Russia

Top 10 from a year on the road

Back to Europe after one whole year of travels... head full of memories that put the widest smile on our faces! When we get asked what was the most memorable, i... Read More...

What’s the food like?

Click on the side buttons  to scroll through the pictures and comments. Our families are worried that we don't feed ourselves well, so here's a little overvi... Read More...

Around Baikal

We just spent 10 days around the Baikal lake, and although we took it rather slowly, feels like we saw a LOT of different things. CITIES We visited two Si... Read More...

In the Transsiberian

In Russia we mostly travelled by train. From Saint-Petersburg to Moscow we took a 2nd class night train and got a brand new Firmeny train (it's not the high-spe... Read More...

Sweet Moscow

Contrary to Saint-Petersburg, we didn't have big expectations for Moscow, and were in for a nice surprise. Not sure what we expected, but it felt to us like a v... Read More...

Underground art

So for the first time in my life, I took the metro for half a day non-stop, just to look at it. In Moscow all metro stations are marble-filled and grandiose, bu... Read More...

Art, gold and beauty

There is so much art in the city, that it requires it's own separate article! Saint Petersburg was created from scratch in a swampy backwater by Peter the Gr... Read More...

Tallinn -> St Petersburg

After taking the night bus from Vilnius, we got to spend a day in Tallinn before our ferry departure. The old town of Tallinn is small, but has a very distinct ... Read More...