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Driving down M5, we arrived at Tambov, where we planned to visit the VW garage for an oil change and to meet Igor and Andrei who helped us in 2018. … Read more

Despite my intricately detailed map of how to get out of Moscow, we got lost because of the flyovers and underpasses and I mistook motorway M3 for motorway M5. The … Read more

We spent most of the day on the Moscow metro touring seven of the early stations which were beautifully decorated. They were: Novoslobodskaya (1952), Kievskaya (1937), Arbatskaya (1935), Ploshchad Revolyutsii … Read more

We went to Red Square again, this time getting out at Teatralnaya Station which serves the Bolshoi Theatre. We bought a card which can be used on buses and the … Read more

We drove the last 30 miles into Moscow and found the “Moscow Holiday Hotel” quite easily. Its a very nice hotel with parking and a very friendly manager who changed … Read more

The aim today was to drive to Moscow in time to avoid the evening rush hour and book into a hotel. However we noticed a sign advertising a memorial to … Read more

There was no problem driving to Pskov where we saw the sign to the “Battle of the Ice” monument. It is on top of a hill and is huge. It … Read more

The town of Peterhof was known as Petrodvorets when I came in 1975 and has changed its name to Peterhof at some time since then. I can’t help wondering whether … Read more

A not particularly rewarding day; we stayed in the room until midday when we had to leave, and spent three hours fighting our way through the traffic of Saint Petersburg … Read more

We went to the Yusupov Palace today and, having walked along the road alongside the Griboyedov Canal, came to the entrance door for the Palace, only to find a notice … Read more