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  The start of my summer adventure begins with a 13 hour flight across the Atlantic Ocean
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  In Paris, my mother, two sisters, and I, rented out a small apartment from airbnb, little did we know that the Montmartre Cottage was only 1 room big.
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  We went on to visit the Eiffel tower and Notre Dame in one day
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  Walking across Champs Elysees, we shopped in the most high end shops
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  We left Paris to go to my home country, Russia
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  We had a huge Russian reunion with family members I had never even met before
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  We visited the Hermitage Museum with some family friends
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  We spent an entire day walking around Saint Petersburg and sight seeing with our cousins and their kids, buying souvenirs for our friends
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  After two weeks in Russia, we said goodbye to our friends and family
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  We went back home to my dad and 5 other siblings with gifts