Russia Our flight went well from Heathrow considering the weather we left behind, we arrived in St Petersburg around 4.30pm and went straight to our hostel to meet everyone else on the trip and yes Stu was the oldest! we had a good mix of people, a couple from OZ, 2 lads from Ireland 1 lad from the states and the rest from good old Blighty! The Hostel was OK, two single beds and a mouldy sink but it did the job! That night we went to an English Bar for a few beers. Fairly early start, we walked to the Hermitage (Winter Palace), our Honcho was a very big fan of art, so we spent around 3 hours of looking at art, to start with it was interesting but after an hour no one was
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