Azimut Hotel St. Petersburg

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... the country has so much to offer. We packed as much as we could into the 2 days we were there, but it's not nearly enough to do the city justice.<br><br>Highlights:<br><br>- St. Isaac&#8217;s Cathedral<br><br ...

... which two of the lines were one old line that was now considered two lines and a new line that was just opened in the last few years but only had one station. To reach our subway, we would take a fast escalator down about 100 meters. Even though the escalator was not wide we were advised to stand to the right as local residents would be rushing down on the left side. Once we reached the tracks, we saw a long platform with marble floors and walls with emblems of the old ...

... volleyball, walking on the beach, grilling burgers and tofu dogs, and generally having a blast. Today was somewhat less exciting, being colder, windier, and lacking the inherent appeal of playing hooky. But we walked along the beach arm in arm, pointing out the small fish swimming in the water, gathering shells, chasing seagulls, enjoying the tart ...

... I am sure most of the bus missed most of it, by the time she mentioned something, we were usually just abreast of it and they were still looking or thinking it was the last thing she mentioned. Again, a benefit of being younger and going on one of these tours, you can keep up most of the time. Soon we were in the charming village of Pushkin, home of Catherine's Palace, and off the bus with our radio headphones on so our guide could ...

... day we went to the Simatai area of the Great Wall. We met early in the morning, and then drove for 2.5 hours to get to where we would start our climb. We all started out at a pretty good clip, and not long after we got started, we were joined by locals who accompanied us on our climb, then of course, tried to sell us something at the end. Michael had warned us that these people would approach us, and if we weren't interested, to just tell them. I thought it was funny because it ...

... to catch the night train to Moscow. We are only on the train for 8 hours so literally we get on, go to sleep, wake up, and get off. I've never been on a sleeper before and surprised by quite how excited I am by the whole thing. Like the train we will take on the longer legs we are staying in the 2nd class accommodation, 4 bunk lockable cabins, as opposed to the 2 bunk first class and triple bunk lined cattle trucks of 3rd class carriages.

... some people eating Chicken with rice and wanted that, and we were also able to find an English menu so I chose Chicken and vegetables and we all sat and waited for our food. Mine came first and it was ... different... the chicken and vegetables were mushed together in a sort of burger shape. It was different, but quite tasty. Rhian's food came and the lady indicated to see if it was really what he ordered. He shrugged acceptance and took his Chicken ...

... ever seen. That night we went on a dinner mission, everything below ground in Russia is great value for money and 9 times out of 10 very, very cool(stylish that is). You just need to venture down the steps into the unknown and we landed 2 great places in one night. Dinner was traditional fare, I had a chicken kiev and Jon had a meat dish, downed with some local beer, btw beer here is not classified as alcohol, so its all ok (Janiexx).