jul. 2019 – mar. 2020

Kate and Tamsin Trip 2019

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Día 52
jueves, 22 de agosto de 2019, 21:35
☁️ 15 °C
Altitud: 15 m
Inglaterra Truro 50.262951, -5.05070250°15’47” N 5°3’3” W
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More family time and a haircut
22 de agosto de 2019, Inglaterra ⋅ ☁️ 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. Sadly racism, constant negativity and bad customer service didn’t enamour her to the cathedral city of Truro one bit. Luckily she liked her haircut!Leer más
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Día 53
viernes, 23 de agosto de 2019, 22:15
⛅ 15 °C
Altitud: 13 m
Inglaterra Falmouth 50.15543, -5.07200350°9’20” N 5°4’19” W
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Shopping for Russia and a v large pasty
23 de agosto de 2019, Inglaterra ⋅ ⛅ 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 last carboot sale at Falmouth rugby club.
We then drove 45 mins to St Austell to finally catch up with my eldest nephew Reece and his girlfriend Amy before a last night’s dinner of fish and chips back in Falmouth.
We r hoping to god that we can stop eating in Russia!!
Tmrw we leave Cornwall for London which will be v sad to leave the family.Leer más
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Día 54
sábado, 24 de agosto de 2019, 19:42
⛅ 26 °C
Altitud: 20 m
Inglaterra Clerkenwell 51.527288, -0.11405851°31’38” N 0°6’51” W
Cornwall to Camden
24 de agosto de 2019, Inglaterra ⋅ ⛅ 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 the Hammersmith and City line to Kings Cross/ St Pancreas and walked to our accommodation.
After dropping our bags off we went to the British Library for a quick visit. I love Scott’s diary, opened on the page when he reached the South Pole (a bit late!!) and part of the original Magna Carta.
We then caught the tube up to Camden Lock as Kate has never been. It’s such a cool area of London.
Now back and watching the highlights of England vs Ireland at Twickenham which was played earlier today. Early night tonight.Leer más
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Día 54
sábado, 24 de agosto de 2019, 19:56
⛅ 25 °C
Altitud: 25 m
Inglaterra St Pancras International Railway Station 51.529613, -0.12752551°31’47” N 0°7’39” W
British Library and Camden photos
24 de agosto de 2019, Inglaterra ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
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Día 55
domingo, 25 de agosto de 2019, 23:05
🌙 22 °C
Altitud: 12 m
Inglaterra Buckingham Palace 51.500483, -0.14346451°30’2” N 0°8’36” W
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Inside Buckingham Palace
25 de agosto de 2019, Inglaterra ⋅ 🌙 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 her repairs).
We booked tickets for 11.15am and spent 2 hours inside the fabulous state rooms of Buckingham Palace.
Sadly we couldn’t take photos inside but the rooms and contents were awe inspiring - especially Queen Victoria’s actual throne and the ballroom. All rooms were eye wateringly beautiful and full of gold adornments.
Anyway we thoroughly enjoyed being one of the 8000 daily visitors and finished off with a coffee overlooking the Royal gardens.
We spent the afternoon around Oxford Circus before heading home via Kings Cross/ St Pancreas.Leer más
Alice: photo of the holiday to date - LOVE it
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Día 56
lunes, 26 de agosto de 2019, 16:40
☀️ 29 °C
Altitud: 64 m
Inglaterra Gatwick Airport 51.160522, -0.17887951°9’38” N 0°10’44” W
Russia here we come!!
26 de agosto de 2019, Inglaterra ⋅ ☀️ 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 mind blowing sights.Leer más
ViajeroReally enjoying the updates....safe trip xx
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Día 57
martes, 27 de agosto de 2019, 0:04
⛅ 16 °C
Altitud: 20 m
Rusia Saint Petersburg 59.931658, 30.32159259°55’54” N 30°19’18” E
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Russia we have arrived!!!
27 de agosto de 2019, Rusia ⋅ ⛅ 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 who looked like a Russian shotputter in a v tight tracksuit who took us to his ‘taxi’ at speed.
A 20 minute rally car race into St P was accompanied with ear splitting techno however we have arrived at our Atlantika Hotel, have checked in and now reading the free maps before getting some needed shut eye.
St P exploration tmrw- v exciting.Leer más
No water in the room?
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Pretty good.Almost posh x
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Viajero Can’t drink St P water. At least they provide some as I was patched after flight
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Día 57
martes, 27 de agosto de 2019, 15:28
⛅ 21 °C
Altitud: 20 m
Rusia Saint Petersburg 59.931652, 30.32164859°55’54” N 30°19’18” E
WARNING- 50,000 photos of St P
27 de agosto de 2019, Rusia ⋅ ⛅ 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 boat and bus trip
Climbed the colonnade of St Issac Cathedral for a cracking view over St P
Wandered the streets of St P general sightseeing
The Faberge Museum which was the highlight of the dayLeer más
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Día 57
martes, 27 de agosto de 2019, 21:13
⛅ 16 °C
Altitud: 20 m
Rusia Saint Petersburg 59.931667, 30.32166459°55’54” N 30°19’18” E
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St Petersburg Hop on/ Hop off boat/bus
27 de agosto de 2019, Rusia ⋅ ⛅ 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 bus that took us around the road based sights of St Isaac Cathedral, Catherine the Great statue, church of the saviour on the spilled blood, the obelisk, and the Russian museum. The traffic was pretty manic with Tour buses so we jumped off as went to St Issac CathedralLeer más
Viajero A bridge designed by Eiffel - this bridge was overloaded with metal so clearly indicative of work to come!
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Día 57
martes, 27 de agosto de 2019, 21:23
⛅ 17 °C
Altitud: 12 m
Rusia Saint Petersburg 59.935131, 30.3063359°56’6” N 30°18’23” E
St Issac Cathedral colonnade
27 de agosto de 2019, Rusia ⋅ ⛅ 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 view point.
We had amazing views over the city but often had to wait whilst Russian’s posed like models for 100 photos before they were satisfied with their insta- worthy pics.
Just to make sure we didn’t stay up there too long they started ringing the bells!!
Down we climbed and finally headed for some food - now 4pm before hitting the Faberge MuseumLeer más
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Día 57
martes, 27 de agosto de 2019, 21:30
⛅ 15 °C
Altitud: 20 m
Rusia Saint Petersburg 59.931749, 30.3216359°55’54” N 30°19’18” E
Fabulous Faberge Museum
27 de agosto de 2019, Rusia ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
The photos can’t even do the eggs and exhibits even 10% justice- they were phenomenal
ViajeroYou are right the photos are excellent makes me want to go see them myself. Incredible artistry especially for the time in which they were made.
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Día 57
martes, 27 de agosto de 2019, 21:33
⛅ 15 °C
Altitud: 20 m
Rusia Saint Petersburg 59.931605, 30.32170859°55’54” N 30°19’18” E
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Faberge - Part 2
27 de agosto de 2019, Rusia ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
... and there’s more
Viajero Are they belt buckles
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Viajero Yes they r - one for every outfit!!! I want Faberge!!!! Xx
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Día 57
martes, 27 de agosto de 2019, 21:34
⛅ 17 °C
Altitud: 12 m
Rusia Centralniy 59.934978, 30.3437559°56’6” N 30°20’38” E
Faberge - Part 3
27 de agosto de 2019, Rusia ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
.... and more!!
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Día 58
miércoles, 28 de agosto de 2019, 22:16
⛅ 17 °C
Altitud: 20 m
Rusia Saint Petersburg 59.931625, 30.32169659°55’54” N 30°19’18” E
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Russian Museum
28 de agosto de 2019, Rusia ⋅ ⛅ 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 Moscow for Saturday- the Russians we have met so far har been super helpful and lovely with it- although she did keep our handwritten Russian note kindly written by the girl on reception asking for the correct train!
Tickets in hand we set off for the Russian museum- an entree to the main course planned for later - The Hermitage.
After walking through the cloakroom x 6 we finally enjoyed 2 hours of the most incredible ( or so we thought at the time) Russian art and decorations interspersed with av nice lunch in the cafe. It was less of a museum and more of an art collection which we thoroughly enjoyed.Leer más
Viajero After I showed her some of T’s posts she wanted to follow us on Fat penguins
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Viajero 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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Viajero I was just thinking the same. I hope my French horn is ok and doesn’t go missing... ha ha ha
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Viajero 😂 😂 😂 she seems so interested by the look on her face.
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Día 58
miércoles, 28 de agosto de 2019, 22:27
⛅ 16 °C
Altitud: 8 m
Rusia Saint Petersburg 59.938324, 30.32772459°56’18” N 30°19’40” E
No wonder there were no crowds
28 de agosto de 2019, Rusia ⋅ ⛅ 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 being swathed in scaffolding and covered- we had the same issue with the famous Shwedagon Pagoda in Myanmar!!) we were amazed at the lack of crowds and thought our luck was in..... no it was closed!!
Back we go tmrw!!Leer más
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Día 58
miércoles, 28 de agosto de 2019, 22:34
⛅ 17 °C
Altitud: 19 m
Rusia Winter Palace 59.940186, 30.31414259°56’25” N 30°18’51” E
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The Hermitage - the main course Part 1
28 de agosto de 2019, Rusia ⋅ ⛅ 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 The Hermitage that houses possible the world’s best collection of art, porcelain and antiquities amassed firstly by Catherine the Great.
4 hours later we left and still hadn’t seen 1/3 of the main building let alone the other 5 sites!!
It’s just too big and too full of mind blowing art, objects and rooms filled to the brim of eye watering beauty.
Sorry for the following loads of photos!!Leer más
Viajero The lock from Jerusalem City Gates
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Día 58
miércoles, 28 de agosto de 2019, 22:46
⛅ 16 °C
Altitud: 10 m
Rusia Nevsky Prospekt 59.93541, 30.32513859°56’7” N 30°19’30” E
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The Hermitage - Part 2
28 de agosto de 2019, Rusia ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Viajero Me at the end of the evening!!!
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Día 58
miércoles, 28 de agosto de 2019, 22:49
⛅ 16 °C
Altitud: 20 m
Rusia Saint Petersburg 59.931576, 30.32167459°55’54” N 30°19’18” E
The Hermitage - Part 3 - The Peacock
28 de agosto de 2019, Rusia ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
What a treat!!! Highlight of the evening

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ViajeroWow - awesome YouTube video about it. That would have been amazing to see up close.
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ViajeroIt really was - both a bit surprised how amazed and entranced we were by it!
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Viajero...And pissed off we had to watch most of it via 568 other people’s mobile phones in the air....
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Día 58
miércoles, 28 de agosto de 2019, 23:04
⛅ 17 °C
Altitud: 7 m
Rusia Palace Square 59.939209, 30.3154359°56’21” N 30°18’56” E
The Hermitage- Part 4- the end!!
28 de agosto de 2019, Rusia ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
ViajeroGo back! More!!!!
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Día 59
jueves, 29 de agosto de 2019, 16:45
☀️ 25 °C
Altitud: 20 m
Rusia Saint Petersburg 59.93166, 30.32157359°55’54” N 30°19’18” E
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Saviour on the Spilled Blood - inside
29 de agosto de 2019, Rusia ⋅ ☀️ 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 of no-one yesterday when it was closed!) so got there early for the 10.30am opening.
We bought our tickets, wrestled with the tour groups that emptied off of their buses like ants ( superior ants who think they have total right of way), and managed to be one of the first ones inside this incredible church.
The fact that it is decorated with 7500 square metres of mosaics makes it quite mind blowing.
Half an hour later and we were done but satisfied.

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Viajero 😮 wow 😲
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ViajeroHoly WOW!
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Día 59
jueves, 29 de agosto de 2019, 22:44
🌙 16 °C
Altitud: 20 m
Rusia Saint Petersburg 59.931625, 30.32170159°55’54” N 30°19’18” E
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Hop on/off bus and a night out!
29 de agosto de 2019, Rusia ⋅ 🌙 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 the River Neva. An hour later saw us wandering around the streets of St P yet explored ( well by us).
Back to the hotel for rest/ planning and then out for a beer and a “ late” dinner to sit and soak up the St P nightlife- well the free bands on every street corner .Leer más
Viajero So which one of you will take the dance floor tonight?
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Viajero Kate, is that you? It looks like your dance style! 😂😁🤣
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Great pictures. XGrandma
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Viajero Ohh ha ha JS and NS - I took some very good tips away from that!! Just practicing now ...
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Día 59
jueves, 29 de agosto de 2019, 22:51
🌙 16 °C
Altitud: 20 m
Rusia Saint Petersburg 59.931644, 30.32158759°55’54” N 30°19’18” E
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Night scenes of St P
29 de agosto de 2019, Rusia ⋅ 🌙 16 °C
Beautiful x val
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Día 60
viernes, 30 de agosto de 2019, 14:47
⛅ 24 °C
Altitud: 18 m
Rusia Saint Petersburg 59.933307, 30.32251459°55’60” N 30°19’21” E
The Hermitage Day 2 - Part 1
30 de agosto de 2019, Rusia ⋅ ⛅ 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 art works.... and a Carl Faberge Memorial Exhibition.
Yesterday we googled the most expensive Faberge Egg ad it was a “ Rothschild Egg” bought for more than £10 million.
What we didn’t realise was that it was housed.... in the Memorial Exhibition!! What a treat that was?!!
After 3.5 hours of Renoir, Picasso, Matisse, Gaugin ( about 6-10 works of each at least) and many, many other artists we left for a spot of lunch- well a pint and some chips.... how v cultured??!!!
Tonight it’s back to the main Hermitage for more of what we missed the other night.Leer más
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Día 60
viernes, 30 de agosto de 2019, 15:36
⛅ 24 °C
Altitud: 7 m
Rusia Palace Square 59.939228, 30.31943759°56’21” N 30°19’10” E
The General Staff Building Paintings
30 de agosto de 2019, Rusia ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
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Día 60
viernes, 30 de agosto de 2019, 15:38
⛅ 24 °C
Altitud: 20 m
Rusia Saint Petersburg 59.931656, 30.32163459°55’54” N 30°19’18” E
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The General Staff Building Sculptures
30 de agosto de 2019, Rusia ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
Viajero Tamsin when I told her we are going back to the Hermitage this afternoon!
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Viajero Your dancing style 😝
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