Having never been abroad I suddenly felt inspired about Russia and made up my mind to go there and I did! And it was not a disappointment in any way. Life on the boat was good. It was the Andrei Rublov. The sights were spectacular and I loves talking to the Russian people, sometimes in Russian. I now plan to improve my language skills and hhaving done the tourist thing I now want to spend some time among the people of Yaroslavl which is twinned with Exeter, my nearest city. My latest way to improve my Russian is using my iphone to play me Russian books while I am driving. My favourite is the Bible as I was brought up on it and have a better chance of understanding what is being said.Determination is what you need in any undertaking.