Riga, Latvia, Europe Today was a really nice day in Riga. It was a horrible night sleep at the hostel, so I was up really early this morning. Last night was really hot, with no air conditioning in the room, and we left the window open to try and get some cool air in, but there was no air movement in the room, and a lot of noise from the street coming in. My pillow was also the worst thing…
Riga, Latvia, Europe Today was a good day of travelling. I left United Hostel at about 9am and got on my bus for Riga at 10am. It was a really nice 4.5 hour drive with Lux Simple Express. It was a nice new bus with A/C, power ports on each seat, and wifi on board. Unfortunately, I didn’t have wifi at the back of the bus, but it still went by pretty quickly. This was the first border crossing I’ve…
Tallinn, Estonia, Europe Today was a really nice day in Tallinn. The first thing I had to do this morning was get all my stuff out of Tallinn Backpackers and move over to United Backpackers. I would have been happy to stay another night at the original hostel, but they were completely booked for tonight, so I had to find an alternative. It turns out United Backpackers is a MUCH nicer hostel than Tallinn Backpackers. It’s a brand new place,…
Tallinn, Estonia, Europe Today was mostly just a travel day. I left St. Petersburg this morning and hopped on a really nice bus to go to Tallinn, Estonia. The bus had tv’s for each seat, and a coffee machine on board. I was impressed for €20, it was a nice way to travel. The only problem was that this was the first kind of non-stop bus I’ve taken. Since there was a bathroom on the bus, we never had to…
St. Petersburg, Russia, Asia Today was a great day of sightseeing! The started out with breakfast at Zoom Cafe with the aussies (Ben and Sam). We were trying to catch the train at 11:07am to Peterhof, but we showed up at the train station to find out that the schedule online is wrong and the next train was actually leaving at 1pm. We checked out the busses and there was one leaving in about two minutes going to Peterhof so…
St. Petersburg, Russia, Asia Today was much less eventful than yesterday, but a nice relaxing day nonetheless. I had to hang around the hostel for a couple hours this morning to do my laundry, and then headed out around noon. I got to cross off another place from my Top 100 list, so that was cool. The Hermitage Museum was the 62nd place I’ve seen so far. This one definitely did not disappoint. I usually am not a huge fan…
St. Petersburg, Russia, Asia Today started out like a lot of other days on this trip. I woke up at my hostel, had a quick bite for breakfast, got ready, and went out to start exploring a new city. I met a group at 10:45am for a free walking tour in front of the Hermitage museum. I met our tour guide Anastasia, took a few pictures, and she started giving her spiel about the city. We took a short walk…
St. Petersburg, Russia, Asia Today was mostly a travel day. I took my time getting my stuff together this morning and left Matreshka Hotel around noon. I had to get a couple of metros to get to Leningradsky train station, but eventually I found it with plenty of time to spare. I got the high speed Sapsan train to St. Petersburg. It took about four hours and was a nice ride. I had a seat in a group of four…
Moscow, Russia, Asia Today didn’t start out too well, weather wise, but it got nicer in the afternoon. It seemed like a good reason to check out some indoor sights instead of staying outside in the dreary coldness. I started out with the Kremlin Museums. It wasn’t exactly what I expected, because it wasn’t really like any other museum I’ve ever been to. It wasn’t one big building that housed a lot of artefacts. It is the churches that are…
Moscow, Russia, Asia I was absolutely exhausted last night, and my hotel room worked a treat for that. I have the smallest room ever created, but it still has all the amenities that I could ask for. The strangest thing about the room is that it’s an internal room, without a window. After I uploaded my blog I passed out and didn’t wake up until 8:45am. It was awesome! I had breakfast at the hotel which was the first cooked…