We moved into our new room at midday. It is very acceptable for 6,000 Rub/day which is cheap by St Petersburg standards given its position on (almost) Nevskii Prospekt. We then decided to walk to…

In the morning we had a great stroke of luck in meeting the hotel manager, Kseniya, who let us stay in the same room tonight (I hope she didn’t throw anyone out) for only 5,400…

We got the metro to Komsomolskaya station with no problem and then bought tickets for the Sapsan high-speed train to St Petersburg. The journey of 439 miles took 4 hours and passed through endless forest….

After a good breakfast, we waked down to Khoroshevskaya metro station and took the black line to Luzhniki which, according to my map, was linked to Sportivaya on the red line. In fact they are…

Our long-distance trip for 2025 will be undertaken by public transport as the van is still in Stornoway after a collision with a deer. Its repair is due to begin on 1st June.We are all…

An uneventful day of long driving (324 miles) with nothing much to report. The scenery was glorious: high light-brown rounded bare hills with the occasional brown or olive green bush and the motorway continued round…