Day: 31 July 2007
St Petersburg
Our lack of posts over the last few days is simply a sign that we have been very busy since arriving in St Petersburg. Whilst on the train we had much more time available to devote to writing than we have had over the last three days. It feels as though we haven’t stopped in […]
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We’ll try to post an update about our time in St Petersburg shortly. In the meantime, here are some photos of this amazing city. This is the Church of the Spilled Blood, completed in 1907, built on the site where Tsar Alexander II was murdered. The Soviets let is decay during the communist years, and […]
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Now I’ve had some time to edit them, here are some photos of our time in Moscow. One of our first stops in Moscow was the reconstructed Cathedral of Christ the Saviour. Stalin built 7 gothic skyscrapers across the city, now called the Seven Sisters. This one is a university. You can imagine them being […]
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