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BAM Baykal-Amur mainline

Posted by sibways

but the Road is of excellent condition! It's financed and works.

Catherine's Palace - hot season

Posted by littlekate

So, according to the Catherine's ticket office, when a concert is organized by the palace office it will cost the same 500 RUR (17USD) as entrance to the palace for a foreign tourist. When a concert belongs to some festival, then the price may be ...

St. Petersburg

Posted by littlekate

- That's me welcoming you in LED airport under the English sign!

St. Petersburg

Posted by greekcypriot

Hi Kate, Good news indeed.... by the time I visit you, I am sure everything will be in English, and probably I won't need to let you know so that you can pick me up from the airport! I will find the way by myself since there will be English ...

St. Petersburg

Posted by littlekate

More good news: yesterday I noticed instructions in English on Sennaya Ploshad - an important transfer ststion in the center, which also can be useful to a foreign tourist. They also install instructions in the newly launched stations which are usually ...

Catherine's Palace - hot season

Posted by littlekate

On July 23 I happened to be at the gala concert of Tsarskoye Selo Divertimento International Festival. It was held in the Big Hall of the Catherine's Palace. Music was excellent - Misha Maisky, a world famous cellist was performing. How could I, a ...

Trains from Moscow to Ekaterinburg and then onto Irkutsk? - Yekaterinburg and Irkutsk/Lake Baikal travel question

Posted by runbikefly

Hi, Thanks for the information especially the link for train 16. We have now booked train 16 and 2 and are going Olkhon Island as well! Really excited for our trip and looking forward to relaxing on the trains...and at the lake. I have been on ...

Trains from Moscow to Ekaterinburg and then onto Irkutsk? - Yekaterinburg and Irkutsk/Lake Baikal travel question

Posted by jmabro

Hi, Thanks for the information especially the link for train 16. We have now booked train 16 and 2 and are going Olkhon Island as well! Really excited for our trip and looking forward to relaxing on the trains...and at the lake.

Trans Siberian Railroad

Posted by whizbangwallop

Hi just wondering. How easy it is to buy a 3rd class 'kupe' ticket, for the trans-mongolian train. Are there usually many spaces when travelling in late August/Sept. How hard is it to get one from the station in Moscow a few days before departure? ...

Trains from Moscow to Ekaterinburg and then onto Irkutsk? - Yekaterinburg and Irkutsk/Lake Baikal travel question

Posted by sibways

hi, time difference is 1 hour between 16 and 10 to get to Ekaterinburg and no difference between 16 and 2. Generally they go Moscow-Ekaterinburg for 26 hours. The difference is in the final destination of the train and their classes. As for Ekaterinburg ...

Trains from Moscow to Ekaterinburg and then onto Irkutsk? - Yekaterinburg and Irkutsk/Lake Baikal travel question

Posted by jmabro

Can anyone please advise on the difference in the trains from Moscow to Ekaterinburg and then onto Irkutsk? We will be travelling in June and I have seen that train 16 is the most direct. Is it best to take this rather than train 2 or 10? What's the ...

airports close too - Kotelnich travel question

Posted by themightyking

nearest airport

MOSCOW

Posted by ukrainian

Waw! Nice! When was the last time you were in Vorkuta? How things are there? You know, we suffer of some lack of information (I mean in Russia). It was long time ago. I miss it terribly. But my relative lives here for now. Ask any you ...

Russian banya vs. Finnish sauna vs. Turkish bath

Posted by sibways

yap, much times before Orthodoxy came to Russia, our ancestors used banya together with neighbors to save the heat and hot water. I guess there was no sex behaviour as the ethnic morals were much higher than contemporary ones. They lived as a commune and ...

Russian banya vs. Finnish sauna vs. Turkish bath

Posted by littlekate

Boiling point= the right time to be cooled down, your head including, a point of overheating. And about unacquainted men and women meeting in bany in some ancient times - that's new for me. Though I think you feel very sexless in bnya, so I perfectly ...

MOSCOW

Posted by littlekate

Waw! Nice! When was the last time you were in Vorkuta? How things are there? You know, we suffer of some lack of information (I mean in Russia).

MOSCOW

Posted by ukrainian

you know i lived in Vorcuta at my childhood and i remember white night, polar day&night - to be honest, the only things wich may impress - polar lights. it is realy smth

MOSCOW

Posted by littlekate

Of course not. It is only another well advertised thing next to white nights. If you have someone at hand to be romantic with, I'd advise to chose a quieter place. In the white night by the Palace bridge being drawn up you will find a lot of well ...

MOSCOW

Posted by ukrainian

Yes, alweys at nights and only during the navigational season. Now the rivers are frozen. You migh have heard that in SP when a man does not come home for night he normally would say: "Brighes were up". good joke Is it realy worth ...

St. Petersburg

Posted by littlekate

You are welcome. I'm not a traveller at all, I'm just a local liver and the only way I can help you is telling about "how things are in my native city".

MOSCOW

Posted by littlekate

Yes, alweys at nights and only during the navigational season. Now the rivers are frozen. You migh have heard that in SP when a man does not come home for night he normally would say: "Brighes were up".

MOSCOW

Posted by ukrainian

No, not that bad. You will have to remember your slavic language abilities (jazik do kijeva dovedet) and find a bus stop. The bus will take you to some metro station - Avtovo or Prospect Veteranov - chose the best suiting your location. Most ...

MOSCOW

Posted by littlekate

No, not that bad. You will have to remember your slavic language abilities (jazik do kijeva dovedet) and find a bus stop. The bus will take you to some metro station - Avtovo or Prospect Veteranov - chose the best suiting your location. Most probably, the ...

MOSCOW

Posted by ukrainian

If 200 USD is not a problem to you, then I advise to wait until May and then take a boat from the palace embankment to Peterhoff. The voyage will take some 40 min., take care not to miss the back way boat. what will be if I miss?? ...

MOSCOW

Posted by littlekate

If 200 USD is not a problem to you, then I advise to wait until May and then take a boat from the palace embankment to Peterhoff. The voyage will take some 40 min., take care not to miss the back way boat. I thing they keep goung until 15.00 or 17.00, I ...

MOSCOW

Posted by ukrainian

thanks a lot! I don't know about Peterhoff but other places I'll try to see.

MOSCOW

Posted by ukrainian

Kate, due to my work I started visiting Moscow more often, and now I adore it's style, action and so on. Time to time I may stay there for weekend but I'd like to take train and move to St. Petersburg for day or two. could you be so kind to to ...

St. Petersburg

Posted by rudyflaviis

Thank you for your advise. It's a pity we have to leave 3 April evening, we are going to loose Easter... Considering that during our stay the weather will be very cold, what do you advise us to do in 3 days? We are 6 portuguese couples. Rudy

Siberia, Russia

Posted by sgwelly

hi ii there I am planning for a trip to sieberia this march.surely and no doubt the things described by you in your description will prove to be very useful to me. Thanks in advance . Warm Regards Love to hear your ...

St. Petersburg

Posted by littlekate

thanks for such useful information.we constantly remain in need of such informations.we hope for a same response in future too.thanks so much again littlekate. Dear tsindia, I'm to your disposal any time you need any ...

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