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The Border Crossing & Wonders of St. Petersburg
... August 2012), we got up at 5:45am to have breakfast and leave on an early morning boat cruise along the Neva River and canals in the city. This provided us opportunity to see much of the city from vantage points that we previously had not seen. This went for an hour and a half.
What was very interesting was a boy (say about 14 years old), appeared on the peak of every arch bridge we went beneath for the full length of our journey (1.5 hours). ...
Osten vs. Westen
... Schwimmwesten gibt, wenn wir doch über Deutschland einen See oder Fluss hätten ansteuern müssen um diese zu benutzen! Aber nun gut! Wenn das Flugzeug immer leicht anfing zu wackeln oder vibrieren dachte ich immer: Ach, das ist nur eine Bodenwelle! Ähm.. halt, Stop! Geht ja nicht^^
Naja, nach dem kurzen Zwischenstopp in Kopenhagen, wo ich mir nicht sicher war ob ich mein Gepäck automatisch umgeladen wird ging es dann weiter, in eine etwas größere Maschine! Es war ...
Sensory overload part 2
... tell him that I had seen them already and that I didn’t understand him anyway, so, I just thanked him. Most of the Russian people I met, seemed very friendly and helpful. (Or at least attempted to be!)
The St. Petersburgers seem to be very proud of their city and they should be!! Before I had come here, I was told it was one of the most beautiful cities in the world and it most assuredly IS!!!
Back on board the Princess Maria, I have noticed a ...
Boreder Crossing - pun intended
... ahead of us. It is common knowledge that they have priority as they are quicker to process for some reason. Eventually we got to the front and had to get off the bus and collect our bags. Once we got inside the building and the doors locked behind us, we were individually processed by 2 delightful (not) women. We have no idea why we had to take our bags in as the was no obvious checking that we each had ...
A big Snowy Day out Being Cultural
... to Pizza Hut (Victors choice!), we shared a pizza and then he helped me practice getting to the main train station which i'll have to catch on thursday night to moscow. We went on the underground metro. Things are a little easier here, you get on the trolley bus (bus powered by overheard power lines) and pay 21 roubles and get off after one stop or one hundred stops. The same goes with the metro, 25 roubles an you can go as far as you want, which is handy if you ...