Russia 1981 (26)

More photos from around Pulkovo Observatory, Leningrad...

Pulkovo Observatory

Part of the radio telescope array

Horizontal Solar Telescope

Image from the HST showing sunspots

Pulkovo Observatory - radio telescopes

Steve Webb
Tensions mount at the All-Russian Nail-Biting Competition

Meanwhile back at the Nose-Scratching event...

Andy Grasemann

We went back to the hotel for lunch but I wasn't feeling well and didn't eat anything. In the afternoon most of the others went to the Hermitage but a few of had t ostay behind as we weren't feeling at all well. I spnet most of the afternoon either dozing on the bed or in the bathroom. Imagine a green liquid...

Hotel Pribaltiyskaya, Leningrad

View from Hotel Pribaltiyskaya, Leningrad

A little later started feeling a bit better and went to the hotel lobby to get tickets for a folk concert tonight. After failing to buy a ticket...

"Hello, I want to buy a ticket to the folk concert"
"You need that desk over there"

Then...

"Hello, I want to buy a ticket to the folk concert"
"You need that desk over there"

Eventually I had to get our interpreter, Gallena, to help me buy the tickets. The folk concert was very, very good. Got back to the hotel around 10pm then in the bar till midnight. Scared andy half to death when I got back to the hotel room and put the light on. Stomach still not quite right but a lot better than it was this afternoon.

This page created 3rd October 2011, last modified 4th October 2011