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14.06.2011 – 14.06.2011 15 °C Another leisurely start today, as Kate and my only plan for the day was to see the Church of the Spilled Blood and do some souvenir shopping! The Church of the Spilled Blood is a St … Continue reading
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13.06.2011 – 13.06.2011 14 °C Nice leisurely start today. Its only Kate and myself left of my small touring group and we wanted to see some of the cathedrals here in St Pb and also take in the Political Science Museum … Continue reading
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12.06.2011 – 12.06.2011 28 °C Considering the time I got to bed I was back up at 9am to go see more sites of St Pb. We decided to spend the day going out to the Peterhof. Peterhof is the original … Continue reading
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11.06.2011 – 11.06.2011 29 °C Early start today for our day traipsing thru one of the largest art galleries in the world, the Hermitage. The Hermitage is built within the old Romanov Winter Palace and occupies the entirety of the palace … Continue reading
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10.06.2011 – 10.06.2011 28 °C Train arrived just after 9am. We had to catch the subway one stop and then walk a couple of blocks here to the hotel. WOW is all I can say about the architecture here in St … Continue reading
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09.06.2011 – 09.06.2011 19 °C Had a really great sleep in this morning after an extremely late night.. It’s amazing- the sun doesn’t go down til at least 10.45pm so you find that you don’t feel tired when you would … Continue reading
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08.06.2011 – 08.06.2011 28 °C Early start this morning as we had to meet our guide at the entry to Lenin’s tomb at 9.30. It’s a bit surreal walking passed a dead person, especially a dead person who has been dead … Continue reading
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07.06.2011 – 07.06.2011 25 °C Arrived off the train just after 9am. Had to take a subway ride to get to our hotel.. Man the back was damn sore after carrying all of my gear for the km or so.. Anyway, … Continue reading
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06.06.2011 – 06.06.2011 21 °C Nice start with us eating a great brekky of waffle/ cakey things with strawberry jam! Yum (might be the best brekky we’ve had so far). Spent the morning organising my stuff for our train trip … Continue reading
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05.06.2011 – 05.06.2011 18 °C A v early start this morning as we had to exit the train at 1am and go to our hotel in Kungur for a bit of a sleep before we set out for the day. … Continue reading