RUSSIAN FEDERATION | Saturday, 30 Aug 2008 | Views [20] | Comments [1]
Moscow was amazing! It really is the ‘real Russia’ I was hoping for. I’ve been to red square! And the Kremlin! And saint Basil’s (very famous onion influenced looking church in red square). Moscow was everything I had hoped for and ... Read more >
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RUSSIAN FEDERATION | Saturday, 30 Aug 2008 | Views [15]
So, Novgorod, what can I say? It is one of Russia’s oldest towns, it has lots and lots of churches, some big bells, and some of the cheapest cocktails I have ever encountered! Novgorod was our stop off on the road to Moscow. Traffic was dreadful, ... Read more >
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RUSSIAN FEDERATION | Sunday, 17 Aug 2008 | Views [40]
Russia…..what can I say? I definitely had the biggest culture shock of all the places I have ever been to. I honestly have never felt so out of my comfort zone in my entire life, while at the same time in absolute awe of everything around me. St Petersburg ... Read more >
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ESTONIA | Monday, 4 Aug 2008 | Views [46]
Dorky title I know but the creative juices are struggling today. We got up very early to catch yet another boat. This one went from Helsinki to Estonia and was the biggest of all the boats we had been on. It had the feel of what I hope a proper ... Read more >
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FINLAND | Sunday, 3 Aug 2008 | Views [37] | Comments [2]
I had been looking forward to going to Helsinki. I don’t know what I was expecting though. Whatever it was, Helsinki just didn’t live up to it. Yes I was a little tired after a festive night out the previous evening but I did get lots of sleep on the ... Read more >
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FINLAND | Sunday, 3 Aug 2008 | Views [34] | Comments [1]
I had a very late night out, and probably a touch too much to drink. Sorry to all those people who received festive text messages but that’s just how I am. We had driven further south in Finland to a student town called Jyvaskyla. I was up for a night ... Read more >
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FINLAND | Saturday, 2 Aug 2008 | Views [32]
I’ve met the real Santa. Not the fake ones that they have in shopping malls and the like, but the real one, in Finland. He lives in a wonderfully commercial place above the Arctic Circle in a place called Rovaniemi. So ho ho ho and all that. ... Read more >
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NORWAY | Thursday, 31 Jul 2008 | Views [51]
After another ridiculously long drive we reached our northernmost base camp in Norway, Olderfjord. A pretty basic campsite with cabins, confusing washing machines and a whopping great souvenir shop. Go figure. Here we were in reindeer country.... Read more >
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NORWAY | Tuesday, 29 Jul 2008 | Views [52] | Comments [1]
As we head north it was starting to get a tad chillier – I suppose that happens when you head above the Arctic Circle. One of the lovely little towns we happened to travel through was Dombas, or dumbarse to us. For no particular reason other ... Read more >
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NORWAY | Tuesday, 29 Jul 2008 | Views [55]
An early morning that was definitely worth it. Today would have to have been my favourite day of the trip. After the early start we went for a drive up the craziest road on earth. The trolls pass. Home of the famous troll’s bridge made famous by the ... Read more >
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