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 Post subject: Mayday in Leningrad - a modest proposal
 Post Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 11:26 pm 
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Would anyone be interested in going to St. Petersburg for Mayday next year? The event would be run on conventional Bair Tours lines (out on Weds., home on Sunday night), but without the reenactment, which leaves a day free for shopping, sightseeing or cultural activities. Price would be the same, as would the rest of the tour, just a little more relaxed.
NOTE: The Operation Spark event in January will still run! This is just a change of pace event for anyone who was a bit frustrated by the frantic pace and rock and roll lifestyle of the last one this January. A supplement to, not a replacement for!

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 Post Posted: Sat May 12, 2007 1:22 am 
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Rob, can you ask Bair if there are any Forties dances in Pieter? eg. kitels, boozing, loads of totty?


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 Post Posted: Sat May 12, 2007 1:25 am 
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That's just an excuse to wear your hossifer bling.

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 Post Posted: Sat May 12, 2007 8:25 am 
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For the new lads - what price are these trips?


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 Post Posted: Sat May 12, 2007 12:17 pm 
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bigbad wrote:
That's just an excuse to wear your hossifer bling.

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Good a reason as any! :twisted:


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 Post Posted: Sat May 12, 2007 3:24 pm 
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The last trip worked out about £300-£350.
Which included flights and hotels and various museum entries.
I would reccommend the January trip without hesitation.The experience of re-enacting on the actual battlefield at the same time of year as the actual battle is well worth it.

A trip in May would give us chance for some sightseeing around St petes which we didn't get to do so much last time.

so provisionally Rob you can put me and my lovely wife down for the may trip.

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 Post Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 1:25 pm 
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Sounds like a plan Rob, depending on how my (hopefully) graduate finances are doing by then I may be up for it.

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 Post subject: St Petersburg
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I would love to go as well Rob. :P

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 Post Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 1:12 pm 
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Comrades,

this sounds like a good idea. I would propose that we stay somewhere outside St Petersburg as prices in May are getting ridiculously high.

One of the options would be to stay on the Karelian Isthmus, have battlefield tours of Winter War 1939-1940 and the Grand offensive of 1944 and then make a daytrip to St Petersburg on Victory Day.

Time could be 7-11.5.2008, which would leave us plenty of time for sightseeing, celebrating Victory Day and shopping.

Red Army greetings,

Bair

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 Post Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 7:46 pm 
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That's great Bair. In that case, some of us will be coming on two tours to St.Petersburg next year. Would the battlefield tour be of Winter War or Continuation War battlefields?

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 Post Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 9:19 am 
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Dear Rob,

it will be both Winter War and Continuation War.

regards,

Bair

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 Post subject: May Day
 Post Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2007 7:05 pm 
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The May Day trip seemed a good idea as I chatted to Biar a few months ago because it may give us the opportunity to meet the veterans who are still alive.

................Roman.........................

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 Post Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 1:58 pm 
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Comrades,

I made a tentative program of the trip, here it is

http://www.bair-travels.com/tour-info.p ... 2&title=27

I hope we could discuss it at Detling the next weekend. See you there!

Red Army greetings,

Bair

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