Arrived in St Petersburg early (well 8am is early isn't it?) this morning after about 8 hours on the "sleeper" train from Moscow (yes that's catching the midnight train. Train stations aren't the most salubrious places at the best of time. Capitalism was flourishing in park just down the street from the train stations ....) As for "sleeper", well it got light at about 4 in the morning and I think I woke up every 10 minutes. We had a Russian couple in our 4 sleeper cabin which is the first time we have actually shared with locals. Was pretty sweet though, no hassles and they even wished us well in the morning!!! (Yes it is saying something if that makes a big impact on your day!!)
I think I was quite ready to leave Moscow last night. It has been fun and it was great to see all the sights but was a bit like hard work at times. Hmmm - now I just sound like I am whingeing so I will shutup.
That said, did get to see a very cool photo competition (entries from Muscovites of various day to day subjects) at the Moscow House of Photography before we left.
We are currently trying to work out our plans to get to London. It looks like the overland route mught get the ass due to it being about 200 quid more expensive than a 2 hour flight from prague to heathrow. Sad but true. (And russia is a lot more expensive then I had bargained on. A cup of coffee in Moscow costs about $6. Yikes.)
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