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…
Moscow, Russia, Asia Today was an incredibly long day. I tried to go to sleep around 12:30am but never fell asleep. I just laid there in my bed, annoyed for two hours. So I finally got up at 2:15am, got my stuff together and headed out at 2:30am. I got the train to the airport at 2:56am, which arrived at Terminal 1 at 3:19am. It turns out that Terminal 1 isn’t even open anymore, so I had to get off…
Budapest, Hungary, Europe Today was another beautiful day in Budapest. I started out by going up to the Citadel on top of the hill in the south of Buda. Unfortunately it was not possible to actually get to the top where the statue is. It was all roped off, and no one was there to tell me why. It was a real shame because the view from the top would have been amazing, but I didn’t get to go all…
Budapest, Hungary, Europe Last night was a little annoying because someone kept buzzing the hostel door at 3:30am to get in, and no one was answering them. It went on for six full minutes, and the buzzer is right outside my door. It was just so annoying because there was really nothing I could do about it. We had already been told not to let anyone in if it buzzed because it was sometimes just drunk kids being stupid. Regardless,…
Budapest, Hungary, Europe Today was mostly a travel day getting to Budapest. I got up this morning and had to wait at the hostel for about an hour for the shuttle bus to pick me up. They were supposed to be coming at 10am, but they showed up at 11am. The van was carrying ten of us, including the driver. We got to the Serbian-Hungarian border, and something strange happened. One guy got out of the van and walked across…
Belgrade, Serbia, Europe Belgrade was a pleasant surprise today. I hadn’t expected much from the city based on what people had told me and what I had read about Belgrade. I had envisioned just another big dirty city, but it really wasn’t. I woke up today at about 9pm after getting to bed at about 2:30am. I was pretty tired, but there was a free walking tour starting at 11am that I wanted to join. I left the hostel, grabbed…