After weeks and weeks of planning, 10 arm numbing injections, hours of working and plenty of saving, the end is finally in sight. We set off on Monday evening, departing Edinburgh airport at 19:00, arriving at London City an hour later. Our connecting flight to St. Petersburg leaves the following morning at 09:20, so we will more than likely get a cheap hotel for the night rather than benching it at Heathrow. The flight to Russia takes around 3 hours, and taking into account the time difference, we are due to touch down at around 15:30. We have a hostel booked for arrival, so will make our way to it on the metro, which should be fun seen as the Russian language is difficult to master to put it lightly. For the first 3 weeks of
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