Russia, 27-08-08 -> 15-09-08

Presentation:

The biggest country In the world!!! The superpower... The first country to have adopted communism in the whole history... USSR and its collapse, the after communist period... And soo much more, and soo interesting...
 
The hardest tourist visa to get as well !!! Ha!Ha!

Population: 142millions people.
Capital :Moscow 10.2 millions people inside the wall , 15 millions including the suburbs.
Surface: 17.000.000 square km... 30 times France's size !!!

142 millions d'habitants (2007) situé à cheval sur l'Europe et l'Asie. Son territoire, qui s'étend sur plus de 17 millions de km², 8 000 km séparant Kaliningrad de Vladivostok, en fait le plus grand pays de la planète. Bien qu'entourée de nombreux océans et mers, la Russie est caractérisée par un climat continental et les rigueurs hivernales sur la majeure partie du territoire.

For more info, history, politics ,culture , clic on the  link:  Russie. ( Russia for english speakers).

My trip :

I had a 21 day visa only, but I lost 2 days because It started on the 26 OF AGUST  and I only had my visa the 27th in Helsinki, and I arrived in St petersrburg by bus the 27th at night...

So I stayed:
- 5 days in St Petersburg 
- 6 days in Moscow

And then I started the transiberian train to Mongolia: I left Moscow on Sunday the 7th of September at night

- spent the night in the train and arrived In Kazan the 8th and visited the city during the day
- spent the night in the train again and arrived In Yekaterinburg the 9th and visited the city during the day
- spent the night, and the following one, and the foolowing one in the train to arrive In Irkutsk on the 12th at 3am!!

- I stayed 3 days in Irkoutsk.

And took the Transmongolian train from Irkutsk to Ulanbataar in Mongolia: 2 nights, one day of travel...

Conclusion: AMASING!!!!!!!!!! It has to be done in one's life!! 

Things that must be done or seen In Russia (or at least on my way)

St Petersburg:
-The winter palace ( the hemitage museum is inside it)
-The Paul and Peter fortress.
- Peterhoff (the russian Versailles,but in more beautifull and bigger)
- The russian Museum
- Go in a Russian night club!!! :)

Moscow:
-The red square and the kremlin of course
- The cathedral of the blood
- The Poutchkin museum
- Go ina russian night club!!
- Use the subway!

On the Transiberian train:
- Travel in platskard class!! to meet the locals!
- Have lunch in the restaurant car
- Get drunk with russain guys to have fun and make time go faster! Smoke cigarets and sing in betweeen the cars.
- Try russian food with them.

By Irkutsk and the baikal lake:
- Swim in the Baikal lake!!!!
- Use the transbaikal train
- Go to Oklon Island

Others:
- Drink  Vodka with a russian guy!!
- Go to a bania (Russian bath).
- Play chess with a russian guy.
- kiss a russian girl!!!

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RIDE ON BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!