Petrozavodsk, Russia

... 's second largest lake and several hundred kilometers from St.Petersburg. Getting there usually people have to take train to Petrozavodsk from St. Petersburg (overnight train), then taking ferry from Petrozavodsk to Kizhi. The ferry takes more than 1 and ? ...

... , but luckily I didn't run into any. After taking the ferry back, I got some lunch and walked around for a bit.  Petrozavodsk is OK, nothing too special, but there is a nice waterfront area along the lake.  The weather wasn't great either, as ...

... in Finland are almost equivalent to working a year in Russia. He then took us for some sightseeing in his city. Petrozavodsk is actually quite large with 275,000 inhabitants. He brought us down the main drag pointing out the important buildings ( ...