Everything has been ticked off.Houston, we have lift off.Inch of Snow Brings London to a StandstillRiga For A DayWe made it to RussiaRussiaAndy V, we thought you might like this!University: Learning Amidst HistoryWedding AnniversarySunday stroll in the sunZa Zdorovie! (Cheers!)Today's explorationsCathedral CentralThe week continued...by JodiBIG Weekend!Russian experiencesLast week in St Pete's(Mis)AdventuresMoscow - Some fun answers to prayerOrphanage visitKremlin+15C!Warning: Rambling AheadSpecial Birthday CelebrationsEaster partyAn afternoon in town.VNDKhOur last visit at the babies home10 girls and snow come to stayAuschwitzWieliczka, PolandZakopane, PolandLwowek Slaski, PolandPrague in SpringFour countries in one day.4 countries cont.Ancient Sea-side CityThe View From the Ferry Split - DubrovnikNothing to do by the seasideRainRome was seen in a dayThe 300km homestretch!Leon, SpainDay OneBloody Hard Work!Up the MountainSnow!Cacabelos Albergue is the best one we have seen yetBrazilian AlberguePerserverence has its rewardsFantastic Lonely ForestsLoooong DayWalking With WalterWet DayPerserverence pays againThe Final Stage
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Saint Petersburg, Russia
After St Isaac's we saw another church building, shown in the photos, called the church on spilt blood. You may recognise it as something you would think of when thinking of Russian churches. It was built over the place where Tsar Aleksandr the somethingth was murdered by a terrorist bomb and for the first 15 years of its existence was only used for mass sung for the late king - very extravagant! The inside was beautiful, almost completely covered in mosaic, but we way prefered the quite, humble, colourful church we entered in Riga (that one was free also!) Churches turned into museums just don't keep their transcendent atmosphere. We went back to Nathan and Ellie's hostel where (drumroll...) we met and conversed with our first Russian who didn't speak English. It was very fun and rewarding, and as we polished off a bottle of vodka, I think we proved the man in the banya right, the conversation did flow a little freer! She was amazed at Tim's level of Russian after 3 weeks (he's better than me after 1 semester at uni! We arranged to meet up again and went over there for pancakes and conversation yesterday. We met more Aussies there and have arranged an international gathering at the banya tomorrow.
At uni on Thursday, they had another maslenitsa celebration and invited a group of kids to danceand sing for us. It was very fun. You can see a photo of Tim, who was coerced into joining in.
We're at that point in the trip where it's all going too fast and we want to stay!
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