My grandmother moved South to a retirement community in NC and this was their first visit to their "sister town" 2 1/2 hours up in the Caucasus Mountains. They needed 17 to make the trip and some would sign up and then drop out, so my grandmother asked me. It really was the trip of a lifetime, the others were experienced travelers and dedicated to peace and I loved them all though most were several decades older than me. And we had wonderful guides, too - both an American guide (who spoke several languages) and a lovely guide from Moscow who was with us for the whole trip - and then we had city guides as well.
We met with other peace groups who were truly dedicated to peace since they suffered so terribly during WWII fought on their own land and never wanted it to happen again. There were statues and plaques dedicated to peace everywhere. But then this was under Gorbachev who had instituted more progressive policies. My heart goes out to the people who must be suffering terribly now due to Putin's war. 
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