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  • Hermitage Our trip to St. Petersburg would not be complete without a visit to the prestigious Hermitage, one of the great World museum, housing two of the twelve known Leonardo da Vinci paintings in the World. [img=http://www.travellerspoint.com/photos/94757/xher Posted by svjorber in Trip Around the World | Aug 2, 2007
  • A bit of investigative work... St Petersburg is the town where Sveta is from, and we wanted to go back to the place where she spent the first three years of her life. I was told that Children's House #11 was closed but our Posted by svjorber in Trip Around the World | Aug 1, 2007
  • Saint Petersburg At our next stop, we had the opportunity to visit St Petersbug, the Venice of the North... Here are a sample of the beautiful palaces and monuments to be seen... The Spilled Blood Cathedral which marks the spot where Tsar Alexander Posted by svjorber in Trip Around the World | Aug 1, 2007
  • Tallinn and St Petersburg Travelling to Tallinn and then St Petersburg was like being the adjudicator where the big brother and little brother are having a fight and we have to decide who is in the wrong. When Est Posted by EliseJones in Scott and Elise's European Adventurer | Jul 23, 2007
  • Siberia Had a great time the last few days camping a t Lake Baikal, one of the biggest lakes in the world. It is huge, about as wide as the English Channel and 400 miles long, but apparently in Winter Posted by katiew in White Around The World | Jul 12, 2007
  • Mongolia and the train The train was interesting to say the least ! We were on Train no 6 out of Moscow to Ulaan Batar. This particular train runs once a week and is the "Traders Train" Other than one Posted by steve-les in Steve & Lesley's Grand Tour | Jul 11, 2007
  • Train/time travel After several days sight seeing in both St Petersburg and Moscow getting on the trans-siberian train for a few days was a welcome break and a rest from the cities. It's a great way to travel, very Posted by katiew in White Around The World | Jul 9, 2007
  • St. Petersburg So after the first few days away everything is going well and having a good time. Despite the majority of people speaking as much English as I speak Russian(which has improvedto at least 5 words now), everything has been Posted by katiew in White Around The World | Jul 3, 2007
  • The Grand Tour Well we finally made it!! An hour delay leaving London, but we're now here in Moscow. Met with our own personal guide Leah yesterday morning for a walking tour of the city. She acquainted us with Posted by steve-les in Steve & Lesley's Grand Tour | Jul 2, 2007
  • From Russia with Love (incorporating Norway) So after a successful tour of the USA, whirlwind as it was, it was time to move on to its Cold War rival, Russia. One would think that the USA would’ve let bygones be bygones but apparantly not. Time Posted by cadeabroad in Cade's Blog | Jun 27, 2007
  • Moscow: First Impressions Moscow seems to be a city of both incredible beauty and incredible decay. Even in their own right the huge apartment complexes are rather dingy, but after the fierce colors of St. Basil's or the Kremlin's many gold-topped cathedrals Posted by tnichols in Pitt UHC Mongolia Program, Summer 2007 | May 27, 2007
  • First Impressions of Moscow When we first arrived in Moscow, we were moved surprisingly quickly through the customs officials and began our trek to the hotel. The check-in to the hotel was a good preview to how our communication with the vast majority Posted by ntoney in Pitt UHC Mongolia Program, Summer 2007 | May 27, 2007
  • First Impressions of Moscow I had expected, when leaving the plane into Moscow, to find a dettol-scented airport with tiny bugs crawling around the restrooms, 100 degree heat which heightens the surreal nature of an unfamiliar situation, and a discord of sounds, sights, and Posted by annudari in First Impressions of Moscow | May 27, 2007
  • Moscow Moscow was a quick trip--I felt like one second we were there, and the next second we weren't. But it was interesting, to say the least. It was such a city of contrasts--so beautiful, so ugly, so clean, so dirty, Posted by istol in Pitt UHC Mongolia Program, Summer 2007 | May 27, 2007
  • Amanda's Moscow Re-Impressions It was good to be back in Moscow! Since I spent some time there last summer, my "first impressions" are slanted all over the place. Anyhow! The city is large, fairly austere, and at first glance very unfriendly. Posted by agregg in Pitt UHC Mongolia Program, Summer 2007 | May 27, 2007
  • Cory on Moscow Most of my preconceived notions about Russia come from Fiddler on the Roof and Chekhov. The former doesn't really apply to Moscow, other than the whole importance of tradition and history thing. First impressions of any city on a diet Posted by ctamler in Pitt UHC Mongolia Program, Summer 2007 | May 27, 2007
  • Suzie's Moscow Impression Moscow was initially a lot bigger than I expected. The architecture was amazing and all the churches almost seemed out of place with all their bright colors, like a castle picked up from disneyland and transported to Russia. Posted by sculhane in Pitt UHC Mongolia Program, Summer 2007 | May 27, 2007
  • Katyn Forest The Katyn forest is a slightly hilly pine forest growing on sandy soil... The pines muffle the sound and the sand makes it easy to dig. Stalin was the first leader in the modern era to start adding high calcium soil Posted by Showdogs1 in In search of my Big Russian Soul... | May 21, 2007
  • Smolensk, Part II I spent yesterday walking around people watching, going to museums, and walking on top of the old kremlin walls. It is a mixed tale... These walls could be part of a World Heritage Site but...., they are Posted by Showdogs1 in In search of my Big Russian Soul... | May 20, 2007
  • Smolensk I made it from Anapa (way down south) to Smolensk without any problems. Aeroflot from Anapa to Moscow, then a 5 hr train ride to Smolensk. Smolensk is one of the Hero Cities that I wanted to visit. These Posted by Showdogs1 in In search of my Big Russian Soul... | May 19, 2007
  • A Break in the Doom in Gloom Tour Getting here The Train It took and 17 hour train ride (Volgograd - Krasnodar) followed by a 3.5 hour bus ride but it was worth it! The train ride was through the steppe. The same vaste plains that swollowed-up Hitler's Posted by Showdogs1 in In search of my Big Russian Soul... | May 15, 2007
  • Off to Krasnodar on a night train I am on my way to the Black Sea. I have had enough of the cities and I am heading to Anapa for 3-4 days to decompress. It is a small Black Sea resort where you can rent Posted by Showdogs1 in In search of my Big Russian Soul... | May 12, 2007
  • Volgograd, aka Stalingrad Only two Hotels in town and they both seem to have only luxury rooms available (for foreigners???) => The bottomline = 2 nights here will cost the same as 5 nights in a hostel in Moscow and 6 nights Posted by Showdogs1 in In search of my Big Russian Soul... | May 11, 2007
  • Ooops, I did it again Just like going to the wrong Victory Park a few days ago... today, I missed the main parade down Nevsky Prospect. The Hostel people told me it was at 10:00... but that was not very impressive! The real parade was Posted by Showdogs1 in In search of my Big Russian Soul... | May 9, 2007
  • No Big War Mememorials in St-Pete's The Victory Day parade was a bit of a let down... maybe plans were changed because the bad weather??? But the cold drizzle was perfect for me. Yesterday's search for the war memorials was rather dissapointing. I had found Posted by Showdogs1 in In search of my Big Russian Soul... | May 9, 2007
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