I was really honored to be invited as a guest speaker at the VIII St. Petersburg International Cultural Forum in November 2019. Having the chance to visit the beautiful city of St. Petersburg, to learn about its rich heritage and culture, and to look at those prestigious architecture, was truly a precious experience. Your hospitality was heartwarming, the event itself was world class. It showed me the part of Russia that's totally different from my past impression. Sophisticated, aggressive, creative, classical, beautiful and romantic, to say the least.

Thank you Russia. I hope I can come again in summer time, when the weather is so much nicer.