From Yokohama to Petropavlovsk

so I will close for now.
I am totally frustrated! After writing for 1 1/2 hours, and uploading 9 picutures, the whole blog disappeared except for the one line above! I'm sorry, but i HAVE NO MORE PATIENCE TO DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN.
aT THIS POINT, ALL i CAN DO IS IDENTIFY THE PICTURES from Petropavlovsk: a statue of Lenin said to be the largest in Russia, entertainers at a hotel luncheon, and various scenes of the remaining snow along the road, all covered in black (the color of the sand around here, mostly on account of the many volcanoes), etc. The entertainmnetn was a disappointment to me, since they were more like Eskimo dancers, than Russian, and the "music" was also very strange. What was really sweet, though, was the number of young children in the troupe.
The pictures at the top were taken in Yokohama; the flowers were a gift from the Crystal Society, and unfortunately, I copied the same picture twice of the new walkway built at the dock. When the whole thing is visible, it is in the shape of a ship, and quite popular with the locals, especially during lunch hour, with benches, etc.