Tag: russia
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Russia Day 16
It was an early start – the earliest one of the trip. As our flight was at 06:05 we needed to be on the road by 03:00. The hotel did however provide a packed lunch for us to take with us for breakfast, though it was still quite an early one. As is usual for Russian airports we had to have our bags x-rayed on entering the airport, and then after clearing passport control having hand luggage scanne …
June 5, 2016
Russia Day 15
The final full day in Russia - we'd be seeing the waxy-like body of Lenin, and other sights surrounding death.
June 4, 2016
Russia Day 13
Arriving back in Irkutsk, we now had the rest of the day to explore - with nothing much really to see.
June 2, 2016
Russia Day 8
Boarding the Trans-Siberian Express, we began our overnight journey to Ulaanbaatar in Mongolia.
May 28, 2016
Russia Day 7
Today we saw the wooden buildings of the 'Taltsy Museum of Wooden Architecture and Ethnography' in the pouring rain, and visited Listvyanka and Lake Bailkal.
May 27, 2016
Russia Day 6
It was colder in Siberia, but this was our boarding point for the Trans-Siberian Railway - of course we'd need to explore here a bit first.
May 26, 2016
Russia Day 5
Awaking as we arrived in Moscow, it was then a day of sightseeing before needing to fly to Siberia.
May 25, 2016
Russia Day 4
Today we visited Peterhof, a palace nicknamed as the Russian Versailles. The day then ended with taking the train to Moscow.
May 24, 2016
Russia Day 3
Yesterday we'd seen the Winter Palace, and today we were going out into the countryside to see the Summer Palace, one which looked to be inspired by French architecture.
May 23, 2016
Russia Day 2
Today the organised part of our tour began with the Winter Palace. The afternoon would then be self-guided, seeing the other sights in St. Petersburg such as the Peter and Paul Fortress.
May 22, 2016
Russia Day 1
We started off this trip as we meant to go on - cramming it with sightseeing as we saw some of the sights of Saint Petersburg whilst going out looking for somewhere to eat.
May 21, 2016