Sampling Scandinavia and Russia
In and around Perth, Australia
This trip has been a year in the planning and a years worth of saving. I can't say it's been entirely easy; perhaps the purpose of a holiday is to releave yourself of the stress of organizing one?
On my planned trip, I am visiting the following places: - Netherlands - Denmark - Sweden - Finland - Russia - Belarus - Poland - Germany - Malaysia
I'm currently not really sure what I'm looking forward to the most. Probably getting away from work and forgetting about everyday life is incentive in itself. That, and meeting new people, seeing new cultures, and of course trying their local cuisines and beer. And perhaps trying their beer again. And then again.
Route taken and entries by Real Traveler Nathan77
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Preparing to leave humble dwellings
There's less then a week to go before I start my journey to Scandinavia and Russia. That's if I can still go at all! I'm still waiting on my Russian V... Continue reading » -
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The eve before
With only 24 hours to go, I'm feeling a mixture of being swamped, and impatience.
So I guess I should probably start packing. I've also got t... Continue reading »
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Sleep Deprivation
Well, there is one thing to say... I am exhausted.
Our flight from Perth was delayed, and we had to run at Singapore and find the transfer de... Continue reading »
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Leaving Amsterdam
When we arrived in Amsterdam, we brought the beautiful weather. The locals were saying that the weather was overcast and rainy for a week befo... Continue reading »
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Voyage of the Vikings begins
Arriving into Central Station in Copenhagen wasn't anything special. Lots of construction going on. Hardly the sort of city I was expecting to see.... Continue reading »
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Beautiful Stockholm
This is our first day in Stockholm. It really is a beautiful city. And it's true... there are beautiful women everywhere. I was told the reason why... Continue reading »
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Fight Club
We boarded the ferry that would take us from Stockholm to Helsinki overnight. It looked like a nice large ferry - featuring 2 nightclubs, a casino,... Continue reading »
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City of Palaces
The Russian border wasn't as hairy as I feared. Sure, it took a little while to get in - an hour or so, but it wasn't so bad. Mind you it's the Bel... Continue reading »
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From Russia with Vodka
Dodgy Dodgy Russia.
We spent the afternoon in bleaky Novgorod. It's a small city of a couple hundred thousand people with a rich history. The... Continue reading »
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Moscow or Vegas?
This is now my second day in Moscow - and I have done the touristy things that I want to do.
First stop was Red Square and St Basil's... all... Continue reading »
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Arrested in Red Square
Seeing Lenin's tomb ended up turning into an adventure in it's own right. The tomb itself was fine... we lined up for about an hour, and the proced... Continue reading »
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The war-torn road
The next stop after Moscow is in a small place called Yartsevo, and the Hotel's name is Oasis. It conjures up pleasant images, but really it couldn... Continue reading »
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Rebuilding a city
Before leaving Belarus we stopped into Brest fortress, another war memorial. It featured a couple of massive sculptures that dwarved us in size. Ag... Continue reading »
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Ich bin ein Berliner
We arrived at Berlin, and the first stop was Joe's Beer house. We were served to some hearty German food - I tried both the Bratwurst and Pork Schn... Continue reading »
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Sad Goodbyes
Finally our last stop... Copenhagen.
The trip from Berlin to Copenhagen was toned down. Everyone knew that the end was nigh. It was fairly qu... Continue reading »
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