Trip: World Adventure June 29 2008
There are [598] stories from my trip: World Adventure June 29 2008
RUSSIAN FEDERATION | Friday, 18 Dec 2009 | Photo Gallery
RUSSIAN FEDERATION | Thursday, 17 Dec 2009 | Photo Gallery
RUSSIAN FEDERATION | Wednesday, 16 Dec 2009 | Views [863]
Hi Comrades,
The temperature when we arrived at the hostel was -28 deg C!
We
checked into a refreshingly good hostel called Godzillas only about 1km
from the Kremlin and grabbed a few more hours of sleep.
So when
we got up and had our breakfast ... Read more >
RUSSIAN FEDERATION | Wednesday, 16 Dec 2009 | Views [887]
Hi All, We slept well and woke to a beautiful clear day and prepared to explore. The waitress at breakfast spoke english and explained the menu and I asked for fun 'whether we could have everying on the menu' and she said yes. hmmmm. We decided not ... Read more >
RUSSIAN FEDERATION | Wednesday, 16 Dec 2009 | Views [775]
Hi All,
Not off to a particularly good start. We left the hostel with 1.5hrs to
get on the train. I guided us all the way to a building with no name
that turned out to be a concert hall. I asked a local for directions to
'moskovy' train station ... Read more >
RUSSIAN FEDERATION | Wednesday, 16 Dec 2009 | Views [692]
Zdravstvujtye (zdrah-stvooy-tee; hello)All, We went for a walk further into the old city via St Issacs cathedral
to the Yusupov Palace where Rasputin was murdered. Then as we continued
along we found the Mariinsky theatre and collected our tickets ... Read more >
RUSSIAN FEDERATION | Wednesday, 16 Dec 2009 | Photo Gallery
RUSSIAN FEDERATION | Wednesday, 16 Dec 2009 | Photo Gallery
RUSSIAN FEDERATION | Wednesday, 16 Dec 2009 | Photo Gallery
RUSSIAN FEDERATION | Sunday, 13 Dec 2009 | Photo Gallery
RUSSIAN FEDERATION | Saturday, 12 Dec 2009 | Views [733]
Hi All, We ate last night at a Russian restuarant. Minor communication problem but we got what we guessed at some traditional dishes on the menu. Vanessa had a dish called hussary beef, beef and cheese, and I ate dumplings. Vanessa's was easily much ... Read more >
RUSSIAN FEDERATION | Friday, 11 Dec 2009 | Views [960]
Preevyet All, We arrived at Helsinki late and tired already having decided that we would try and get some sleep at the airport as the flight to Riga left at 520am next day. So we caught the late bus to the Helsinki international airport to T2 which ... Read more >
FINLAND | Wednesday, 9 Dec 2009 | Photo Gallery
AUSTRALIA | Wednesday, 9 Dec 2009 | Views [924]
Dear All, We had to move out from our cosy little family run accommodation to move into Rudolf hostel which strangely enough was associated with the Santa claus hotel. Lame but true. It only had a check in at 2pm so we killed a little time by booking ... Read more >
FINLAND | Monday, 7 Dec 2009 | Photo Gallery
WORLDWIDE | Monday, 7 Dec 2009 | Photo Gallery
FINLAND | Monday, 7 Dec 2009 | Photo Gallery
FINLAND | Monday, 7 Dec 2009 | Views [901]
Hi All, Ouch the morning after the night before...low light conditions are good. Decided to head off to the Santa Clause village today to visit the 'real' Santa. Magic day as it was overcast, the area was covered with a fresh blanket of snow and ... Read more >
FINLAND | Sunday, 6 Dec 2009 | Views [955]
Hi All, Still happy birthday Vanessa! We woke to pitch darkness and it didn't get light until about 930am. When we did look outside we could see that it was snowing so went for a walk into the town centre and found a giant snowman before heading ... Read more >
FINLAND | Sunday, 6 Dec 2009 | Photo Gallery
FINLAND | Saturday, 5 Dec 2009 | Views [857]
Hi All, Will add the previous entries soon. No promises but will try. Well we have arrived and it was -10 deg C when we stepped off the train just short of the arctic circle. Glad to be off after 9.5 hr and two movies. We had about 1.5 km to walk ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Friday, 4 Dec 2009 | Views [979]
Hi All, We entered into the narrow port entrance passing the Soumenlinna Fortress before getting a super view of the old town and in particular the Uspensky Orthodox Cathedral. There was a dusting of snow on most buildings and it felt like we had finally ... Read more >
SWEDEN | Friday, 4 Dec 2009 | Views [1058]
Hi All,
Amazing experience......
I had made the effort to get to the bus terminal and
ask the silja lines help desk about the procedure for catching the bus
in order to ensure we would make the ferry leaving time.We stored our bags at the ... Read more >
SWEDEN | Friday, 4 Dec 2009 | Photo Gallery
SWEDEN | Thursday, 3 Dec 2009 | Photo Gallery
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