So having mastered the Russian underground so successfully. I conducted the rest of my St Petersburg sight seeing by foot, tram, bus and boat. I liked St Petersburg the hostel was great and it was easy to explore all the sights avoiding the underground. The people were friendly not least the captain of the sight seeing night boat, who invited us (myself and 2 Irish girls from hostel) to stay on board and drink rum after the tour. The conversation was a little st...

Arrived St Petersburg safely. In an attempt to be more money conscientious this trip I decided to navigate from the airport to hostel using public transport. First step bus no.3, this was easier enough hopped on one just outside of terminal building. Next was to tackle the underground. I would like to think that the issue I had here, was my inability to understand or read Russian (regretting my inexcblicable lazyness pre-trip to at least learn the cyrillic alphab...