Hello all, Me again! The internet in this hostel is free so we have been hogging it a bit! All my photos are now up to date on facebook and so I also have enough time to update you of our adventures since the last time I wrote! Since the last blog we went out to dinner for the last time in St Petersburg. The girl behind reception in our hostel recommended an English pub called 'Dickens'! We arrived and it was very traditional even down to the wallpaper.....o...

Hi everyone We are currently in Russia in St Petersburg. We got the train from Helsinki thursday evening and even got a free drink and snack!!!! (Take hint Southern Rail!!!!). We arrived and immediately it was obvious that this wasn't going to be as simple as it had in Scandinavia. Despite there being English signs at the station no one spoke English apart from the dodgy taxi drivers who were waiting outside the station with their Ladas!!!! It took us ages...

Hello everyone, Well not much has happened really since the last blog. We are just off to St Peterburg on the train so checking email for the last time in Europe - I'm not sure what it will be like past here! So immediately after writing the last blog we were heading back to the hotel on the tra, but suddenly started talking about subways and we all got an urge so jumped off halfway and went on a wild goose chase for one! after about 30 mins we found one and t...

Hello from Helsinki, or should I say hungover in Helsinki!!!!! Having got off the boat we wondered into the city to find the tourist information and wondered in completely the wrong direction....much to the annoyance of a rather hungover sam and karl! So we stopped for them to have a McDonalds for breakfast! Got some information in the Tourist Information and got a public transport pass for 3 days which was really reasonable at about 10 pounds. Headed outside ...

Ok, so final full day in stockholm, im trying to remember what we did, but that was friday and its now monday and when travelling all the days merge into one so it feels like so long ago!!!!! We caught the bus to a viewing tower which was quite a way of the centre to the east and went up to floor 30 to get the views. This was inside with a cafe, and as it was quite a sunny day reflection on the glass was really high so couldnt get any good pictures. Floor 31 w...