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Saint Petersburg
It is very famous in Russia, you know it? The first day we had booked a guide for The Hermitage. It was within walking distance from the hotel, so we set off on foot. The cost of the guide paid for itself when they negotiated our way through all of the queues and straight into…
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Helsinki to Saint Petersburg
I like trains. One thing I really do love in Europe are the trains. They are such a more civilised way of travelling than aeroplanes. No giant queues, no need to take off your belt and shoes (although I am good at dressing in stuff that never sets off the metal detectors), and there is…
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Day 3 – Iceland
Even the town drunk speaks English We had finally started getting onto GMT, and woke after 7, without an alarm. Today was spent around Reykjavik. First stop was the Leifer Erricson monument out the front of Hall church. They have a lift to take you up 8 stories in the bell tower. Much easier than…
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Day 2 – Skaftafelljökull, Iceland
It’s only a 700km round trip. Day two started early again. Awake before 7 without an alarm. Breakfast, gear check, and we headed off again. Down the same tourist route, but this time along the southern coast towards some more waterfalls and a glacier or two.