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- Donnerstag, 22. August 2019 um 21:35
- ☁️ 15 °C
- Höhe über NN: 15 m
EnglandTruro50°15’47” N 5°3’3” W
More family time and a haircut
22. August 2019 in England ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
I spent the day seeing my brother whilst Kate had an admin day, shopping and a visit to Truro on the bus immersing herself in more Cornish culture... to which the feedback was quite negative today.Weiterlesen
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- Freitag, 23. August 2019 um 22:15
- ⛅ 15 °C
- Höhe über NN: 13 m
- EnglandFalmouth50°9’20” N 5°4’19” W
Shopping for Russia and a v large pasty
23. August 2019 in England ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
Another beautifully sunny day.
Started the day with a supermarket shop for dried food for the upcoming Russia trip.
Breakfast was an extra large Choak’s pasty!
This was followed by Kate’s lastWeiterlesen
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- Samstag, 24. August 2019 um 19:42
- ⛅ 26 °C
- Höhe über NN: 20 m
- EnglandClerkenwell51°31’38” N 0°6’51” W
Cornwall to Camden
24. August 2019 in England ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
Sad farewell to mum and Pete this morning at Truro train station as we caught the 08.37 to Paddington.
Arrived on time after a carriage change due to a hideous, screaming child.
We caught theWeiterlesen
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- Samstag, 24. August 2019 um 19:56
- ⛅ 25 °C
- Höhe über NN: 25 m
- EnglandSt Pancras International Railway Station51°31’47” N 0°7’39” W
British Library and Camden photos
24. August 2019 in England ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
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- Sonntag, 25. August 2019 um 23:05
- 🌙 22 °C
- Höhe über NN: 12 m
- EnglandBuckingham Palace51°30’2” N 0°8’36” W
Inside Buckingham Palace
25. August 2019 in England ⋅ 🌙 22 °C
What a fabulous morning?!! I saw yesterday that Buckingham Palace’s state rooms are open to the public for 10 weeks a year (Queenie needs to fund raise instead of using public coffers for herWeiterlesen
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- Montag, 26. August 2019 um 16:40
- ☀️ 29 °C
- Höhe über NN: 64 m
- EnglandGatwick Airport51°9’38” N 0°10’44” W
Russia here we come!!
26. August 2019 in England ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
Had a v relaxed am and then an easy journey to Gatwick.
Just boarding our Aeroflot flight to St Petersburg.
Uk has put on some amazing weather for us but looking forward to cooler temps and mindWeiterlesen
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- Dienstag, 27. August 2019 um 00:04
- ⛅ 16 °C
- Höhe über NN: 20 m
RusslandSaint Petersburg59°55’54” N 30°19’18” E
Russia we have arrived!!!
27. August 2019 in Russland ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Well Aeroflot/ Rossiya were faultless apart from landing a mere 15 mins late.
No migration card needed and despite nerves we got through immigration without any issues.
We were met by Sergei whoWeiterlesen
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- Dienstag, 27. August 2019 um 15:28
- ⛅ 21 °C
- Höhe über NN: 20 m
- RusslandSaint Petersburg59°55’54” N 30°19’18” E
WARNING- 50,000 photos of St P
27. August 2019 in Russland ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
Apologies in advance - we have had a long but great day in St P and have done quite a few things with K taking a million cool photos so sorry for the many posts.
These include;
Hop on/ Hop off boatWeiterlesen
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- Dienstag, 27. August 2019 um 21:13
- ⛅ 16 °C
- Höhe über NN: 20 m
- RusslandSaint Petersburg59°55’54” N 30°19’18” E
St Petersburg Hop on/ Hop off boat/bus
27. August 2019 in Russland ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Spent 2 hours on the canals and river of St P with full views of a lot of the sights - The Hermitage, Peter and Paul’s Fortress etc
We then got off the boat, grabbed a coffee and jumped on the busWeiterlesen
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- Dienstag, 27. August 2019 um 21:23
- ⛅ 17 °C
- Höhe über NN: 12 m
- RusslandSaint Petersburg59°56’6” N 30°18’23” E
St Issac Cathedral colonnade
27. August 2019 in Russland ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
After jumping off the bus at St Issac Cathedral I had to drag K away from the pumpkin horse drawn carriages- she is such a romantic!!
Instead we got 2 tickets and climbed the 200+ steps to the viewWeiterlesen
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- Dienstag, 27. August 2019 um 21:30
- ⛅ 15 °C
- Höhe über NN: 20 m
- RusslandSaint Petersburg59°55’54” N 30°19’18” E
Fabulous Faberge Museum
27. August 2019 in Russland ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
The photos can’t even do the eggs and exhibits even 10% justice- they were phenomenal
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- Dienstag, 27. August 2019 um 21:33
- ⛅ 15 °C
- Höhe über NN: 20 m
- RusslandSaint Petersburg59°55’54” N 30°19’18” E
Faberge - Part 2
27. August 2019 in Russland ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
... and there’s more
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- Dienstag, 27. August 2019 um 21:34
- ⛅ 17 °C
- Höhe über NN: 12 m
- RusslandCentralniy59°56’6” N 30°20’38” E
Faberge - Part 3
27. August 2019 in Russland ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
.... and more!!
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- Mittwoch, 28. August 2019 um 22:16
- ⛅ 17 °C
- Höhe über NN: 20 m
- RusslandSaint Petersburg59°55’54” N 30°19’18” E
Russian Museum
28. August 2019 in Russland ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
After a breakfast of porridge ( trying to keep energy up for a planned v long day) we set off for a 40 min walk to the train station.
A v lovely ticket lady kindly sorted our train tickets to MoscowWeiterlesen
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After I showed her some of T’s posts she wanted to follow us on Fat penguins
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I was a bit gutted when I roller skated in to the museum playing my French horn that I had to leave them and my eagle and dog in the locker room. At least I’ll know for next time.
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- Mittwoch, 28. August 2019 um 22:27
- ⛅ 16 °C
- Höhe über NN: 8 m
- RusslandSaint Petersburg59°56’18” N 30°19’40” E
No wonder there were no crowds
28. August 2019 in Russland ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
So after the Russian Museum we thought we would fit in the Saviour of the Spilled Blood.
Walking up to this beautiful structure ( we got over the disappointment yesterday of its main turret beingWeiterlesen
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- Mittwoch, 28. August 2019 um 22:34
- ⛅ 17 °C
- Höhe über NN: 19 m
- RusslandWinter Palace59°56’25” N 30°18’51” E
The Hermitage - the main course Part 1
28. August 2019 in Russland ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
So we arrived at 4.30pm as it’s late night opening tonight and we discovered the amazing “Peacock clock” gets wound to go off at 8pm just once a week on a Wednesday- bonus.
What to say about TheWeiterlesen
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- Mittwoch, 28. August 2019 um 22:46
- ⛅ 16 °C
- Höhe über NN: 10 m
- RusslandNevsky Prospekt59°56’7” N 30°19’30” E
The Hermitage - Part 2
28. August 2019 in Russland ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
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- Mittwoch, 28. August 2019 um 22:49
- ⛅ 16 °C
- Höhe über NN: 20 m
- RusslandSaint Petersburg59°55’54” N 30°19’18” E
The Hermitage - Part 3 - The Peacock
28. August 2019 in Russland ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
What a treat!!! Highlight of the evening
https://youtu.be/ilPlVRoUl_8
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- Mittwoch, 28. August 2019 um 23:04
- ⛅ 17 °C
- Höhe über NN: 7 m
- RusslandPalace Square59°56’21” N 30°18’56” E
The Hermitage- Part 4- the end!!
28. August 2019 in Russland ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
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- Donnerstag, 29. August 2019 um 16:45
- ☀️ 25 °C
- Höhe über NN: 20 m
- RusslandSaint Petersburg59°55’54” N 30°19’18” E
Saviour on the Spilled Blood - inside
29. August 2019 in Russland ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
Had a slightly later breakfast of cheese and tomato on toast before heading out of the door for the Saviour on the Spilled Blood church at 10am.
We had seen the queues of 1000’s ( and the queues ofWeiterlesen
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- Donnerstag, 29. August 2019 um 22:44
- 🌙 16 °C
- Höhe über NN: 20 m
- RusslandSaint Petersburg59°55’54” N 30°19’18” E
Hop on/off bus and a night out!
29. August 2019 in Russland ⋅ 🌙 16 °C
Well after our churchy am we jumped on the “green line” hop on/ off bus to make the most of our 2 day ticket ( which actually lasts 48 hours which is good) and went across to the other side of theWeiterlesen
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- Donnerstag, 29. August 2019 um 22:51
- 🌙 16 °C
- Höhe über NN: 20 m
- RusslandSaint Petersburg59°55’54” N 30°19’18” E
Night scenes of St P
29. August 2019 in Russland ⋅ 🌙 16 °C
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- Freitag, 30. August 2019 um 14:47
- ⛅ 24 °C
- Höhe über NN: 18 m
- RusslandSaint Petersburg59°55’60” N 30°19’21” E
The Hermitage Day 2 - Part 1
30. August 2019 in Russland ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
Back to the Hermitage it was this am to queue at the automated ticket machine for today’s tickets.
Straight off to the General Staff Building which is opposite the square for more amazing artWeiterlesen
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- Freitag, 30. August 2019 um 15:36
- ⛅ 24 °C
- Höhe über NN: 7 m
- RusslandPalace Square59°56’21” N 30°19’10” E
The General Staff Building Paintings
30. August 2019 in Russland ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
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- Freitag, 30. August 2019 um 15:38
- ⛅ 24 °C
- Höhe über NN: 20 m
- RusslandSaint Petersburg59°55’54” N 30°19’18” E
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Stunning
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Fab.
ReisenderBeautiful part of the world! Hx