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2018 World Cup

I had a chance to go the 2018 World Cup in Russia and included a brief stop in London beforehand and then in Edinburgh for a conference afterwards. I was joined by my friends Harri from Finland and Alicia and her husband from Southern California.

London

View from hotel window
English National Opera doing an informal version Acis & Galatea in a very small theatre
A layover in Moldova on the way to Moscow

Moscow

Moscow Airbnb
On the way to Spartak Stadium for Argentina-Iceland match. The final score was 1-1.
Messi
Messi missing his penalty kick
A strange Mexico expo in the middle of Moscow
The following pictures are from the Mexico-Germay match. Which Mexico won 1-0!
My Airbnb skeleton keys
Senegal beat Poland 2-0 in this match. Our third match and our third upset.
Portugal beat Morroco in this match 1-0.
Reynaldo dancing on the ball
Reynaldo free kick
Reynaldo heads in the only goal of the match.

St Petersburg

My St Petersburg Airbnb
Church of the Savior on Blood – all the artwork is done with small mosaic tiles
On the way in for the Brazil-Costa Rica match. Brazil won 2-0.
Neymar on the ball
Neymar free kick
St Petersburg metro station
White Nights at 2am
St Isaacs Cathedral
From the top of St Isaacs Cathedral
The Hermitage
Those that didn’t buy Hermitage tickets online had to wait in the rain
Leaving my Airbnb

Edinburgh

At the hotel
Edinburgh Castle