Friends in metro station

Moscow

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July 21st 2010
Russia is not the easiest country to travel around as a backpacker. The visas trains and even accommodation all require some forward planning. I got caught out with the train to Moscow. I tried to book just 2 days in advance and all that was left was really expensive 1st class or seat only on a 2am train. I should probably change the name of this blog to "sleeping in uncomforable positions on the ... read more

Europe » Russia » Northwest » Moscow

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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