One last overnight train took us from Moscow to St. Petersburg. We have loved traversing China, Mongolia and Russia by way of the Tibet Plataeu line, then Trans Mongolian and the TransSiberian Lines. We are a little sad it is over, but looking forward to our next country of Greece and our first plane flight in awhile.St. Petersburg is a gorgeous city full of cultural treasures. It is visually stunning, with the Neva river and many man made canals wending through ...

After four nights and three days on a train, heaven is a shower with abundant water pressure. The only problem is that while I am busy showering away the grime, there is a song that keeps going around in my head and it just won't go away. Remember the catchy, stirring song used by Australian TV stations for the 1980 Moscow Olympics?? some of the lyrics are: Moscow, MoscowDrinking vodka all night long,Keeps you happy, makes you strong ho, ho, ho hey.Moscow, ...

The clickety clack, clickety clack, clickety clack is ingrained in our body and mind. As I write, we are on the longest haul of our Trans-Siberian trip, Irkutsk to Moscow 3 full days and 4 nights. We have paid extra for the luxury of a cabin to ourselves, but we are not alone or lonely. Our cabin proves to be a good party place for other travellers, given it has a bit extra space. Before we got on this train we had one last adventure. Our Irkutsk guide, Lena ran...

We must have been very bad and sent to Siberia as punishment! Remember the old Hogan's Hero's Episodes where the mention of Siberia got them shivering in their boots and behaving lest they be sent there?Well not really - we are thrilled to be here, it has long been on the "bucket list" of places to go. We did feel the force of a Siberian Blizzard however. Our guide Lena tells us that it made the Moscow news and anything that happens in Siberia rarely do...