From: "Debra L. Brindis" <dbrindis@comcast.net>
Sent: Saturday, July 03, 2004 1:02 AM
Subject: greetings from USA
Hi Elena,
We are back home in Pittsburgh now. We returned on Wednesday evening. We really enjoyed having you as our tour guide for Peterhof! Thank you so much. Chuck was a bit overheated when we returned to the hotel that day, so we left rather briskly. Please extend our thanks to Olga as well. We enjoyed St. Petersburg so much that we are thinking of returning next year. But first, I will have to learn a little Russian. That will make the trip a lot easier. So, we will be seriously thinking about it in the next few months.
That's all for now. Thanks again and please stay in touch.
Debra

From: "Bill Campbell" <CAMPBEB@wyeth.com>
Sent: Friday, June 25, 2004 4:59 PM
Subject: Re: Fw: from Saint-Petersburg
Elena,
It's great to hear from you. The family is all back in the states now and doing extremely well. We were able to finally get Anastasia on June 8th and we returned to the states on June 11th. We took Anastasia to the swimming pool her first day her and she loves the water and has been swimming everyday since. It's wonderful to see how fast she is learning English and she also manages to teach us a little Russian. Lauren is doing great and loves being a big sister. We really enjoyed our stay in Saint Petersburg and have many great photos which will serve as great memories for us for along time. As soon as I get some time I will send you a few photos. Once again, you were great to work with and really made our time in Saint Petersburg wonderful. If I know of other
friends going to Saint Petersburg I will make sure that they you your services. Hope all is well with you and your family. Take care and I will send you some photos soon.
Regards,
Bill

From: olivier legendre <olivie95@club-internet.fr>
Sent: Mai, 22 1999 22:02 PM
Subject: thank you
Dear Elena!
I am fine, safe and happy at home. Thank you for your message. I want to thank you a lot for your nice work for me at Saint-Petersbourg. It is a so wonderful memory for me.
You made me discover many interesting and beautiful places. I was also very pleased to make acquaintance with a so interesting person as you. You successfully made me understand better Russian's mentalities, and that is very valuable for a curious man like me. I hope to come back in your marvellous city soon. If i succeed tocontinue getting involved in the professional cooperation with the Institute, it could be possible in a few months. i am working hard for
this purpose.
I wish you and your family to enjoy life in "crazy Russia" as much as possible. You are clever and sensible enough for this, Elena.
Your friend
Olivier

From: Clete Hyman <cfhyman@eee.org>
Sent: Friday, September 13, 2002 7:54 AM ,Subject:
Re: Tour
Hi Elena,
I'm sorry I haven't written, but I got sent out of town as soon as I got back. Everyone arrived home safely. We all had a great time in St Petersburg and want to thank you for yourgreat job!
I'm glad the jeans worked out as we were guessing on sizes. Feel free to use Merrilee and I, Urs and Jim, or Kathy Murphy as references. I have already given your name to two friends that will be travelling to St Petersburg next year. You will hear from them as they firm up their plans. One is Jan Sherman and the other is Dan Smith.
I hope you keep in touch.
Clete

From: <Irishblanc@aol.com>
Sent: Friday, August 30, 2002 7:43 PM
Subject: St Petersburg
Hi Elena
I wanted to write and tell you how much I enjoyed your tour of St. Petersburg. It was easily the highlight of my trip. You were so kind to put up with all our independent spirits. To help reference for you I was with the Hyman group. I want to come back to St.Petersburg when money and time allow. Make sure you keep me on your e-mail list in case you change e-mail addresses. I want to be able to reach you in the future. Take care for now.
Warm Wishes
Kathy Murphy

mailto:gandkearmour@lineone.net
It just can't be said enough! Many thanks for a wonderful 2 days sight seeing in St Petersburg. We had a wonderful 2 days with you, Elena. It was lovely tomeet you. We would like to keep in touch with you and if you are ever in England, it would be lovely to meet you again. Thanks for a wonderful tour of your beautiful city and for your warmth and friendliness. It was lovely to hear all about your family. You are a really delightful person and we very much appreciated meeting you.
Love George and Kathleen (Arthur and Liz)
- Kathleen and George

From: GOODMAN62489@AOL.COM
Sent: Friday, August 04, 2000 3:51 PM
Subject: (no subject)
Dear Alena:
We're back home after an absolutely incredible trip. Thank you so much for making St. Petersburg the highlight of our cruise. Our pictures are fabulous and remind us of how much fun we had. I promise to send you copies shortly. I am so glad that everything worked out so well. As I told you, I am an Internet novice and I feel that, to use an American baseball phrase, I scored a home run in surfing the web, coming across your advertisement, e-mailing you and your references and finally meeting you.
Please feel free to use this letter as a reference. I will be happy to answer any questions that potential clients may have.
Thanks again.
Roberta

From: Susan Buckwald <susieb@telocity.com>susielynn@bellsouth.net
Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2001 5:52 AM
Subject: Hello & Thank you!
Dear Elena,
I'm sorry that it has taken me awhile to write to you, but I have just arrived home in Florida. I want to thank you for the wonderful tour of St. Petersburg. How we managed to see everything within the two days that we had, I can't imagine. We tell everyone that St. Petersburg was the highlight of our trip, the palaces, churches and of course the Hermitage. How you find your way through there is truly unbelievable. We were also very grateful to you when you stop that stranger at the gate and asked him to drive us to the ship. Please be assured we appreciated everything. Thank you again for a wonderful look at your city. We hope to return one day soon. Please feel free to use us as a reference anytime. Please contact us if you are ever in South Florida.
Warm regards,
Susan Buckwald (Edward, Michael & Stephen)

From: jessie della sala <siena@total.net>
Sent: Saturday, March 03, 2001 4:20 AM
Subject: Re: from Elena
Hello Elena,
How are you ? We arrived home safe and sound yesterday morning. Our stay in Moscow was good - our tour guide was not as good as you but he helped us out in teh translation. And there is not as much to see as St.Petersburg but I was very impressed with Red Square and the Kremlin and Lenin's monument. We then went to Finland and stayed there for 5 more days. Elena, thank you very much for staying with us in St Petersburg. We enjoyed ourselves and I learned alot . I saw for myself what I had read about and seen on television. Thanks for being so patient with us !! Having to deal with 6 people is quite difficult when you are trying to organize things. I hope you survived the 3 days with us. Elena, you made our holidays memorable - the city, the history and especially the pastries. There were no pastries in Moscow !!
I hope all is well with you and your family. Please elt me know how you are doing.
Best regards,
Jessie

Marvin Porten <mporten@webtv.net>
Dear Elena,
We have arrived home after a wonderful vacation, and we would like to thank you again for all of the help you gave us on our trip to St.Petersburg. You made our visit very enjoyable, and it was a relief for us not to worry about language barriers, transportation problems, and trying to get around by ourselves in the museums, cathedrals, and historic places that we visited. In addition, we really appreciated the information that you provided about Russian history and culture. If we had tried to see the sights on our own, we would have known only part of the story. Because you informed us of the historical and cultural context of the various sites, we had a more complete picture and a fuller understanding of what we saw.
Please give our thanks to Sergey for picking us up at the airport and taking us back there at the end of our trip. He was punctual and courteous, and he is a careful driver. He also indicated points of interest to us, and he went out of his way to show us a very lovely church. Thanks to you for making the arrangements for Sergey.
You may give our names as references to anyone who is interested in your services as a guide and interpreter, and you may also let those people see this letter. You did your job very well, and we would be happy to recommend you to others.
Thank you for helping to make our visit so memorable.
Sincerely,
Marv and Jenny
PS. Elena, we walked through the Summer Gardens on our last day in St. Petersburg and saw the statue you told us about - the storyteller with all of his animal characters around the base. It's a wonderful statue!! Without your help, we would not have known what it was!

Cornell Jaray cornellj@comcast.net
Re: Our recent visit
Hello Elena,
I just want to tell you how much we enjoyed the excellent work you did on our behalf. You had organized things very well indeed and because of this we all had a good time. As I mentioned to you, I will be posting a note in some newsgroups about your excellent services. Perhaps it will be helpful in getting you more business. Again, thank you very much.
Cordially,
Cornell Jaray

From: Stephan Perison <sperison@netscape.net>
Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2000 12:51 AM
Subject: FUN IN SAINT PETERSBURG
DEAR ELENA,
THIS IS SHARON PERISON FROM DALLAS, TEXAS WRITING TO YOU. YOU WERE THE TOURGUIDE FOR ME, MY HUSBAND, STEPHAN, AND ANOTHER COUPLE, THE GOODMANS. I WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR SHOWING US YOUR BEAUTIFUL CITY. BECAUSE OF YOU, SAINT PETERSBURG WAS DEFINITELY THE HIGHLIGHT OF OUR TRIP. YOU DID A GREAT JOB BRINGING TO LIFE ALL THE HISTORY OF YOUR CITY. THE HERMITAGE AND THE FOUNTAINS AT PETERHOV WERE TWO OF MY FAVORITES. MY HUSBAND LOVED SEEING THE OPERA. IF YOU EVER COME TO TEXAS, PLEASE LOOK US UP, AND WE WILL SHOW YOU AROUND. I HOPE THAT YOU, YOUR HUSBAND, AND 3 SONS ARE WELL. HAVE A GREAT SUMMER. SINCERELY, SHARON
jdbell@home.com,
jdbell@cox.net

Sent: 1999 PM 20:21
Re: Tank You!
Elena,
Thank you again for such a wonderful tour of your country. It was really the highlight of our trip. We enjoyed meeting and getting to know you and appreciated your sharing the pictures of your family with us. We hope we will meet again some day. Let us know if you come to San Diego.
Fondly,
Diane & Jim Bellerive

From : janiewall@netzero.net
Sent: 1999 PM 22:51
Subject: Re: home again
Dear Elena:
We are back home again after our cruise. We want to thank you again for the two days you spent with us on July 24 and 25. We really enjoyed seeing St. Petersburg with you and were so pleased that we got to see everything we wished for. We will recommend you to anyone who asks. I hope to send you a photo after they are developed. I can either put it in an email or send it in an envelope if you prefer. You are very welcome to email us if you come to the San Francisco area. We would love to show you our area.
Sincerely,
Jane and Bob Wallace