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- fredag 30. august 2019 15:45
- ⛅ 24 °C
- Høyde: 7 m
RusslandPalace Square59°56’16” N 30°19’8” E
The General Staff Building- building
30. august 2019, Russland ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
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- fredag 30. august 2019 15:46
- ⛅ 24 °C
- Høyde: 7 m
- RusslandPalace Square59°56’23” N 30°19’4” E
The General Staff Building - General
30. august 2019, Russland ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
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- fredag 30. august 2019 15:59
- ⛅ 24 °C
- Høyde: 28 m
- RusslandPalace Square59°56’16” N 30°19’3” E
The General Staff Building Faberge
30. august 2019, Russland ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
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- fredag 30. august 2019 21:26
- 🌙 19 °C
- Høyde: 20 m
- RusslandSaint Petersburg59°55’54” N 30°19’18” E
Last night in St P-Hermitage Pt 2
30. august 2019, Russland ⋅ 🌙 19 °C
We had a quick rest for an hour and then back out to the Hermitage for our second visit - this time to find the Siberian Antiquities and other exhibits we missed on Weds night.
The exhibition was mindLes mer
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- fredag 30. august 2019 21:40
- 🌙 19 °C
- Høyde: 20 m
- RusslandSaint Petersburg59°55’54” N 30°19’18” E
Winter Palace of Peter the Great
30. august 2019, Russland ⋅ 🌙 19 °C
Last post from today I promise- it’s K making me do them all- just to show off the photos!!
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- lørdag 31. august 2019 22:34
- ⛅ 16 °C
- Høyde: 152 m
- RusslandDorogomilovo55°44’45” N 37°35’16” E
St P to Moscow + an unexpected festival
31. august 2019, Russland ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Sergei our dodgy taxi driver picked us up early and deposited us at the train station for our fast train to Moscow- not before trying to pull a fast one of “no change”.
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Reisende
Yes - that is the entrance to Gorky Park .... Song by the Scorpions I follow the Moskva Down to Gorky Park Listening to the wind of change An August summer night Soldiers passing by Listening to the wind of change The world is closing in Did you ever think That we could be so close, like brothers The future's in the air I can feel it everywhere Blowing with the wind of change Take me to the magic of the moment On a glory night Where the children of tomorrow dream away (dream away) In the wind of change Walking down the street Distant memories Are buried in the past forever I follow the Moskva Down to Gorky Park Listening to the wind of change Take me to the magic of the moment On a glory night Where the children of tomorrow share their dreams (share their dreams) With you and me Take me to the magic of the moment On a glory night (the glory night) Where the children of tomorrow dream away (dream away) In the wind of change (the wind of change) The wind of change Blows straight into the face of time Like a stormwind that will ring the freedom bell For peace of mind Let your balalaika sing What my guitar wants to say Take me to the magic of the moment On a glory night Where the children of tomorrow share their dreams (share their dreams) With you and me (with you and me) Take me to the magic of the moment On a glory night Where the children of tomorrow dream away (dream away) In the wind of change (in the wind of change)
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- lørdag 31. august 2019 22:48
- ⛅ 16 °C
- Høyde: 142 m
- RusslandDorogomilovo55°44’46” N 37°35’21” E
Riverside festival
31. august 2019, Russland ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Sorry was only going to do 1 post tonight but K’s photos too cool- if I do say so myself!!
We have just had a laugh whilst posting the video of the 2 kids dancing.
As we were walking home I laughedLes mer
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- søndag 1. september 2019 20:37
- ⛅ 19 °C
- Høyde: 146 m
- RusslandDorogomilovo55°44’46” N 37°35’19” E
Pushkin Gallery-the Schukin collection
1. september 2019, Russland ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
We started the day with a v nice buffet breakfast sitting outside on the hotel terrace.
Then off to explore Arbat Street which we found was on our doorstep if we turned right not left. This is anLes mer
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- søndag 1. september 2019 20:48
- ⛅ 19 °C
- Høyde: 144 m
- RusslandDorogomilovo55°44’47” N 37°35’19” E
Gorky Park and Arbat Street
1. september 2019, Russland ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
Walked along the river to the expansive Gorky Park where half of Moscow appeared to be enjoying their leisure time in the sun.
There were fountains, paddleboats, swans, bikes, skateboards, in-lineLes mer
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- mandag 2. september 2019 21:21
- 🌙 18 °C
- Høyde: 158 m
- RusslandAlexander's garden55°44’59” N 37°36’48” E
Kremlin Armoury and Exquisite jewels
2. september 2019, Russland ⋅ 🌙 18 °C
After brekkie on the terrace we walked 30 mins to The Kremlin where we promptly bought tickets to The Armoury and more importantly tickets to the Diamond Fund.
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- tirsdag 3. september 2019 19:10
- ☀️ 21 °C
- Høyde: 149 m
- RusslandLuzhniki55°43’35” N 37°34’47” E
Chinese Embassy & the weirdest wax body
3. september 2019, Russland ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Had a cracking but slightly eclectic day!
Started it with an early breakfast of Brussel sprouts before heading off on the Metro to the Chinese Embassy in the middle of the suburbs to try our luck atLes mer
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- tirsdag 3. september 2019 19:34
- 🌙 20 °C
- Høyde: 145 m
- RusslandLuzhniki55°43’35” N 37°34’48” E
GUM the poshest historic shopping mall
3. september 2019, Russland ⋅ 🌙 20 °C
Yep the day just kept on getting weird.
Next it was off to the huge historic building that now houses a shopping mall just next to Red Square. Wow the Russians must have some money... Prada, Gucci,Les mer
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- tirsdag 3. september 2019 19:51
- ⛅ 21 °C
- Høyde: 142 m
- RusslandLuzhniki55°43’34” N 37°34’48” E
Moscow Metro self tour with Kate Saxton
3. september 2019, Russland ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
https://www.rbth.com/arts/328682-moscow-metro-m…
After the shopping experience Kate worked out which were some of the more beautiful metro stations to visit and off we went.
TheyLes mer
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- tirsdag 3. september 2019 23:59
- ⛅ 18 °C
- Høyde: 177 m
- RusslandTroitse-Golenishchevo55°42’43” N 37°31’8” E
Swan Lake
3. september 2019, Russland ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
Lovely night out at the ballet
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- onsdag 4. september 2019 18:16
- ⛅ 22 °C
- Høyde: 139 m
- RusslandMoscow55°45’3” N 37°35’44” E
Rockets and a visa!!!
4. september 2019, Russland ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
This am after a nervous trip back to the Chinese embassy we left 1.5 hours later with a Chinese tourist visa each!! What a relief??!!! That’s the last major visa hurdle....hopefully.
Next it was offLes mer
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- onsdag 4. september 2019 18:30
- ⛅ 21 °C
- Høyde: 141 m
- RusslandMoscow55°45’3” N 37°35’45” E
The Man in the Van and more Metros
4. september 2019, Russland ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
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- onsdag 4. september 2019 18:36
- ⛅ 21 °C
- Høyde: 141 m
- RusslandMoscow55°45’3” N 37°35’45” E
VDNKh Trade Park
4. september 2019, Russland ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
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- onsdag 4. september 2019 18:42
- ⛅ 21 °C
- Høyde: 141 m
- RusslandMoscow55°45’4” N 37°35’45” E
Some more spacey photos
4. september 2019, Russland ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
The first photo is the actual landing capsule that came down during one mission!!
This exhibition was soo cool. Sadly most photos were on the cameras (I can hear the sighs of relief) - the museumLes mer
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- torsdag 5. september 2019 17:17
- ⛅ 16 °C
- Høyde: 140 m
- RusslandBykovo55°38’49” N 38°6’5” E
Moscow to Trans Siberian Boarding
5. september 2019, Russland ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Moscow to Yekaterinburg - 26 hours
Checked out of our hotel and spent 3 hours printing and sending back our Australian Tax returns (yawn.... u should be exempt from such mundane chores whilstLes mer
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- torsdag 5. september 2019 20:00
- ☁️ 17 °C
- Høyde: 132 m
- RusslandStepanovo55°30’1” N 40°48’8” E
Trans Siberian night 1
5. september 2019, Russland ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
Moscow to Yekaterinburg
Well we got on and settled.
Was brought a strong black coffee an hour later by our attendant. We cracked open the milk we brought with us after our research taught us theyLes mer
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- fredag 6. september 2019 20:26
- ☁️ 11 °C
- Høyde: 248 m
- RusslandOstrov Ploskiy56°52’28” N 60°29’25” E
Trans Siberian Train to Yekaterinburg
6. september 2019, Russland ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C
We enjoyed our first night/ day on our first Trans Siberian Train (TST).
It was pretty restless as we had a cabinmate join us at 03.00am but she was v considerate, stowed her stuff as then climbedLes mer
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- lørdag 7. september 2019 16:54
- ⛅ 16 °C
- Høyde: 259 m
- RusslandYekaterinburg-Passazhirskiy56°51’23” N 60°36’15” E
Yekaterinburg- accommodation and town
7. september 2019, Russland ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
What a day??!!! We left our accommodation which actually looked more dodgy today than last night!
We walked 20 mins to town which improved immensely the further away from the apartment we got.
FirstLes mer
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- lørdag 7. september 2019 17:08
- ⛅ 16 °C
- Høyde: 260 m
- RusslandYekaterinburg-Passazhirskiy56°51’24” N 60°36’14” E
Rock Festival 1 - The Ural festival
7. september 2019, Russland ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Following some v loud music we were enthusiastically approached by 2 lovely people inviting us to join the festival celebrating the region of the Urals.
There was music, lectures ( Sadly in Russian),Les mer
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- lørdag 7. september 2019 17:22
- ⛅ 15 °C
- Høyde: 260 m
- RusslandYekaterinburg-Passazhirskiy56°51’24” N 60°36’14” E
Unexpected highlight - "rock" festival 2
7. september 2019, Russland ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
Off to the Museum of history of stone cutting and jeweller art- it turned out to be the best $10 we have spent for days.
The guy on the ticket counter was so smiley and enthusiastic he was lovely.Les mer
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- søndag 8. september 2019 19:21
- ⛅ 15 °C
- Høyde: 259 m
- RusslandYekaterinburg-Passazhirskiy56°51’23” N 60°36’15” E
Geological and the Fine Arts Museums
8. september 2019, Russland ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
We started the morning browsing the fur shops that line the road opp the apartment. One of my fave coats was worth a cool $68,000 aud !!! Needless to say they stayed in the shops!
A great couple ofLes mer
