ESTONIA | Tuesday, 6 Oct 2015 | Views [577]
Toompea Hill is the upper town, the most historic section of Tallinn (or Reval as it was originally called). It is even older than the section of Tallinn contiguous with it, Vanalinn (the Old Town). Ülemlinn (Upper Town) is the site of Tallinn's ... Read more >
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ESTONIA | Friday, 2 Oct 2015 | Views [595]
Prior to going there I can't say I've ever thought much about Tallinn. Having been there I now know, not only how to correctly spell its name, but what a fascinating place it is - in particular the Old Town which is one of the best preserved medieval ... Read more >
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RUSSIAN FEDERATION | Sunday, 27 Sep 2015 | Views [191]
During my stay in St Petersburg I got to appreciate the number and variety of bridges that there are in this "Venice of the North". Given that St Petersburg is dissected by a series of islands and waterways, bridges are an integral part of the ... Read more >
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RUSSIAN FEDERATION | Friday, 25 Sep 2015 | Photo Gallery
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RUSSIAN FEDERATION | Friday, 25 Sep 2015 | Views [397]
After we returned from Pushkin we decided to catch up on a few of the recommended places that we hadn't got to on the walking tour. The Saviour on Blood Church (AKA 'Church of the Spilled Blood') is on most 'unmissable' lists for St Petersburg. The ... Read more >
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RUSSIAN FEDERATION | Wednesday, 23 Sep 2015 | Photo Gallery
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RUSSIAN FEDERATION | Wednesday, 23 Sep 2015 | Views [467]
Having seen the Hermitage/Winter Palace briefly at night I was keen to return during the day and take it in more thoroughly. The facade as viewed from the Alexander Monument is one huge green and gold panorama of a palace, the Hermitage is in fact ... Read more >
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RUSSIAN FEDERATION | Monday, 21 Sep 2015 | Views [520]
Not too long after arriving in St Petersburg I found myself taking a stroll down the street in the central part of the city that everyone gravitates towards, Nevsky Prospekt. It was late in the evening and for a while I was under the impression that ... Read more >
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RUSSIAN FEDERATION | Saturday, 19 Sep 2015 | Photo Gallery
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RUSSIAN FEDERATION | Saturday, 19 Sep 2015 | Views [544]
You can't really experience all that St Petersburg has to offer without spending time on Nevsky Prospekt ... its essential - and unavoidable! Dissecting the city from east to west for some 4.5km, Nevsky Pr is home to St Petersburg's shopping precinct, ... Read more >
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RUSSIAN FEDERATION | Wednesday, 16 Sep 2015 | Views [271]
After you've had your fill of cathedrals, museums and grey ministerial buildings in the Kremlin, a good place to wind down is Aleksandrovskiy Sad immediately to the west of the wall. The tempo in the gardens is low-key, no hustle or bustle. You can ... Read more >
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RUSSIAN FEDERATION | Wednesday, 16 Sep 2015 | Photo Gallery
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RUSSIAN FEDERATION | Wednesday, 16 Sep 2015 | Views [536]
To the immediate west of St Basil’s is the once impenetrable Kremlin, now somewhat demystified by the influx of modern, post-Soviet tourism. If you walk around the entire perimeter of the Kremlin walls you get a sense of how the structure of ... Read more >
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RUSSIAN FEDERATION | Wednesday, 16 Sep 2015 | Views [542]
Moskovsky Station, a large waiting hall, quite a stylish interior with a vast network map of St Petersburg stations embossed on one wall. It was however bereft of seating, most people waited inside the fast food outlets down one side of the hall. It ... Read more >
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RUSSIAN FEDERATION | Wednesday, 16 Sep 2015 | Photo Gallery
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