Day 193-194, 5th-6th December, Prague , Marienburg
We drove to Prague and reached a Robin Oil service area (where you get free wifi outside the cafe) about 4 pm. It was already nearly dark and there was … Read more
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Day 191-192, 3rd-4th December, Warsaw, Wroclaw, Jitrava (Czech Republic)
We drove into Warsaw on 3rd December and fund a parking place close to Castle Square. Two very friendly Polish people helped us operate the complicated parking meter and we … Read more
Day 189-190, 1st-2nd December, Kaunas, Warsaw
Spent most of the 1st December driving. Had dinner near a church which claims to be the oldest in Latvia. Arriving in Riga we looked for the most interesting attraction … Read more
Day 187-188, 29-30 November, Ainazi, Latvia
In the morning of the 29th, we visited the Piskarevskoye Kladbishche, a mass cemetary where about half of the 1.6 million victims of the siege are buried in hundreds of … Read more
Day 184-186, 26-28th November, Novgorod, St Petersburg
On the 26th, we drove over 300 miles to Novgorod and, after getting lost because it was dark and I failed to notice that we had crossed the river, finally … Read more
Day 182-183, November 24-25 Moscow
After leaving the splendid Slavyanka Hotel, we went to look at the Tambov cathedral and watched part of a service. There have been a couple of niggling problems with the … Read more
Day 180-181, November 22-23, Saratov, Tambov
The road from Volgograd to Saratov passes through rolling steppe land. From the top of the hills you can see for dozens of miles and the light was bright (rather … Read more
Day 177-179, 19-21st November, Volgograd (Stalingrad)
We spent much of the 19th relaxing next to the large Islamic graveyard at Kotyayevka and decided to set off for the border about 4 pm in the hope that … Read more
Day 176, 18th November, Kotyayevka
We reached the Russian border two days early, and had to hang around because our Russian visa specified that we had to enter on 20th November. More precisely, we arrived … Read more
Day 174-175, 16-17th November, Dossor, Orul
Mile after mile of nothing. The road was utterly appalling and passed a number of small oilfields which seemed to be closed. There were plenty of new tracks in the … Read more