We're in .. St Petersburg

From Russia with love

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September 15th 2007
Well we saw a Peugeot 307 with it's name changed to 007 but I guess James Bond would be more subtle than that! So we've come a long way since Helsinki and (while touching lots of wood) everything is going quite smoothly apart from a rather frightening ride from the airport in St Petersburg. Had our own apartment about 5 mins from the Hermitage which was large if a little cold but the bathroom w ... 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