Malyi Hotel Khabarovsk

... i artilleriet i Ural-fjellene. Han er også ranket som nr 2. i MMA(Mixed Martial Arts) i 75kg klassen i Russland. Tredje mann og eneste som følger meg helt til øst-russland er grensevakt mellom Russland og Kina. Også meg, HV for life! Neste dag sitter vi å drikker russisk vodka og de graver etter alt fra våpenspesifikasjoner til treningsmetoder. Russisk vodka må være den beste avhørsteknikk... Etter noen timer med faktautveksling faller vi til dyp søvn. Russerne er flinke til ...

... ki so zahtevale svoj davek. O zivalih, ki sva jih opisovala v prejsnjem odstavku, sva vecinoma bolj brala kot pa jih tudi dejansko videla, sva pa videla dosti prostih konjev ter veliko stevilo ptic vseh vrst. Med domacimi zivalmi tukaj prevladuje govedo ter ovce, vecina his pa ima tudi pse cuvaje. Vlak se vsak dan ustavi vsaj stirikrat po 15 ali vec minut, ko si je mogoce pretegniti noge ter opazovati domacine. Zaradi mraza je tukaj se vedno zelo popularno krzno ...

... us info on the English speaking canal tours and told us where we could get tickets to the show at the Hermitages. It was quite a walk, but in the directions of the boats. As it turned out, the tickets at the hermitage were 1 price. 3000 rubles ea, about $180.00 NZ. Too much, the other place had some tickets for 875 rubles each. We decided that would be O.K. but then found we could not sit together. So decided not to go. The walk down Newsky Porspekt was actually nice ...

... mangiare o andare in bagno, con chi devo viaggiare. In effetti non saprei dire dove finisca il treno e dove inizi me stesso. Sono in scompartimento con una signora, non oserei chiamarla babushka perche' non credo ne abbia ancora l'eta', che sta tornando a casa a Khabarovsk dopo essere stata ad Ulan Ude a trovare i nipotini. Forse non e' ancora una babushka, ma si comporta proprio come una nonnina: mi aiuta a fare il letto, mi offre da mangiare e poi se ne sta ...

... enjoyed it, the place was PACKED with school field-trip groups. Then we walked along the Neva, stopped and bought ice cream from a man with a little cart, and went to the Menshikov Palace, home of Prince Alexander Menshikov. He was a powerful politician who helped Peter the Great build up St. Petersburg and reform Russia, and then worked it out so that Peter's wife ascended the throne, the first Empress of Russia (Catherine I, the not-so-great). The palace ...

... cut to the train station and also a cute restaurant that was also written up in Lonely Planet called Nostalgia. We checked it out and found out that its not only a restaurant but also a souvenir shop and art gallery. We also noticed they were selling Easter cakes and colored Easter eggs for Orthodox Easter! We decided to make a reservation to have a 3pm supper. We also saw the most beautiful Mamushka dolls and crafts at the ...

... host me but only from the sunday. After looking for cheap hotel which i never found, i decided to sleep at the train station, one car brought me there, which i tought he was a taxi driver, but he was only a old guy who wanted to still my back pack, and he did. Bag was at the back of the car, after i paid i thought he was a bite strange so i hurry to get the bag but he was already gone.... I went to police station and sleep ...

The second day in St. Petersburg was a full day, with a hike around the city after a quick visit to the Hermatage, a state museum located in the old winter palace, home of the tsars. Our guide was a little man, who met us at our flat.  Alex was a doctor and like our guide from the day before, Alexander(another doctor) took time out of his day to take us on an excursion.  Alex, hadn't spoken english for nearly 8 years when he was studying medicine in New York City ...

... in the early 1900s) were interred. After we toured the cathedral we stopped to listen to some monks sing. Our next stop was a Faberge egg shop, where I think the guys spent more money than the girls. Although I think the girls spent more on cheap knock-off Faberge eggs from the market later that day! Kristy and I enquired about going to see the Amber room, but unfortunately it was over an hour drive away, and if we wanted to go there we'd have to miss ...

... we are standing in front of the building the map had directed us to. It was totally NOT the Belarus Embassy. Back to the drawing board. We decided to head to the section of the map our travel agent guessed it might be in. So, about another 1 1/2 hours of wandering around. We finally did see signs leading us to the embassy. Not surprisingly, the signs just eventually stopped existing. So, we started walking down random streets. Eventually we found the ...