Saint Petersburg Travel Blogs - Page 4

I personally think that winter is not the best time to visit St. Petersburg. Especially not from Tallinn, where we have pretty much the same weather and amount of snow and water. If I go there in winter I normally get sick, though I am not someone who gets sick easily. But I get wet feet, running n…

Moscow

Spent five days in St. Petersburg, Russia. What can I say more than, it was interesting and quite a cultural eyeopener...

We arrived at St Petersburg Bus Station ahead of time at 4am in the morning. None of us had Russian Rubles with us, so taking the Metro is out of the question. We managed to find a cab drive who is willing to take our USD and drives us to the hostel. We have to wait until 8am for the hostel to chec…

3 day trip

A week full of Vodka and Vodka and uhmm Vodka!!

Started off the day (well, after classes got out) with a tour of Saint Isaac's, and a trip up to the top of the cuppola for a fantastic view of the city.  Shortly thereafter we headed over to the Hermitage, which wasn't as good as my last trip as there were many more people there this time.&nb…

Here I come, Russia !!!  This is our first day of a 2-day tour in St. Petersburg.  Jewel of the Seas is anchored at Lesnaya Harbour.  We took the whole day tour which is approximately 9 hours in total that includes a visit to the Hermitage Museum and St. Isaac's Cathedral. Once the …

My first visit to Europe, Summer 2003, and studying at the Helsinki School of Economics in Mikkeli, Finland. We traveled around Finland, crossed waters to Estonia, hopped on a train to Russia and a cruise to Sweden.

Visiting friends in Russia. Three week trip to Moscow, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk and other places in Russia.

Our first day in Russia we were awaken by a brass band playing when the saints come marching in on the dock beneath our window  we went on two excursions.  In the morning we toured Catherine the Greats Palace, we were not to impressed, very ornate, all the walls were covered in gold leaf.…

HI Guys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We're still alive and kicking. Current dispatch is from beautiful St Petes. It's crazy to be in russia. Such a different country. Crossing the border from Finland to Russia was a bit like going back in time. CM and JP mused that there were probably few other border cros…

Photos from trips 1997 - 2009

Visiting all the port cities of the baltic was a chance of a lifetime. Eating Swedish meatballs served by attractive waitresses, trying reindeer in helsinki, cruising through the canals in st. petersburg, all of it was a time i'll never forget. surprisingly, tallinn, estonia, was one of the most amazing cities i've been to because of the beauty of both the land and the people.

will write more later