16 V I K I N G C R U I S E S
From Russia
with love
A cruise along the Waterways of the Tsars is a
journey into the heart and soul of this enormous
country, discovers David Short
Just outside Leningrad on a hot day in May 1969, during the Cold War, my
friend and I found ourselves being berated by an armed and a very angry security
official. He had stopped us for driving our Mini on the wrong, unauthorised
road. After a lot of gesticulating and shouting, we were made to clean our car
with a dry cloth, and ordered to keep to our authorised route.
