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RUSSIAN FEDERATION | Fri, 2 Nov 2012 | By treefrog | Views [1268]
Pavlovsk is an 18th century park and palace ensemble
Day 5: Wednesday
Pavlovsk is an 18 th century park and palace ensemble located 30 kilometers south from St. Petersburg. Catherine the Great gifted the estate ... Read more >
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RUSSIAN FEDERATION | Thu, 1 Nov 2012 | By treefrog | Views [993]
Day 4: Tuesday
Sometimes you have to go off the beaten track to find small treasures you wouldn’t have seen otherwise.
Shlisselburg Fortress was one of these small gems we discovered. It is a town in Leningrad Oblast, situated ... Read more >
Tags: janaline smalman, photography, russia, saint petersburg, shlisselburg fortress, st petersburg, travel
RUSSIAN FEDERATION | Thu, 1 Nov 2012 | By treefrog | Views [820]
Day 3: Monday
We got up a bit later than planned but after a lovely cup of coffee headed out to get the speedboat to Peterhof. We boarded the boat just behind the Hermitage and it was a quick boat ride to get to Peterhof, ... Read more >
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RUSSIAN FEDERATION | Wed, 31 Oct 2012 | By treefrog | Views [1416]
Day 2: Sunday
We had a good nights rest, although it didn’t get dark. The sun sets around 1am and rises again at 2am. After applying a couple of plasters to our already blistered feet we hit the road to Peter and Paul Fortress ... Read more >
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RUSSIAN FEDERATION | Tue, 30 Oct 2012 | By treefrog | Views [1731]
Day 1: Saturday
We booked a week away in St Petersburg to go and take advantage of the White Nights!!
Judith and I left Moscow on the Night train for St Petersburg at 2am. We had a sleeper coach in a compartment ... Read more >
Tags: janaline smalman, photography, russia, saint petersburg, st petersburg, travel
RUSSIAN FEDERATION | Sun, 25 Sep 2011 | By col_n_sue | Views [310]
The wedding is now only a week away. I am sitting here in our cosy flat on the 4th floor. Very quiet with double glazing. There is a lock on our inner door and 4 deadlocks on the outer door. Then down 4 flights of stairs and through another locked ... Read more >
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