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Churches, bridges and men in tights.

Saturday 24th October Up at 5 and left the cottage at 6. Surprisingly heavy traffic, light rain but reached T2 for 7:15. Although we had checked in online, KLM have made the mistake of leaving the airport check in robots at the entry to the queues for the baggage drop, so people that hadn't...

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rickandsuejohnson on October 26, 2009 from Saint Petersburg, Russia

from the travel blog: Venice of the North - St Petersburg

Back to USSR

The Internet has always had a soft spot for Russia - on their tickle bone. Various jokes have been passed around on-line particularly on on-line poker rooms and forum threads on how Russians have a "different" way of approaching things. We say "different" but many actually tab it as "weird"....

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wow-traveler on October 5, 2009 from Vichino, Russia

from the travel blog: A Place To Visit And Laugh At

Transmanchurian... 7 days on the train!

As the train leaves Moscow, we wave goodbye to Natalia and Kostya and set up our cozy 2 person cabin. We quickly made a friend, Clement from France. We have a couple beers and had a great first night sleep. The thought of spending 7 days on the train seems scary at first, what are we going...

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ECRadventure on September 22, 2009 from Novosibirsk, Russia

from the travel blog: ECRadventure's Travel Blog

Magnitogorsk

Ko se nedeljsko jutro začne z alarmom ob šetih zjutraj, se slaba volja še posebej močno zalepi name.

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matija on September 20, 2009 from Magnitogorsk, Russia

from the travel blog: Nekam daleč

Moscow ... from Russia with love

Our train ride from St. Petersburg to Moscow was quite nice and well deserved after the troubles we had getting the tickets, we even got two little packages with food for the ride, like an airplane meal. We arrived at 10 pm and were greeted by Ewa’s cousin Natalia and her father Kola (Ewa’s...

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ECRadventure on September 18, 2009 from Moscow, Russia

from the travel blog: ECRadventure's Travel Blog

St. Petersburg... Russian 101

We have arrived in Russia! Chad’s first time and Ewa’s second time. We were expecting to step off the plane to AK-47 armed police and a stiff set of questions at the customs office. However, there were only a few lazy looking officials on the tarmac, and we cruised through customs with...

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ECRadventure on September 11, 2009 from Saint Petersburg, Russia

from the travel blog: ECRadventure's Travel Blog

Days 14-17: Siberia - Olkhon

Tan pronto como llegamos a Irkutsk, tomamos una microbús a la Isla de Olkhon que tomó 7 horas. Olkhon es la isla más grande en el lago Baikal. Algunas personas dicen que es el lago más viejo del mundo, estimado en más de 25 millones de años. Es también el lago más voluminoso del mundo. Nos...

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patryandjose on August 19, 2009 from Olkhon Island, Lake Baikal, Russia

from the travel blog: Resumen de dónde estamos y para dónde vamos? - Summary of where we are and where are we going to?

Days 11-15: Trans-Mongolian Train

PRIMERA SECCION: De Moscú a Irkutsk – 76.42 horas – 4 noches Ir de Moscú a Irkutsk en el tren Trans-mongol fue muy relajado. Tuvimos la cabina solo para nosotros dos y los baños compartidos estaban relativamente limpios. Sin embargo, hay que pagar si se quiere tomar una ducha y hay reservar...

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patryandjose on August 13, 2009 from Irkutsk, Russia

from the travel blog: Resumen de dónde estamos y para dónde vamos? - Summary of where we are and where are we going to?

Days 9-10: Moscow

After lots of movement in SP and another overnight train when we arrived to Moscow we were a bit dead. However, getting to Nika and Ivan’s house was easy to get to and her mother, very motherly like, fed us all kinds of lovely dishes while we relaxed, surfed the web and washed our cloth. We...

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patryandjose on August 11, 2009 from Moscow, Russia

from the travel blog: Resumen de dónde estamos y para dónde vamos? - Summary of where we are and where are we going to?

A city to impress

SP is a beautiful city built to impress… and it really does with its magnificent palaces, churches, fortresses, opening bridges… and overall that air of being more of a cultural capital. Peter the Great and those Tzars who followed him definitely did a great job. Visited lots of places but the...

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patryandjose on August 9, 2009 from Saint Petersburg, Russia

from the travel blog: Resumen de dónde estamos y para dónde vamos? - Summary of where we are and where are we going to?

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