Friday, 12 Jul 2013 | Views [109]
10 July - For days, we have seen a church with blue domes with gold stars on them, and we wanted to hunt down this church (Holy Trinity Cathedral) to see it close up. We started this morning by walking to Holy Trinity. It was built around the 17–... Read more >
Wednesday, 10 Jul 2013 | Views [120]
Today was a slower start because we needed to do some washing. Also, we were not feeling the best, trying to shake off colds we think we caught on the plane to St Petersburg. We haven't let the colds stop us seeing what we wanted to see, thankfully.... Read more >
Tuesday, 9 Jul 2013 | Views [129] | Comments [1]
Yesterday was a very full day with lots and lots of walking (about 20 kilometers)! We set off from our hotel to Nevsky Prospekt, the main street in St Petersburg. There is certainly a lot to see around this area. We started in the Kazan Cathedral, which ... Read more >
Sunday, 7 Jul 2013 | Views [138] | Comments [5]
We started with a bit of orientation around the area, plus some washing and buying a few groceries. It was a great opportunity to interact with the Russian people that we encountered. They are very friendly. Whilst I have sung some Russian music, and ... Read more >
Saturday, 6 Jul 2013 | Views [122] | Comments [3]
This morning we had to rise early for breakfast then we headed into the airport to go through security and passport control and to our departure gate. We were so grateful we had done our bag drop the previous evening because the queues were ... Read more >
