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The Curse Of St Petersburg
This is a top pick! ... So we left it. We went back to the hostel and asked the very helpful girl there if she would write us a note, in Russian, explaining exactly what we wanted. Basically the next available night train to Moscow. So we went back to the station (about an ...
I'm on the Train!!
This is a top pick! ... enjoyed our private 1st class 2 berth compartment (see photos) - a bit like the train to Hogwarts in Harry Potter! Enjoyed Russian Champagne (2 GBP) and caviar (80p - a bit cheap and nasty though!) and many of the other provisions we bought for the ...
Irkutsk and Lake Baikal
This is a top pick! ... in Siberia, but that doesn't mean that it's big. Our city tour lasted all of two hours, some of which involved looking inside more Russian Orthadox churches and then the bulk of it was a walk down the Angara River. We did pass a pretty cool statue of Yuri ...
Our first 3rd class train journey
This is a top pick! ... stuck with her whilst Andrew pretended to sleep, but got chance to pretend to fall asleep myself when she began giving the Russian lady opposite a massage! The immigration card was just the icing on the cake. Will try to get sorted ...
The Kremlin
This is a top pick! ... I have to say, but it worked a treat for them. I made a mental note was made there and then to brush up on Russian politics at some point during life! Here I am at the Kremlin... First and foremost the Kremlin is beautiful as it combines a variety of ...
St. Petersburg, the Hermitage and Odd Breakfasts
This is a top pick! ... clothes. Ellen gets by just fine with her Slavic features. When encounters occur, the Russkies start conversing with her in Russian. With me, it's entirely different. I'd need at the very least cheekbone implants to fit in. Where Ellen gets "zdrastvuyte" ...
SAMADHI WHILE POSING FOR ARTISTS
This is a top pick! ... . Mmm. It was a calm birthday. The next day, a Saturday, after giving a private English lesson, I went to a real Russian birthday party. It took place in a small town, in a "dacha" (a small, wooden cottage, surrounded by its own garden). ...
From Russia with love
This is a top pick! ... off us from the minute we walked in and had a very unhappy constipated look on his face. He was dressed in the typical wealthy Russian style of a tight fitting designer t-shirt with the brand name printed all over the t-shit and black trousers. He must of ...
Swimming in Lake Baikal
This is a top pick! ... we met 3 english tourists. The 2 girls were working in Ekaterinburg for a year, they were taking a holiday with their friend, travelling from Vladivostock on the train. It was good talking to them. I had another Russian sauna and another early ...
Leaving Russia
This is a top pick! Well I leave for Mongolia in the early hours of tomorrow morning so it's farewell Russia. I've just spent the last 2 days visiting monasteries and museums which has got a bit tedious. The Russia Experience claim they are for independent travellers, but ...
Red Square and Some Nice Young People
This is a top pick! ... dark, rainy morning at Kropotkinskaya Metro station, somewhere near our apartment. Oh, and Kropotkinskaya, like every other word in Russian, is written in the very different Cyrillic alphabet. While Ellen, Anton and I stood in the misty darkness, Sasha ...
KGB: Still Watching You
This is a top pick! ... stage. We learnt all about the role of the KGB (the initials KGB stand for Komitet Gosudarstvennoi Bezopasnosti, which is Russian for Committee for State Security), now known as FSB (Federal Security Bureau), and walked away with a better understanding ...
TWO DECADES AFTER PERESTROIKA - PART II
This is a top pick! ... beautiful, if women; and, now that there's capitalism, richer. Some climb heartlessly. Those who possess a certain Russian character (usually, these are uneducated, yet sometimes they're very successful businessmen) are dark and interested only ...
KUMIR CANYON, AND HOW I GOT INTO THE CONCERT
This is a top pick! ... said I should simply go say that I want to see the concert but don't have enough money. He said, the "russkaya dusha" (Russian soul) is kind, and inviting. Ivan's advice was good. I explained my situation to concert security, who told me to ...
THE WARM ARMS OF BANDITS
This is a top pick! ... consistency of cottage cheese, a.k.a. curds). I was surprised when the guys stopped to visit and show us a small Russian Orthodox church. Colorful pictures of saints' faces, in pink and green, stood encased in golden squares. Alyona, ...
St Pete's - it's all a festive blur
This is a top pick! ... of Japanese just to top it off. He's a journalism student and part time army lieutenant who's very knowledgeable in Russian history and general knowledge about his city. Couple this with his energetic delivery, patience and interest in learning some of ...
Trans Mongolian Express: Day 4
This is a top pick! ... on the safe side though we'd best set the alarms for 5 AM.... make it four. Either way, we were just glad to be through Russian border control. As the day wore on, the JWs asked us if we'd teach them the rules for shithead. They had seen us playing ...
In Soviet Russia..... Vodka drink you!
This is a top pick! ... which coutry we came from was established. We arrived at the border to Russia at about 3:30am and were met by a stereotypically chirpy Russian border official. We had to all get off the bus with all our bags andgo thorugh customs, we had to all then ...
A Riot of Colour!
This is a top pick! No words are needed this time. Enjoy the tropical flowers of Central ...
HOW TO SURVIVE THE SUMMER, HOMELESS, IN RUSSIA
This is a top pick! ... things useless to a traveler; canned pig tongues and other disgusting food items; and useful things, such as a black necklace with a Russian Orthodox symbol, which I wear not for its religious meaning but to remember the people who gave it to me. I ...
Slower train to Moscow
This is a top pick! ... the cars tuned into some Russian radio station that played English music. Regarding our "cabin-mates" - I'm convinced dad is a Russian snoring champion, big brother does not talk but I did hear noises from the bunk above and the little sister seems ...
ILLEGAL ENTRY #3 (UKRAINE TO RUSSIA)
This is a top pick! ... .) "Don't give me harbor for a gift. Give me sea." "We've got enemies. That means we must also have friends." (two translations of Russian rock classics, sung by Pavel on his guitar) bye. Modern ...
Lake Baikal
This is a top pick! ... success with getting his ticket after one failed attempt!!! Our cabin companians of four days were a small silent chap and a very typically russian woman of the strong type!!! It's amazing how long or how short a while it takes to get to know your ...
Hello Sailor!
This is a top pick! ... on numerous occasions but it was quite clear they would serve us when they were good an ready. Another fine example of Russian service! After about 15 minutes of waiting we eventually got served and headed back to the room with our sparking mineral water ...
Slow train to Siberia
This is a top pick! ... are also considered to have zero sense of humour and I read somewhere that during a psychological assessment conducted on a group of Russian boarder guards after a shootout, it was found that 70% of the guards were not stable enough to do the jobs and ...
White nights continue
This is a top pick! After a few hours of sleep I go on a most beautiful walking tour of the city that takes me through some parks, along the river, over a bridge and spits me back out at Palace Square to see the Hermitage. There is a lot of military presence around ...
Surprising Irkutsk
This is a top pick! ... been experiencing throughout Asia and even though the Russians are considered European there was still something uniquely strange about the Russian people that I couldn't quite put my finger on. After a few days I slowly began seeing the similarities and ...
Lake Baikal - oh and the fur attacks
This is a top pick! ... got on. The market was fierce however we again get a reminder of how volatile these things can be as a fight breaks out between a Russian woman and a Mongolian woman over a fur coat, and boy is it some fight. We expected the Mongolian Police man from next ...
Catherine the Great's Palace
This is a top pick! Pushkin - The Czar's Village Catherine the Great's Palace It was a bus ride of about 30km. with our driver Alexander and guide Antonina to get to Pushkin, named after the Poet Alexander Pushkin. It was originally named Tsarskoye Selo (The Czar's ...
Ra Ra Rasputin
This is a top pick! ... of scribble that some 1st grader put together when he got lost in there and had to make his own way out because the lazy russian caretakers wouldn't get off their chairs to assist. Anyway, I'm moaning now and I'd hate to end on that note. We have ...