Country Info
- Moscow
- Capital
- Russian Ruble (RUB)
- Currency
- 145,470,197
- Population
- RU
- Country Code
St. Petersburg Slideshow
Travel Blogs from St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
Beautiful St Petersburg & Peterhof
... could not get a map of the grounds at the ticket kiosks or within the complex. I saw people on the hydrofoil with ones in Russian and English. So they are available, but unavailable to me! Arriving back in St Petes tired I forced myself to walk back to ...
Last5 legg of Russia
Well finally arrived at about 12.30pm after a very foggy lay over in Moscow, I am glad the poilet though he knew where we were because only saw the ground about 5 seconds before we landed was very foggy, and a brisk 12c. Here it is 15c and sunny and ...
The last few days
... an experinece. Nothing great happened yesterday apart from playing drinking games with fellow Vodkatrain travellers and getting quite drunk. St Petersburg is a great place, very European, nice/friendly people and culture, not much else to report from ...
Sensory overload part 2
... walking along a stretch of the Neva River and then following a beautiful canal that went along the oldest park in the city. St. Petersburg is completely full of parks and gardens that date back to the origin of the city. Following this route, ...
Russia!
... worth it - nice and clean - and within easy walking distance of everything). The hotel has our tickets to the St. Petersburg Academic Symphony Orchestra's Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture (no cannons) conducted by Eduard Serov and it turns out to be an ...
What the (beep), isn't it spring?
... give it a reprieve for its harsh climate. Best research sites for St. Pete are: http://www.inyourpocket.com/russia/st_petersburg/en/ http://travel2.nytimes.com/top/features/travel/destinations/europe/russia/stpetersburg/guide.html ...
Vodka, palaces and canals!
... a crash course in the alphabet may be in order for the Trans-Sib portion. If it weren't for the russian language and cyrillic alphabet, St Petersburg could be confused with a European city. Between the ornate palaces, churches, and canals, Peter the ...