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…