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The City of Bridges.

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July 9th 2017
The morning started getting the speedy Allegra express train from Helsinki to St Petersburg, the train took about 3 hours and reached a whopping 220k per hour. My attempts of a snooze were interrupted twice be customs on both sides of the border. Our B&B host advised us of a good all you could eat. I made the big mistake of nodding in agreement with a staff member who was telling me in Russian how ... read more

Europe » Russia

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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