Travel changes your view of the world–each place you visit leaves an image in your mind and an awareness of that place.  One of those places from our travels is the subway in Moscow, which we visited during our Moscow-to-St.Petersburg River Cruise.  The subways are places of beauty in Moscow, filled with art and elegance.  The opportunity to ride it was a great experience.

Now, to hear of the terrible bombings there, and to be able to visualize that place and the people, makes it even more real and tragic.  We are connected more deeply through a common experience of place.  My heart goes out to those killed or injured and their families, and to the Russian people as they face this terror.