Blogs from Saint Petersburg, Northwest, Russia, Europe - page 10

Hey everyone I am going to go ahead and throw in a couple photos this time. Hope you all enjoy. So not really a lot to say. More museums, more festivals, more crazy Russian people! So small feature of this city. Everyone smokes, well basically everyone, and they don't think it's worth investing in ash trays. At the same time they really don't like to litter. The result? Many many many trashcan fires. I basically see one every day, maybe more.... read more

So it’s been a while hasn’t it? Okay where to start? I guess I should do kind of a day in the life. So I wake up at 7:30ish, which is something awful but oh well. After that I take either the bus or the metro. So some fun stuff has happened on both in the morning. On the metro I was going just a few stops and this lady came onto the train selling passports and other documents. It was kind of tempting but also probably a sting so I just did nothing. Someone did buy a passport though so that’s something. The buses and the metros are both super clean, and something like 40 cents a ride. Well that’s fine except having that much change isn’t always guaranteed and the women on the bus ... read more

Another 9am start, breakfast at Zoom Zoom, and we made our way to the underground railway. I've never travelled so deep on an escalator, the ride taking a good 5 minutes. Apparently these subways are designed to double as nuclear shelters in case of an attack. Our destination was the Alexander Nevsky Monastery, the most revered Greek Orthodox Church in Russia. As you enter you pass the cemetery where many of Russia's cultural greats are buried. Only Christians are allowed in this cemetery and outside the front of the Cathedral there is another burial ground created for non Christians, atheists, and communists. It is interesting to read the headstones as most seem to be associated with the Red Army and died in the 1940s or before. As we entered the Cathedral a service was being held ... read more

We gathered at 7am to have breakfast in order to catch a taxi to the Prague Airport at 7.30. The driver was on time and for the sum of about $30, he took us to the airport. Passing through customs and security for Russia, you are scanned twice, your passport is looked at thoroughly, Tim was asked a few questions because of his previous visits, your photo is taken and then .......welcome! The flight was quite rough as we were on a small airbus and hit a lot of turbulence. This aircraft had the least leg room I've ever experienced and my knees touched the seat in front. The food was a drink and a chicken roll wrapped in cling wrap. As we touched down, there was a round of applause for the crew, which almost ... read more