We arrived in St Peterburg easy enough and decided against the taxi from the airport and to try our luck with the public transport. After seeing the buses we needed pass by 3 times and numerous confused tourists have the doors slammed in their faces when asking directions, we realised they don't really stop, they just slow down enough for you to jump on. We risked it and launched ourselves through a door and took off!
The next obstacle was the underground train system which has the longest and slowest escalators ever. Longer than any one we've seen around the world. We managed to get by fine and made our way to our hotel and met the group. The tour guide a kiwi our age, 2 fifty something ladies from Cairns and later on "an Irish couple" which turned out to be two retired friends who were even older, what a rockin group!
We spent a few days exploring St Peterburg which is really beautiful and full of bright coloured palaces and buildings. The city's founder Peter The Great thought with such dreary weather all the time it'd brighten the place up.
On our first day there Kate's camera died, the screen stopped working which was partially due to an earlier incident with a Moroccan camel. We managed to score a pretty decent deal with a nifty little camera with the twisty zoom lense on the front. If the laptop hadn't have died as well I'd be able to upload some better shots but it's all just the ones on my phone for now.
We visited the Hermitage Museum, some pretty cool cathedrals and a savory pancake place. It was good.
The mammoth in the photo is real. It was found in the ice in Siberia. Most of it's hair and half it's trunk are gone.
Next, the first overnight train...
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