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From Russia with Love
(Feb 14 '06)
We checked out of our hostel on the 13th of February and spent the day wandering around Tallinn. Our bus didn't leave until 11.40pm and we were determined to pack some more in, to wear ourselves out ...
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Moscow, Russia - Land of the Czars!
(May 28 '07)
“Zis your first time in Russia?” asked the woman behind border control at Domodedovo Airport. Since passing her my passport, the thin-lipped security officer had poured over the visa and immigration ...
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Moscow and Mercenaries
(May 26 '04)
"Using the 30 words of English he knows, he explains that he's n ex-KGB agent, drives a tank, and has killed people for money in Bosnia."
Moscow is great, although it has to go down as one of the oddest places I've been to in my short, untravelled life.
Everything is just how you might ...
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Top Ten Moscow
(Jul 28 '07)
Moscow is a fascinating city full of old world charm mixed with post-Soviet growth. It is full of old buildings with beautiful carved facades and pale pastel colors. Old women wearing head scarves and ...
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The Trans Siberian and beyond...
(Feb 27 '06)
"It’s a long way from Gunnersbury station on a Monday morning, that’s for sure"
It was time to leave Moscow and embark on our much awaiting Trans Siberian Rail journey. Cathal had been looking forward ...
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we dared to go into our theatre restaurant this morning for our breakfast and all that remained from the night before were some purple streamers on the ...
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St Petersburg (Day 1)
(Aug 05 '06)
"Like so many churches, it was poorly treated by the Soviets who used it rather unceremoniously as a potato store"
We are delayed leaving the ship by the local immigration officers. When we do disembark, ...
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St Petersberg
(Jul 21 '07)
"Jaw dropping is starting to become a little hackneyed in by blog but it really was stunning."
I am writing this having been to St Petersburg and moved on to Moscow. The reflection back is a blur of ...
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ONTO THE LAND OF IVAN DRAGO. so, after being in the tourist friendly czech republic, landing in russia was a shock to say the least. russia is everything you think it would be ...
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Recent Blogs for Russia
Russian hospitality (and lack of it!)
(Jul 26 '08)
Today we woke early to leave Moscow. We got the metro to a bus station. Then boardeda cramped bus to a town called Vladimir (180 km from Moscow). From vladimir we got another even smaller, even more ...
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"Weisse Naechte in St. Petersburg"...
(Jun 22 '08)
22. Juni, 11 Uhr morgens...man merkt es kaum wie schnell es geht und schon stehen wir hinter einer Glasscheibe...nur eine duenne Glasscheibe, die jetzt aber die Bruecke zwischen 2 Welten ist: dem ...
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Saturday @ Red Square
(May 17 '08)
Dear Meridith and Peter,
Red Square on a Saturday is like a shopping mall at 50% sales! So we set out to see the world's most famous mummy: Vladimir Lenin, born Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov. Two ...
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