Travelogues Russian Federation

That's how it was in Krasnoyarsk today unfortunately. And since no bus wanted to take us in the pouring rain, we had to walk the four kilometers to our hotel. The kindness...

To get straight to the point, personally, I liked Moscow better than St. Petersburg. Everything seemed a bit more orderly, tidier, and more accessible than before. Even the...

Nishny Novgorod был роскошным с своей модной торговой улицей по имени Boshaya Ookrovskaya и очень (туристически) дружелюбной и чистой атмосферой. Помимо почти обязательного...

Germany experienced its debacle against South Korea at the 2018 FIFA World Cup here. But that didn't stop us from heading to Kazan with our heads held high. The journey (580 km)...

We are still in Asia, but 40 km to the west, Europe begins. We visited the demarcation line (60th meridian) between Asia and Europe today. Tomorrow, we will finally enter the...

Tjumen likes to be compared to Dubai in Siberia. According to the Russian folklore, people here swim in oil and money. Tjumen is the oil and gas center of Russia, all well-known...

The beautiful Orthodox cathedral.

St. Petersburg supposedly shows itself from its most beautiful side. Great weather, not crowded, and the White Nights aren't far off. I had a wonderful first day. A dear...

When we were woken up by the sun yesterday morning at 07:00, the day started for us with 25 C. ☀️️ We packed our bags and headed to Bondi Beach. When we arrived, everything...

Omul

St. Petersburg 01-03.07.2017

After eventful days in Moscow, it was time for me to say my final goodbyes. So I headed to the airport, and after almost missing my domestic flight, I arrived in the southern...

Новосибирск, к сожалению, был короткой остановкой всего один день. Поэтому у меня не так много фотографий, плюс погода была плохой. Сейчас я нахожусь в Сибири и температуры,...

Saint Petersburg presents itself as a very relaxed city with many churches and museums to visit, as you can see. When it comes to food, I was delighted to find a vegan sushi...

For a day, the journey from Moscow to St. Petersburg is too long. Therefore, we stop halfway (about 400 km) in Waldai. The vibrations in the bus were slightly negative today -...

Crossing the border between Mongolia and Russia is quite special. On the Mongolian side, it took 3 hours, although the local guide helped the border officials with 2 bottles of...

Four days in Moscow and we still haven't gotten used to the cold. But we have seen the Kremlin, the Basil Cathedral, the university, and the Olympic Stadium. And of course much...

Okay, so in short: Weather: Very hot, very sunny. After breakfast, Free Walking Tour. Then, after over an hour of waiting, Armory Chamber. Then, eating at a kind of...

Incredible how quickly time flies here! It has been over a month since I left home. This month has brought together a lot of impressions that I have tried to capture. Slowly,...

Today I traveled to Grozny with Jonas. We arrived around noon (about 150 km), and while Jonas headed straight to Georgia, I went to my hotel. I had the impression that the...

Benzin pump

On the way from Waldai to St. Petersburg (about 300km), we made a detour to Veliky Novgorod. This city is one of the oldest in Russia and had its heyday in the Middle Ages. The...

We sat on the bus all day (11 hours). This time, we didn't notice the re-crossing of the continental border. In any case, we are back in "good old Europe". The journey through...

Just 250km from the last destination is the capital of Siberia, Novosibirsk. The further west you go, the better the infrastructure becomes. We were partly driving on good...

Until noon there was free time, which we used to climb the local ski mountain (approx. 400 meters vertical ascent). Here you can find everything a skier's heart desires,...

Now I'm back in Germany for almost two weeks and only now writing the very last blog entry. Naughty Sandra :) The flight back was actually quite pleasant. And the first German...

Since I have been struggling with a nasty cold over the past few days, I had to use more time for getting some rest and regenerating. Therefore, I wasn't able to donate as much...

Tobolsk is a small city about an 8hr train ride away from Yekaterinburg. Mostly famous for its boasting Kremlin, there were also a nice museum for Siberian history, as well as...

With a stopover in Vladimir, we went to Moscow yesterday. In terms of distance, it's not far (about 400km), but the traffic situation in Moscow was announced as unpredictable....

Continued to the Ural Mountains (about 350 km). Originally, we imagined the Ural Mountains to be more mountainous, but our route was mostly hilly at best. Yekaterinburg is the...