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endless studies, the flights with a new Russian low budget airline “Pobeda” from Cologne to Moscow were booked. On board as hand luggage: our two SS Dachshund ladies Jippy anne Pichten and Nixe anne Pichten. Thanks to modern media (Facebook) we got the info
that someone called Oleg would pick us up at the airport.
With a heavy SUV, we started at 9 p.m. on the busy arterial road called Moscow Ring and headed towards Riga. 262 kilometers, said
Oleg. ONLY! Listening to his collection of Metallica and “Queen”, Oleg changed his style of music according to the road, until we final- ly ended with Kazakh folk songs. Around midnight we arrived well- tuned at the “Hunters Hotel”. A very nice and comfortable two-sto- ried wooden cottage, hidden behind the walls, located in the small village named Staritza at the banks of the river Volga.
The next day was free for own expeditions, so we took the dogs for a walk along the Volga with gorgeous castles, monasteries and churches, until all the other participants had arrived. In the evening, we had a stylish dinner with lots of elk liver and elk stew and alcohol.
The judges were introduced, and we met Ste en Maar (the presid- ing judge) and Hans Ulrich Köcheritz from Germany, as well as Arty- om Galkin and Irina Kharitonova from Russia. When the last partici- pants had arrived and every handler had drawn a souvenir medal with the hidden track number underneath, it was early bed time.
Bright blue sky welcomed us the next morning and after a volu- minous breakfast all the participants, spectators, photographers
For safety reasons and reassurance, we got GPS trackers, to be located in case we got lost
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