For detailed information on the institute, please see our Electronic Newsletter . Daily excursions will visit 800-year old villages, monasteries and islands. The 10 day cruise will end in the village of Svir Stroi near St. Petersburg where students will spend three days living and working in a rural Russian orphanage helping MiraMed's American volunteers who are there for the summer. The volunteers will greet the group at the dock and will supervise all aspects of their work activities. There will be many chances to meet Russian students and visit families in their homes.
Some schedules require an overnight stay en route.
Meet MiraMed representative and transfer to ship at the Moscow River Station. Orientation and welcome dinner. Set sail at night up the Moscow Canal to the Volga. Meet MiraMed Institute American volunteers, take orphanage bus to summer orphanage, tour Project KidsHope in progress. Tea and piroshkis with the children followed by a performance of music and dance.