Saint Petersburg Travel Blogs - Page 5

Our stay in St Petersburg, Russia from December 27 2008 - January 1 2009

Since it wont let me do a general advice for eastern europe here goes. Cash is a must. ATMs dont work consistantly and almost everywhere, especially outside the EU you must pay cash, most likely local currency but Euros seemed to be accepted, though at an insane exchange rate. Cabs are usually pret…

This is my Bog Blog! Call them whatever you like: dunnies, pissers, gravy bowls, pissoirs, porcelain caves, potties, loos, crappers, dumpers, shitters, outhouses, throne, bogs, longdrops, WC's. As much as we dont want to think about it, even good looking girls have to crap every day! The vast array of toilets in the world have fascinated me for a long time. This blog will be continuously updated as long as I continue to travel the world and wake up needing to hang a dump.

My 27th Birthday in Paris

We arrived in St. Petersburg on the train.  After crossing the border we were a bit concerned that Linda`s visa had not been stamped properly but there was nothing we could do as the passport officials had left the train before we got our passports back. We managed to negotiate the metro…

My trip to Russia: ° Moscow ° The Golden Ring: Vladimir& Suzdal ° Saint Petersbourg

Trip with my buddy Shri.

Breakfast at 7:30 AM. Departed our hotel at 8:00 AM. Once we arrived in St. Petersburg we visited the Siege of Leningrad memorial, which documents the 900 day bombardment of St. Petersburg by Nazi forces during World War II (considered the worst in human history). Then, quite a change of pace, we t…

Start in Warsaw, Poland

Moscow and beyond!

   This July had the opportunity to go up to St. Petersburg for a couple of work trips.  While it was mostly work and not play, and I spent the majority of time in my hotel exploring my lovely lap-top, I did have enough time to catch some of the bigger attractions and at least a feel…

I have divided Europe into 3 parts to be manageable to visit all of its countries and see the at least the main cathedrals, museums, and antiquities. This trip included, Russia, Germany, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and Luxembourg. I attended the ballet with Laura Bush and an opera with the Queen of Denmark. Neither one knew I was there. It took about 4 weeks and a lot of driving. Hope you enjoy the pictures, which I shall edit as I have time.

Hoi allemaal! Weer eens tijd voor een update. Vandaag precies een week geleden in St Petersburg aangekomen. Een stad waar heel veel te zien is. Natuurlijk Hermitage/Winterpaleis, St. Isaacs Cathedral (prachtig uitzicht vanaf de toren over de stad), Church of the Saviour on Spilled Blood, Peterhof e…

Two guys set out from Brisbane Australia equipped with a flexible self made itinerary. Four months started in Katmandu Nepal April 2004 and ended in Beijing China July 2004. How we get there is up to us....

So we found ourselves in Russia!!! We rolled into the main station round 6am, got off the bus and were completely lost!!! I have to say we were completely baffled as we were completely unprepared for the Russian written language! Trying to even understand what station we were at took abou…