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By Mandaz
September 22nd 2009

Onto Red Square and Moscow! Europe » Russia

THURSDAY 17 SEPTEMBER 2009 - RUSSIA Long bus day today as we had to drive from Novgorod into Moscow. That meant it was an early start- with breakfast at 6:45am and on the bus at 7:10am. Most people slept for the first few hours on the bus which is pretty normal - with our first stop being at around 9:30am for coffee and toilets. Back onto the bus for another few hours until midday when we stopped at basically a roadside café/diner. It was raining so they had decided to feed us in there rather than sit outside in the [View Full Entry]

By Sam en Lieve
September 19th 2009

москва Europe » Russia » Northwest » Moscow

Rode plein

Moscow Woensdag 16 september is het dan eindelijk zo ver... We vliegen richting Moscow. Na een goede vlucht en lang aanschuiven bij de douane worden we gelukkig zonder problemen binnengelaten. Vladimir (een collega van mijn neef die in Moscow woont) staat ons op te wachten aan de luchthaven en de afgelopen dagen zijn we dan ook bij hem en zijn vrouw te gast. Donderdag bezochten we het rode plein, het mausoleum van Lenin, het graf van Stalin en de Bassilikathedraal. Tussendoor gingen we ook naat naar het GYM, het grootste en duurste shoppingscentrum van Moscow. Vrijdag was het dan d [View Full Entry]

By SamandLaura
September 18th 2009

Olkhon Island, Crossing the border into China Europe » Russia » Siberia » Lake Baikal

Hi All We're in Guilin now, but before we reveal all on that particular subject, we will update you with what went on at Lake Baikal on Olkhon Island... We spent three days on the island, in the most beautiful surroundings, in a little wooden guest house. Olga, our host, cooked us great food (normally Omul fish - unique to Lake Baikal), and with no showers, we used the banya (extremely hot sauna) to keep 'clean'. Even the long-drop toilet didn't smell too bad. We did an excursion to the far side of the island on our first full day, which [View Full Entry]

By Delaine
September 18th 2009

09/18/2009 - St. Petersburg, Russia Europe » Russia » Northwest » Saint Petersburg

Constantine Palace

Continued our tour of the city starting at 6:50 a.m. Supposed to rain, but it never did - sunny all day. Drove out of St. Petersburg to Peterhoff where Peter the Great’s Summer Palace is located. Interesting ride out - 10’s of thousands of apartments in huge complexes. The majority of St. Petersburg residents live in apartments, which are very expensive. 1600 square feet with 2 bedrooms cost apx. $3500 per month to rent and $350,000 to buy. Once you get out into the countryside you find small houses with very nice yards & gardens. The have had subway stations since [View Full Entry]

Church of Saints Peter and Paul in Peterhoff, Russia

Peterhoff, Summer Palace of Peter the Grest

By Mandaz
September 17th 2009

Into the land of Vodka and Caviar Europe » Russia

SATURDAY 12 SEPTEMBER - ESTONIA Bright and early start this morning with breakfast at 6:30am so that we could meet the 8:30am ferry from Helsinki to Tallinn. Was a two and a half hour ferry trip. Again no real border crossing or passport check. From there it was a short stroll across the road to our hotel (yes - hotel finally - sheets and a bed and showers in the room!!). Was too early to check in so we put our bags in the left luggage room and then it was into town for our walking tour. Unlike much of [View Full Entry]

By Delaine
September 17th 2009

09/17/2009 - St. Petersburg, Russia Europe » Russia » Northwest » Saint Petersburg

Leaving the port for our tour.

St Petersburg is a relatively young city, by both Russian and European standards, and was only founded in 1703 by Tsar Peter the Great. Despite its short life so far, Petersburg has a rich and exciting history. From the early days of Peter the Greats "Venice of the North" to the modern events of the 1991 coup detat, the city has always bustled with life and intrigue, revolution and mystery. Up bright and early. Started out cloudy and rainy, but by noon the sun was out and we had a beautiful day. It’s so hard to believe I am really in [View Full Entry]

By Mandys
September 15th 2009

Russia and Ukraine Europe » Russia

St Basil's
This looks good any which way - it's like a gingerbread house.

Russia: Final Impressions Moscow women are a mixture of Slavic and Mongolian some more Slavic - blonder shorter, the others are tall and quite dark with high cheekbones - long legs - very model like. Some of the young girls wear heels that look like they’re on sky scrapers and some dress in very very short short skirts - to the point that their pants are about to show…. With boobs hanging out - mmmmm not a great look. The Mullet look is still big here not only for the young boys but for older men as well. Quite prosperous in [View Full Entry]

By SamandLaura
September 15th 2009

Photos - Russia Europe » Russia » Siberia » Olkhon

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Photos from Russia [View Full Entry]

By AshleyNathan
September 14th 2009

Mockba aka Moscow Europe » Russia » Northwest » Moscow

moscow train station

When you first arrive in Moscow and see all the blank expressionless faces and endless police its extremely daunting. i had to take an express rail journey to the city from the airport as delays meant i missed the pick up, looking out of the train window as many tourists like myself must have done since its construction i was a tad worried to say the least. first impressions from this were that Russia, Moscow looked more like one of its war torn neighbors rather than the most expensive city in the world! when i finally arrived at the hostel after [View Full Entry]

By SamandLaura
September 14th 2009

Yekaterinburg, 2 days on a train, Irkutsk, Lake Baikal Europe » Russia » Siberia » Irkutsk

Well hello. Sam here again, and you guessed it, Laura is snoozing We've just got back from Olkhon Island on Lake Baikal, and I'm writing this entry stood up in a hostel in Irkutsk, the nearest city to the lake (70km or so I believe). Czech out the metric! Right, when we last wrote we were about to head off into Yekaterinburg. I can report that we feel we saw some right proper Russia. It was marvellously grey, interspersed with glimmering gold (the churches must be adorned in gold otherwise God cannot see them - which is a mighty expensive way [View Full Entry]

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