Saying farewell to a beautiful city.

A temporary loss (misplacement) of travel documents didn't dampen the enthusiasm to explore in more detail Kazan Hermitage and the Kazan River frontage.
Australia vs France

Early up 6am and the sun is already at 40'.
A beautiful walk through a peaceful city.
Then to meet the foe.
But mostly thinking of you at home.
After a quick chat with the Australian Ambassador toもっと詳しく
Slumming it in Kazan

A long day. 1am taxi for a 03:40 flight to Moscow and transit to Kazan to arrive at 8:30.
A train to Kazan Central and taxi drivers who had no idea the hotel's location. Hotel Otrada was a dump soもっと詳しく
Leningrad Blockade Mem. to FIFA fan zone

An extremely moving memorial to the defence of the siege of Leningrad.
St Peter & Paul's Fortress

Hermitage to The Russian Vodka Museum

A breakfast of green onion and egg sandwich and coffee at our favourite 'bulachnaya' gave us the energy required to stand in line for 90 minutes and flow with the crowd in the Hermitage for 2もっと詳しく
Hermitage to Peterhof

Coffee and pastry on Nevski Prospect heading to the Hermitage
Nevski Prospect to the Neva River

Confidently leaving our hotel ( The Atrium) , we headed east along Nevski prospect, St Petersburg's main thoroughfare to take the metro from Alexander Nevski (M) one stop to Vosstanya Ploshad.もっと詳しく
Afternoon in St Petersburg

Walked Nevsky Prospect to find The Church of thr Saviour on Spilt Blood .
Then into the Kazan Cathedral.
Tomorrow being Russia's national day, celebrations in preparation were taking place in Nevskyもっと詳しく
旅行者Life looks pretty tough. Great shotsof a beautiful cuty everything looks very ckean