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A Baltic Sea tour, Gdansk and St. Petersburg (1)

“Barely stolen, already in Poland,' practically the Italian of the East. The city of Gdynia has a significant cruise port in the Gdansk Bay. Together with Sopot and Gdansk, it f

Don Curry is causing a sensation in a museum

Don Curry considers himself a pleasant and unassuming contemporary. He usually acts friendly and reserved, doesn't make much fuss about himself, and doesn't particularly like...

Don Curry is being monitored

Day 20: St. Petersburg III

Don Curry is waiting in line

Don Curry knows from bitter experience: If you want to visit tourist highlights of world-famous art in today's time, you have to expect two plagues - security checks and hordes...

Don Curry eats with gloves

Don Curry is always ready to adapt to the customs and traditions of a country. If you have to take off your shoes when entering a Moroccan Berber tent, Don Curry takes off his...

Санкт-Петербург

Unbelievable that it's been a week and a half since I came back from St. Petersburg... But I still want to summarize the five days there for you. We took the train from...

St. Petersburg

St. Petersburg, 06.09.2017 By the time we finally cross the border, it is already early evening. There are still about 150 kilometers to St. Petersburg... Russian kilometers....

If one is not patient in small matters, one will fail in great ones. (Confucius)

Several attempts to book the train tickets online failed. So we went to the train station to buy the tickets on site. The largest train station in Petersburg is called 'Moscow...

Welcome! in St. Petersburg

Welcome - Welcome again in St. Petersburg :-) PET19 is called today's excursion - Metro ride and Alexander Nevsky Monastery This is what a famous...

"The straw I cling to for joie de vivre is currently the bicycle." (Arthur Schnitzler)

Okay, I admit, the quote is nonsense. At least in St. Petersburg, riding a bike is more like bungee jumping without a rope. But let's start from the beginning: us naive former...

Chapter 22: St. Petersburg

We reached St. Petersburg before sunrise. In the city center, countless elaborate light decorations were still shining. After a hearty breakfast, we visited the main...

By the way: Travel broadens the mind - especially traffic jams on the highways. (Saying)

Moi moi Finland, здравствуй Russia! Perhaps at this point a little conclusion about Finland or Helsinki: Beautiful city, great landscape around it, friendly people and very...

St. Petersburg

This beautiful city makes up for yesterday. The camping site is more like a parking lot with a shower and toilet container, but absolutely suitable and sufficient. It's at least...

Welcome to Russia!!

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...

1st stop - St. Petersburg

St. Petersburg 01-03.07.2017

Saint Petersburg

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...

18.08.2019: Arriving in St. Petersburg

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...