I'm so glad to tell you that we have enough volunteers to make the trip to Russia!
Here are there names:
1) Annete Victor (6 A)
2) Alyssa Martinez (6 B) - ?
3) Daphne Estevez (6 B)
4) Eros Vela (6 B)
5) Emmanuel Lopez (6 C) (+ parent)
6) William Garcia Gutierez (6C) (+ parent)
7) Anita Hernandez (7 C)
8) Nickolas Blank (8 B)
9) Daniel Rosas in 7C (+ parent)
If you do not find your name here or I accidently write your name in this list, please feel free to leave the comment.
Now I wanna provide you all information about the trip.
The travel agency "Visit" is located in St. Petersberg. It has a good reputation and acceptable prices. Their prices for the whole tour (which includes hotel for 5 days 4 nights, breakfast and lunch, English-speaker guide, transportation, and excursions) is 679.48 per student and 802.73 per adult.
Russian visa. It takes 4-20 days to get a Russian visa. I'll need following documents to start the process:
1) A valid passport which should have at least two clear visa pages.
2) One passport size (1 3/8" * 1 3/4", 35x45 mm) photo of the applicant which should be glued to the marked space of the application form.
3) A completed visa application form. To upload the application form to to this link
4) A money order or cashier’s check payable to the Russian Embassy for visa processing. Please, note that the agency does not accept cash or any other checks. The visa processing fees are: 140 $ + 30$ (fee for the work)
Also you can go to the Consulate General of the Russian Federation in Houston http://www.rusconhouston.mid.ru/tourist_visa_to_russia.htm and look for more information.
The most expensive part is tickets. I search in the Internet and find out that it will be chippier for us to fly from Houston, becouse this city has bigger airports.
If we will order tickets right now their price is 951 $ per person. Here is the link, where you can find all information about the flight: http://www.skyscanner.com/flights/houa/pete/130602/130607/airfares-from-houston-to-st-petersburg-in-june-2013.html
Due to weather and financial situation I decided to move our trip from March to June. Thus we have more time to fundrace money and you will save your family budjet (it's still cold in March so you have to buy winter clothes and boots). In June the average temperature is about 62.6 during the day and 58 during the night.
Thus, the tottal price for the student will be 1800,48 $ per student and 1923,73 $ per adult.
Later I will post all information about our excursions in St. Petersburg.
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