Our turn!

St. Petersburg

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August 26th 2010
26th August 2010 St. Petersburg We arrived in St. Petersburg at 9am and the metro is attached to the train station so we hopped on. The metro is so much smaller than Moscow and easy to navigate. Thanks to Nigel’s sweet-talking the older ladies, we got a family room upgrade in the hostel for free. We were knackered from our midnight train and early morning, so we chilled ou ... read more

Europe » Russia » Northwest » Saint Petersburg

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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