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A day of relaxation
So today was spent mostly watching the DVDs I got with a voucher I received for my birthday last month. All in all, not a bad way to spend the day. :)
Some clips:
I'd actually forgotten Dave Chapelle was in Men in Tights... or maybe I just didn't know about him when I last watched it? -
Days 20-21-22 - Museums of Ethnography and Zoology and Church of Christ the Saviour on Spilled Blood
This will be my last summary post on Russia, I'll try to wrap up the last two days and a little of the flight back, and then anything else I post will just be musings if I think of something I'd previously forgotten (which is probably a lot of stuff to be honest ( Read more... ) -
Day 19 - The Hermitage
The next day was dedicated entirely to the Hermitage, for those who don't know, the place is huge, and as it's now a combination of 4 buildings including The Winter Palace and the small, old and new Hermitages, it has about 300-400 rooms of paintings, sculpture, museum pieces and just general awesome architecture to go through ( Read more... ) -
Day 18 - Peter and Paul Fortress and Leningradsky Zoo
So I'm back at work today, but still 4 days behind in writeups. I just edited all of my pictures though and there should be over 40 new ones coming at you within the next 3-4 posts before I wrap it all up. Hope you enjoy ( Read more... ) -
Back Home Again!
So we just touched down back in Australia after a very long two part flight, the last 12 hour leg of which my entertainment system didn't work. :S ( Read more... ) -
Day 17 - Yusupov Palace and the Artillery Museum
It's been a few days since I posted, I've been meaning to however unfortunately it takes a long time to sit down and type up a big long description of everything I've been doing. Add to this the fact that Mon and I are sharing the same laptop and both have to do this, well, you can see how it would become difficult for us to keep up to date ( Read more... ) -
Day 16 - The Nutcracker
Waking up in our hotel was a welcome change from the last day and a bit of dragging bags around between trains and across streets of ice and snow, as such we spent a bit of time sleeping in before reluctantly dragging ourselves downstairs for breakfast. This hotel is actually situated above a restaurant which is always a good backup for when you're ( Read more... ) -
Day 14 and 15 - On the rails again
Edit: Posting this from the KOFE HAUZ across the street from our hotel as the internet wasn't working when we left this morning and we're in need of some warm coffee after the big day we've had. I'm referring to this particular place as Offy's House though due to the missing K on the sign. Emily, I don't think Offy would be too interested in owning ( Read more... ) -
Alive and well, but busy!
Hey everyone ( Read more... ) -
Day 13 - Smolensk and Me
Today we got up late again and ended up at breakfast 30 minutes after we told reception we would be, we seem to be making a habit of that, who would have thought wandering downstairs at 9am would be so hard? I blame how comfortable this bed is, it seems to beckon you to go back to sleep every time you lay down. I'm fighting it right now actually ( Read more... )
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