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- A Piece Of Coal In The Wilderness - MoscowSo, for our whole trip up until Russia, we had either planned ourselves or made up on the fly all the details ie accommodation and transport. But in Russia, that soviet power trip very much remains, and their need to Posted by Clayton30 in Heiho | May 20, 2012
- A Rose In The Wilderness - St PetersburgThe Venice of the North, the European Russia, St Petersburg seems to get many labels. To us it would be our favourite place on our Russian leg of the tour, and one of the beautiful cities we have seen in Posted by Clayton30 in Heiho | May 19, 2012
- SuzdalOur last day in St. Petersburg was spent at the Russian Art Museum as there is no Russian Art at the Hermitage. There were a number of pieces that we really liked and quite different from yesterday. We Posted by debbep in The Road to Russia | May 4, 2012
- Do you speak English?Another fantastic huge breakfast and we took the tram with our luggage to the train station. We were booked on the high speed 'Allegro' which takes four hours to St. Petersburg. The train is spotless, new and very comfortable. We Posted by debbep in The Road to Russia | Apr 29, 2012
- Winter trainingI am not a hot weather person. These past ten months of traipsing around Southeast Asia have wrung litres of sweat out of me. My T-shirts are now faded through overwashing, my hiking boots in need of regular Posted by mohn in Post-Jabe travel | Apr 19, 2012
- Moscow, Gorky ParkDuring the post-soviet era Gorky Park used to host an amusement park with fun fairs, various amusement rides, a Ferris wheel and one of the mockups (test units) from the Buran space shuttle program. During the winter the footpaths flood Posted by OlegY in Moscow | Apr 10, 2012
- Interviews at the EmbassyWednesday, April 4, 2012 Got called by HR to come in and interview for the two jobs I applied for, HR Asst. and CLO Asst. Got up early and was going to take the 7:30am bus Posted by vmhayes67 in Moscow - Our two year Embassy Posting | Apr 9, 2012
- Exploring MoscowSaturday, April 30, 2012 Lee and I went into the CLO office to help with the Easter Egg Hunt and hide 288 plastic eggs for the children to find later. All eggs were hidden inside a cafeteria and the kids Posted by vmhayes67 in Moscow - Our two year Embassy Posting | Apr 3, 2012
- Truck arrives with our possessions3/29/12 Up and at ‘em with coffee and a walk with the doggies, but it is snowing wet pelting snow, so doggies didn’t want to go far. Lee stayed home to help with the arrival of our stuff. Posted by vmhayes67 in Moscow - Our two year Embassy Posting | Mar 29, 2012
- Discovering 60 acres of paradise3/28/12 I slept in, dogs did too. Got up at 9:45am and got coffee. Took doggies for a walk. We went down to the end of the street and down the hill towards the lake. There was Posted by vmhayes67 in Moscow - Our two year Embassy Posting | Mar 29, 2012
- Back to Embassy to Volunteer3/27/12 I was exhausted the next morning. Got up anyway and took the second bus to the Embassy and there was no one at the gate to stop me and I went right into security. Much less hassle this Posted by vmhayes67 in Moscow - Our two year Embassy Posting | Mar 29, 2012
- Trip to the U.S. Embassy3/26/12 Monday Got up with Lee and went to the Embassy on the second bus, not a glamorous bus like the one Lee went in on. When I got to the Embassy, the bus dropped me right outside the Embassy Posted by vmhayes67 in Moscow - Our two year Embassy Posting | Mar 29, 2012
- Jetlagged in Moscow3/22/12 Thursday Lee went to work and I spent the day with Melze going to a mall. We went to the local Mega Mall and shopped around and Melze took me to lunch at TGIF’s for some cold French Onion Posted by vmhayes67 in Moscow - Our two year Embassy Posting | Mar 29, 2012
- First day in Russia3/21/12 Wednesday Slept in! We’re so tired, but woke up several times during the night. The next morning, we were a bit groggy, but had coffee, eggs, bacon and normalcy. Spend the day unpacking and exploring the neighborhood. Posted by vmhayes67 in Moscow - Our two year Embassy Posting | Mar 29, 2012
- Leaving Virginia and headed for Moscow!3/19/12 – 3/20/12 (Monday & Tuesday) Off for Russia at 12:30 am, spent morning panicking and packing badly. Suburban arrived and it would not accommodate the dogs in their crates, so Lee broke down the crates and put all Posted by vmhayes67 in Moscow - Our two year Embassy Posting | Mar 29, 2012
- Offal? NO OMUL! Hello there! Welcome back to our blog!! Today, folks, we are covering our train antics, part 2, and the city of Irkutsk. Quick summary - chilly! After the fun od Alice's birthday, we decided to have a lazy day on the Posted by ef2000luca in Alice, Louise, Lucy & Luca Travel | Mar 26, 2012
- Chechnya and DagestanTogether with friend Harald, I finally made it to Dagestan - my only missing "country point" in the Caucasus. Dagestan currently ranks as the most dangerous area in Russia, whereas Chechnya is fantastically rebuilt and rather safe. We flew on a Posted by LuxuryRogue in Gentleman Adventurer | Mar 25, 2012
- Stalingrad and AstrakhanBest hotels in Astrakhan: Al-Pash Grand Hotel ***** and Park Inn by Radisson **** Best hotels in Volgograd: Intourist ***/* and Yuzhnaya ***/* - Astrakhan and Volgograd were strategic stops on the ancient Volga Trade Route and the northern Silk R Posted by LuxuryRogue in Gentleman Adventurer | Mar 25, 2012
- WHC List #1097 - Ensemble of the Novodevichy ConventThe UNESCO World Heritage List includes several hundred properties with outstanding universal value. They are all part of the world’s cultural and natural heritage. Country: Russian Federation Date of Inscription: 2004 Category: Cultural site Posted by Sandalsand in Sandalsand | Jan 11, 2012
- From Russia with VodkaWell it’s been about 3 weeks since we left the wonderful motherland. Russia was absolutely everything we imagined it would be and some; we stretched our stay right up until our very last permitting day on our visa and left Posted by Joel-Renee in The beer is better when backpacking | Mar 22, 2012
- WHC List #0754 - Lake BaikalThe UNESCO World Heritage List includes several hundred properties with outstanding universal value. They are all part of the world’s cultural and natural heritage. Country: Russian Federation Date of Inscription: 1996 Category: Natural site Posted by Sandalsand in Sandalsand | Jan 8, 2012
- Mysterious Altay. Part 2Продолжение Алтайских записок. 19 июля Утро снова встречает солнцем и бабочками. Отсыпаемся после вчерашнего, выходим на маршрут попозже, к 10:30. Пройдя три ступени терр Posted by Eugene.B in 40000 км туда и обратно | Mar 22, 2012
- WHC List #0657 - Sergiev PosadThe UNESCO World Heritage List includes several hundred properties with outstanding universal value. They are all part of the world’s cultural and natural heritage. Official title: Architectural Ensemble of the Trinity Sergius Lavra in Sergiev P Posted by Sandalsand in Sandalsand | Jan 7, 2012
- WHC List #0545 - Kremlin and Red Square, MoscowThe UNESCO World Heritage List includes several hundred properties with outstanding universal value. They are all part of the world’s cultural and natural heritage. Country: Russian Federation Date of Inscription: 1990 Category: Cultural site Posted by Sandalsand in Sandalsand | Jan 6, 2012
- Russian AroundHey there! Welcome to the Moscow section of our blog. We woke up fresh and ready for our first non-sleep deprived day in the city. Alex was really keen to see Lenin, and as the rest of us had a few Posted by ef2000luca in Alice, Louise, Lucy & Luca Travel | Mar 16, 2012
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