Helsinki to Tallinn: Sunday 15th March 2009
We took the ferry across the Baltic to Tallinn , Estonia, today. The journey was 2 hours and we arrived at 12:30. The average age of people on the ferry…
Helsinki: Saturday 14th March 2009
This morning was sunny and bright. We headed down to the market square and caught the ferry to Suomenlinna Island. It is about 12 minutes away from Helsinki. Looking back…
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…