Since we only recently received our passports back from the government, Leah and I (still Ross), as well as two of our roommates decided to make a trip this weekend to Moscow! Leah and I found a half decently priced hotel in Moscow on expedia.ca (hotel prices in Moscow can average around $350 US dollars a night) and booked it to take a bit of a break from the normal grind of everday life in St. Petersburg. As well, tourist season will be starting soon, and we wanted to try avoiding the big crowds to some of Russia's most popular attractions. We're planning on seeing all of the major sights: The Kremlin, Lenin's tomb, St. Basil's, Stalin's grave, as well as Red Square and might be heading to a more obscure museum that one of our roommates wants to see about the late Romanov family. Today was exciting as, before we returned to the homestay to pack all of our things, we stopped by the Moskovskii Vokzal train station to buy our train tickets before the rush on Friday night. Since we've booked our hotel rooms for Saturday and Sunday night, we decided to buy overnight train tickets leaving St. Petersburg at 11:15pm on Friday night, arriving in Moscow around 6:48am Saturday morning, and then leaving Moscow at 8:18pm Monday night, and arriving in St. Petersburg at 5:00am Tuesday morning. Since these are overnight sleeper trains, they have bunks that fold down at night and bed linens are provided. It will be interesting to see what it's actually like, and we'll post more once we're back from our trip. Wish us luck!
=O you will be in Moscow for Scotty's birthday! (well part of it) These pictures will be amazing to see and I definitely cannot wait! Moscow will be amazing for you I hope and I really wanna hear all about it when you get back. I am glad you found a fairly cheap place to stay and you get to sleep on a train! It sounds like a dandy adventure indeed. Nice work both of you! Have an amazing time!!! Love you and miss you! *Scotty and Jeana*
ReplyDeletep.s you are redeemed Ross. :P
Wow you guys are visiting monuments I have heard of! now thats cool :P Im so not versed in russian history its not even funny. But I cant wait to see pics of the red square and the kremlin :D also on the train if an italian guy decides to join you in your cabin make sure you run really fast (You'll only get that joke if you've seen Eurotrip) The overnight train should be alot of fun though I love riding on trains and being on one sleeping would be so neat. Have a blast Guys!
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