Category Archives: Russia

Last day in Kazan today and we had the whole day until our train left at 7pm. Having spent yesterday walking around the Kremlin and seeing most of the major sights we thought we would venture further out of town and see a church which was called the church of many faiths. While the churchContinue reading “Out of Kazan”

First class luxury on the overnight train again to Moscow! We arrived at 7am to a beautiful pink sky when we walked out of the Metro stop. As we were walking to our hotel we realised that we were staying in the swanky area of Moscow. Mercedes were the norm and Gucci and Chanel linedContinue reading “Arrival in Moscow”

After a fairly broken sleep thanks to the papier-mâché walls at the hostel coupled with the fact we were more or less sleeping in the reception area we woke up still keen for a walking tour of the centre of Moscow. We have done a few of these free walking tours now but none whenContinue reading “Tour of the Red Square and the Kremlin”

Today the weather was bad. So bad in fact that it may have got to me and I may or may not have been a little cranky this morning traipsing in the cold with snow blowing directly into my eyes. My husband would probably like to add to this but it’s not his blog soContinue reading “Snow in Moscow”

We had done pretty well ticking things off the list in Moscow but there were a couple of things left. Obviously walking around was going to be involved and it had “warmed” up to about zero degrees so still wasn’t exactly pleasant but off we went anyway. First stop was going to be the CathedralContinue reading “Last wander around Moscow”

Our luxury train arrived early in the morning but not before a lovely hot breakfast served to our cabin. I could get used to this kind of traveling! The train station was only about 1 km from our hotel so we strapped on our bags and headed out on foot.  We were staying just offContinue reading “St Petersburg “

It’s silly the little things that can surprise you and make your day. We often have free breakfasts which usually consist of bread and occasionally egg but today we found out that our free breakfast was in a cafe downstairs and when we sat down we got proper coffee, fried eggs, bacon and sausage! WellContinue reading “The Hermitage, St Petersburg”

We had a big day planned so got up and hit the ground running, walking to the Church of the Spilled Blood via the Milhaulovsky gardens. It was lightly snowing big fluffy flakes and the temperature was not that cold so we were pretty happy. Blue sky would have been the ultimate but you can’tContinue reading “Last day in Russia”