St Petersburg to Helsinki: Friday 13th March 2009
We had a 6:00am taxi set-up by Maria, our apartment contact, in order to get to Finlandsky station for our 7:17am train. Maria said there would be traffic congestion as…
St Petersburg: Thursday 12th March 2009
An earlier than anticipated start this morning (6am) as we were woken by a phone call from a taxi driver asking why we weren’t in front of the apartment building…
St Petersburg: Wednesday 11th March 2009
Risk Management – this was checking out the railway station for Friday morning. We walked in a slightly different area to the Finlandsky station. We could identify the train number…
St Petersburg: Tuesday 10th March 2009 H E R M I T A G E
The big day finally arrived - 30 year wait for AJ – the visit to the Hermitage. Remember to click on the pictures for the full sized view and lots…
St Petersburg: Monday 9th March 2009
We spent two hours at the Central Ticket office today in order to get train tickets to Helsinki. We started off in one queue, which closed after we had waited…
St Petersburg: Sunday 8th March 2009
Today was into the swing of St Petersburg. The apartment was about 30 degrees but it was only -4 degrees outside, but it was a beautiful clear and sunny day…