We planned a two-night stopover in Helsinki, Finland after Russia because it’s easy to get to overland and it would be a good launching-off place for the rest of our Baltic adventures. Also, it would give us brief exposure to Scandinavia, which we sadly have to steer clear of on this trip due to how […]
Russia Budget and Tips
Russia is one of the most expensive places that we’re visiting during our trip; a decade of rising commodity prices has benefited the large exporter. Although a pullback in the ruble’s valuation versus the US dollar has helped things for American visitors, we still had to be careful of our spending here. Excluding our visa costs, […]
Strolling Through Time in St. Petersburg
As sad as we were to leave Moscow, we were pumped for the four nights in St. Petersburg—the cultural capital of Russia—we had ahead of us. And with a spontaneous business class upgrade on S7 Airlines (we ended up taking a quick flight rather than the train between the two cities) and free champagne and […]
Moscow’s Streets and Eats
Outside of our time exploring the Kremlin and the metro system, Chris and I spent a lot of time in Moscow doing our two favorite things: walking the streets and trying the local fare. We had been expecting harsh, Soviet-era buildings before arriving in Moscow, but what we found was elegant European architecture. Grand buildings, […]
Moscow’s Magnificent Metro
Moscow’s metro was a sharp departure from the state-of-the-art subway systems we saw in Asia. The metro is celebrating it’s 80th birthday this year, and it looks like it hasn’t changed much in the interim. I mean that in a good way, actually. The stations are ornate, and many tracks still run the turquoise trains that […]
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