Destinations
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12 July 2014 – Dacha, Petrozavodsk, Russia
A small slice of Russia summer house (dacha) heaven outside of Petrozavodsk. This is what pure bliss is to a Russian )
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11 July 2014 – Petrozavodsk, Russia
Jenia’s hometown of Petrozavodsk has a gorgeous embankment. Here we are taking a walk among all the marriage ceremonies. The short Karelian summer of mid June to mid August is the most popular time to get married (for obvious reasons).
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10 July 2014 – Valaam, Russia
We visited one of holy islands in Russia – Valaam. Gorgeous and quite serene.
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9 July 2014 – Petrozavodsk, Russia
This video was shot around 3 am, way past 4 pm. Kind of funny because we were convinced you would be able to see the effect of white nights, eke the time of year it doesn’t get dark in Jenia’s hometown. Not quite so on this video — but it really is true. I guess
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7 July 2014 – Moscow, Russia
More everyday ramblings from Moscow.
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6 July 2014 – Moscow, Russia
Active lifestyle in Moscow — bike lanes, rollerblades, and even skaterboards, are totally the new “in thing” in the Russian megapolis.
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5 July 2014 – Moscow, Russia
Sergey narrates night time adventures in Moscow.
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4 July 2014 – Moscow, Russia
Meeting up with a Hungarian friend, Mr Peter – whom we met while in Myanmar – in Moscow.
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3 July 2014 – Moscow, Russia
A nice view there, eh? Sergey’s aunt and uncle flat in Moscow.
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2 July 2014 – St. Petersburg, Russia
Back to the motherland for us — we flew via St Petersburg and got to spend a couple of exciting hours exploring the city with our new friend that we met in Georgia, actually. Here we are (sans the friend at that point) on the tram.
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Month 10 Roundup
STATS Days on the road: 305Number of beds: 13Countries visited: Vietnam, Russia (16 hrs!), GeorgiaPostcards sent: 0 THOUGHTS It’s been about two weeks since we left southeast Asia for Europe. Its strange – even though we’ve reached our limit of mangos, rice paddies, and scooters as the main mode of transportation – we miss it. Not that
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1 July 2014 – Tbilisi, Georgia
Another night time walk around Tbilisi, this time by the holy trinity cathedral in the Avlabari neighborhood. Our last day in this wonderful city.