St Petersburg: Wednesday, October 3, 2018: We visited The Hermitage today however Putin was visiting with the President of Austria… Read more The Russia Diaries: Day Eight
St Petersburg: Wednesday, October 3, 2018: We visited The Hermitage today however Putin was visiting with the President of Austria… Read more The Russia Diaries: Day Eight
St Petersburg: Tuesday, October 2, 2018: Breakfast was quite busy. So I opted for meat and cheese together with coffee… Read more The Russia Diaries: Day Seven
Moscow and St Petersburg: Monday, October 1, 2018: I set up the Facebook page for the travellers group. The supermarket… Read more The Russia Diaries: Day Six
Moscow: Sunday, September 30, 2018: After breakfast we met the coach at 9.30am and visited the Memorial Park, which had… Read more The Russia Diaries: Day Five
Moscow: Saturday, September 29, 2018: It was 7°C this morning. The morning traffic was a nightmare – it took three… Read more The Russia Diaries: Day Four
Moscow: Friday, September 28, 2018: Breakfast was okay but there was a problem with my room key which was sorted… Read more The Russia Diaries: Day Three
Four years ago I enjoyed a trip to Russia. Getting the visa was tricky enough but I am guessing it… Read more The Russia Diaries: Days One and Two
Beijing: Saturday, September 10, 2011: We had an early start so we set the alarm for 5.40am as we had… Read more The China Diaries: Days 11 and 12:
Beijing: Friday September 9, 2011: I have a day to myself so I shared a taxi to Tiananmen Square by… Read more The China Diaries: Day 10
Beijing: Thursday, September 8, 2011: After breakfast I spotted people taking empty water bottles to refill with unsafe tap water.… Read more The China Diaries: Day Nine