Travels in Russia - St. Petersburg and Moscow
August 30th 2012 After many hours of Visa documentation and an hour of waiting at the empty border, we entered into Russia. We first stopped in the former Finnish Town of Vyborg and toured the castle. Then we were off to Saint Petersburg, but we diverted around traffic to take the coast highway for the last 70km. On the first night, we visited the Church of the Saviou on Blood (where Alexander II was assassinated)
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