photos: Just Back From... a Russian River Cruise

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Vegetables at a market in Yaroslavl.
(Courtesy John Meyerhoffer)
Cheese at a market in Yaroslavl.
(Courtesy John Meyerhoffer)
A dancing brass band in front of the Catherine Palace.
(Courtesy John Meyerhoffer)
The Great Hall ballroom inside the Catherine Palace.
(Courtesy John Meyerhoffer)
Our guide, Victoria (with John).
(Courtesy John Meyerhoffer)
Outside the Kremlin, in Moscow.
(Courtesy John Meyerhoffer)
Matryoshka dolls in Moscow.
(Courtesy John Meyerhoffer)
The Yusupov Palace.
(Courtesy John Meyerhoffer)
A wedding toast in Moscow.
(Courtesy John Meyerhoffer)
In honor of a wedding, locks are placed on a bridge railing.
(Courtesy John Meyerhoffer)
A man proposes at Peterhof Palace.
(Courtesy John Meyerhoffer)
A Yaroslavl café sign announcing "Free beer!"...tomorrow (in small letters).
(Courtesy John Meyerhoffer)
A sleeping guard in the Hermitage.
(Courtesy John Meyerhoffer)
A bear serving vodka to John.
(Courtesy John Meyerhoffer)