After the evenings train trip we arrived in the capital, Moscow. We shared a sleeper cabin with Lee & Nat & it was pretty cost. Yesterday was very hot & we were out all day exploring around St Petersburg, before jumping on the train with no shower. Arriving in Moscow we were all feeling pretty feral but not much we could do as check-in at the hotel wasn't until later in the day. Following our tour leader Anastasia we left the station about 9am, met ou...

Well the last 2 days have been pretty amazing. Getting to explore St Petersburg has been pretty unbelievable. Being a country we have always wanted to visit has been such a bonus as it is the last European country we will see on the trip. Yesterday we started early with a great buffet breakfast. They do the sort of breaky that can only be found in big hotels. When I say big I think that this hotel would hold well over 1000 people. We began the day with a tour of ...

A nice early start today but that didn't matter as we were off to the motherland. We woke at 6am & got ready as quietly as possible so as not to disturb our other 4 roommates. A quick 7 11 coffee & we were on our way to the airport for a quick check-in before boarding our flight. The first leg was a short 70 minutes which was fine as we were surrounded by screaming babies. Thank god for portable music players. We arrived in Tallinn, Estonia, where we woul...

I slept ok but Jac only had about 4 hours sleep. The joys of being in a dorm room. Of course she did wake me to let me know she was going for a shower. I guess that's code for time to get up. So I had a shower & then we left to grab some breaky at the supermarket. We then wandered up to the lake to eat somewhere with a decent view. From there it was on to the town hall where we waited to join a walking tour. As it started we decided to join a red headed guide...

It was a travel day today so we had a sleep in then took it easy for the morning. Eventually we were packed & on our way out to the airport by train. We checked in & had lunch at the airport before boarding our flight. Would love to explore more of Poland but that is for another time, now it was time to be heading north west. Our flight was on a nice new plane that even had wifi, air travel has definately come a long way. We had been allocated an exit row...