Guillaume de Bassompierre
- Aug 5, 2017
- 3 min
Boys day adventure in cosmonautics
As a pre-teen living in Washington D.C., I had loved the frequent trips to the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum with my dad. We went almost every time friends visited. Over the course of three years in the late eighties, I possibly visited it 12 to 15 times. Not once did I not get excited at the prospect of a new visit. A few days ago, on the facebook feed of a friend who happened to be traveling in Moscow, I spotted the huge statue of a rocket lifting off towards the stratosph
Guillaume de Bassompierre
- Aug 2, 2017
- 4 min
From Zoology to History
The boys diligently followed us through the endless galleries of the Hermitage yesterday, even though the art on display did not thrill them. To repay their patience, we decided to reward them with a visit to the funky and kid-friendly Museum of Zoology this morning. Adjacent to its more famous sister museum, the Kunstkamera, Peter the Great founded it in the early 18th century with a similar purpose: hosting the rich and diverse collection of items gathered during his own ex
Leanne de Bassompierre
- Aug 1, 2017
- 2 min
"Not another museum, mom"
Just when the boys thought we could simply not visit another museum, we woke up on day four and told them we would be visiting the Hermitage. Like many museums around the world it is closed on Mondays and we therefore suffered the consequences of going there on a Tuesday. Though if you continue reading you will find the crowds were even worse when we walked past on Thursday. After we made our way through the maze of tour buses, we found ourselves on palace square. Guillaume h
