Monthly Archives: August 2008

end of the tour

Posted on August 31, 2008 by kkowen

Our tour officially ended today at noon. We are still here in St Petersburg waiting for our night train to Riga. We had thought we’d go into the city center again today and walk around, but it was pouring rain … Continue reading →

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STP – day 2 (1/2 really)

Posted on August 30, 2008 by kkowen

Another long day in store for us, but again we are on the bus! Our first stop is St Isac’s Cathedral that we saw from the outside yesterday. Today we actually went inside which was great. It was beautiful inside … Continue reading →

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STP – day 2

Posted on August 29, 2008 by kkowen

Today sort of was a whirlwind honestly. But luckily we had a bus for most of it! Our grand tour of St Petersburg started out slowly today with us sitting in traffic for over an hour. That was not fun! … Continue reading →

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welcome to STP – 1/2 of day 1!

Posted on August 28, 2008 by kkowen

Today we rode the bus from Pscov to St Petersburg. It took about 5 hours, but really wasn’t so bad since it seemed that most of us seemed to sleep the entire journey. Although we did have to stop a … Continue reading →

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The train to… Pscov

Posted on August 26, 2008 by kkowen

Our train journey was an adventure that is for sure. I don’t think our tour guide Dasha was prepared for the moaning and whining that went on at the beginning of our journey. We had tickets for all of us, … Continue reading →

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moscow – day 2 & 3

Posted on August 25, 2008 by kkowen

After an exhausting first day in Moscow, we were happy to look at the itinerary and see that we only had one thing booked today and then the rest of the day was ours! Our morning began at the famous … Continue reading →

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moscow – day 1

Posted on August 23, 2008 by kkowen

On our first day of the tour, we absolutely pooped ourselves out! We started off a bit earlier than our original itinerary had stated, but it was because we were going to sneak in a quick look at Lenin’s dead … Continue reading →

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quick update from moscow

Posted on August 23, 2008 by kkowen

We arrived to Moscow yesterday and were scooped up and taken to our hotel ‘complex’. thank goodness we got a tour is all i can say! getting out of berlin was easy – well getting to the airport was at … Continue reading →

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Granny in Berlin

Posted on August 22, 2008 by kkowen

Granny arrived on her 75th birthday! I had been stressing out about what to do to mark the occasion but decided it was probably best to be flexible and keep things open depending on how she felt after her trans-Atlantic … Continue reading →

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sans internet

Posted on August 19, 2008 by kkowen

I am officially without internet and must rely on the kindness of people! I am at a local English language bookshop in my neighborhood using theirs. it is not easy though as the german keyboard is a bit different! but … Continue reading →

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