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Travel Blogs from Moscow

Crowded, Gloomy, and EXPENSIVE!!!

A travel blog entry by john.babinec

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... what I expected, cold and gloomy. But I was prepared for even worse conditions so I guess it's not really that bad. Just depressing.


We arrived at the train station and proceeded to find the ticketing area. Sapsan, which is the high speed train service, was really unbelievable! First their website was down so we couldn't purchase the tickets online. Then we went like an hour away to the train station ...

Out & about in the workers paradise

A travel blog entry by yelnod

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... place - the Armoury Museum. On the way we pass the building that had been horse stables before the revolution. Stalin cleared them out, and used the building to house his automobile collection. The Armoury Museum houses an impressive collection of artefacts - carriages, coronation dresses, weaponry, silverware, a collection of Faberge eggs. It is like trying to drink from a fire hose, as there is far more than you can possibly take in in the 90 ...

Cruising the Volga River

A travel blog entry by leomcyr

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... quick shower, we went to the "Welcome" cocktail party hosted by Captain Igor Epstein, captain of the Rurik for over 20 years. We were on time but still there was no room for us. Our fellow passengers had congregated in and blocked the aisles instead of moving forward in the room. Many of us were forced to stand in the stair well unable to participate.

We went to dinner…and ate alone. Dinner, however, was excellent. After eating, we went up ...

From Russia with (ginger) love

A travel blog entry by aborder

This is a top pick!
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... supplies for my 56 hour train journey to Tomsk!

Excitedly, I grabbed my bags, which now included 14 packs of noodles, tea bags, coffee packs, nuts, soups, bread, some chocolate and a gallon of water.

It took time to find the right train station whilst also looking for an ATM. Finally, train 34, carriage 4 bed 12. My shelf was already made, I mean my bed!

Next stop, Tomsk and Siberia!

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Always check your entry documents

A travel blog entry by chrisandjanet

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... our Iranian visa from the Embassy in Moscow, the first bit of good news
since VE day,and a very helpful lady at the Sheraton has NEARLY got us our paperwork sorted out.
We have to go with an interpreter to somewhere 30k outside Moscow tomorrow, and if we get it sorted tomorrow I have promised Janet a special treat. I am prepared to supersize her McChicken Sandwich meal.
I have to ...

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