Hi all, Still in moscow having fun. We have visited Red Square and been inside St Basils Cathdral which was really cool (see the pics). Off to the Kremlin tomorrow and then to see Lenin lying in State which will be good. We went to collect our train tickets today which was a complete mission and we are missing our final ticket from Ulan Bartor to Beijing - urgh what a pain. The booking company are going to send it to our hostel so hopefully it will arrive but...

Hi there We had a great few days in St Petes exploring the city and hanging out with some really fun people at our hostel. We managed to see all the sights including the absolutely gigantic art collection at the Hermitage and a rather choppy boat ride to Peterhof to see some very impressive fountains! I would def recommend it for a city break as it is such a friendly and fun city to visit.We had a very civilised evening at the ballet on thursday night. We treated...

Hi There,  We have had a busy few days in St Petes visiting all the tourist hotspots. So far we have seen the Summer Gardens The Cathedral of the Spilled Blood, St Issac's Catherdral, The Peter and Paul fortress and Kazan cathedral.  The weather has been really hot, unusual for this time of year. Our hostel is nice and really central which is really good. I bought a Russian doll yesterday which is really pretty and i really want a russa fur hat to wear a...

Hi all Well we arrived safely in St Petersburg flight was ok although seemed to take forever! Its really hot here and randomly still daylight at 11pm which is kinda weird! Hostel is good and looking forward to exploring St Petes tommrrow! Right im off to bed as this computer is anoying me! lots of love sarah