Entrance to Peter and Pauls Fortress

March 8th 2009
After another lovely long train journey we arrived in St. Petersburg, the capital of Russia for around 200 years previous to the 1st World war when it was moved so it would be less easy to capture. We pulled up outside a huge sparkly hotel and were all thrilled until we we're led down a graffiti covered alley next to the hotel to our slightly more humble abode...wishful thinking😊 After Bre ... read more

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Founded in the 12th century, the Principality of Muscovy, was able to emerge from over 200 years of Mongol domination (13th-15th centuries) and to gradually conquer and absorb surrounding principalities. In the early 17th century, a new Romanov Dynas... ... read more

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Lilly, James, Miriam and Alice

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we are 4 young whippersnappers off on our gap year travels from hong kong to england by train via as many places as we can afford =) Below is our planned route: And here for anyone who's interested, is the approximate itinerary for what is happening. TRANS-SIBERIAN 11th Feb: leave HK on the train for Beijing 12th Feb: arrive Beijing 13th - 14th Feb: in Beijing 15th - 18th Feb: in Mongolia 19th Feb: on board the train 20th - 22nd Feb: at Lake Baikal 23rd Feb: on board the train 24th - 27th Feb: in Ekaterinburg 28th Feb - 2nd March: in Moscow 3rd - 5th March: in S... full info

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