Karelia

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It all began when we were holidaying at Coochiemudlo Island. Graham's "rellies" in Wales were enjoying their Christmas Day and decided to ring their long-lost cousin in Australia. Of course it was in the middle of the night in Australia, however he said ...

Well I talked about it for long enough before and will talk about it for long enough after - the definitive brianc abroad in a field tour. All comments welcome and looking fotrward to them - honest !!!!

Our first overnight train ride was interesting. We slept in "kupe" - a second class accommodation with four beds per compartment (we were lucky enough to share with relatively quiet and non-stinky people). We were pretty shocked when we saw the train for ...

Hello -- I'm writing an entry from somewhere other than St. Petersburg, it's been a while since I've done that. I decided to take a trip to Kizhi, an island on Lake Onega (the second largest lake in Europe), about 450km northeast of St. Petersburg, ...

This morning we woke to a beautiful, picturesque still morning with wisps of fog rising from the water.  We were anchored as fog during the night had stopped all ships entering the lock that connects the Volga-Baltic waterway into the Svir River at ...