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Supermarket shopping in Russia
During my visit to Russia, I spent a number of days at the same place in Saint Petersburg, so I hit up the local supermarket for some provisions.
Russian retailers advertising their nearest metro station
During my trip to Russia I discovered something I haven’t seen elsewhere – advertisements for retailers, where each store has the nearest metro station listed.
Shopping at Ulmart – Russia’s answer to Amazon.com
Ulmart (Юлмарт) is a Russian retail chain selling computer hardware, digital and consumer electronics. Open 24 hours a day, each store is nothing like a retail store in the West, as I discovered when I visited one of their stores in Saint Petersburg.
Ukrainian grain goes by train
In the middle of winter you would never think that anything other than ice and snow cover the Ukrainian countryside, yet come summer the country becomes the “breadbasket of Europe”, as one of the world’s largest corn and wheat exporters.
Romania’s home grown high-speed train
When you think of countries with high-speed rail, Romania isn’t one that comes to mind. However earlier this year a Romanian rolling stock manufacturer called Softronic released their newest electric multiple unit – the “Hyperion”.
Bucharest to Kiev by train
One of the more interesting legs of our trip across Europe was the 27 hour long train ride from Bucharest in Romania to Kiev in Ukraine. We joined the train in Bucharest, where a Ca(ile Ferate Române (Romania Railways) locomotive hauled the train into the dead end station at Gara de Nord.
Posted in Trains
Tagged Bucharest, Căile Ferate Române, CFR Călători, Kiev, Romania, Russian Railways, travel journal, Ukraine
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Oddball warning signs on the Russian Railways
When travelling across Russia and you don’t understand the language, then any warning sign you see takes on a different tone.
Sochi and the multidimensional theatres
Sochi is a popular resort town on the Black Sea coast of Russia, and like anywhere tourists flock to, so do the gimmicky tourist traps – however a game of one-upmanship is afoot.
Travelling across Russia: Sochi to St Petersburg by train
On our travels through Europe at the end of 2012, the longest rail journey we made was the 2300 kilometre, 45 hour long ride across Russia, from sunny Sochi on the shores of the Black Sea to snow covered Saint Petersburg beside the Gulf of Finland. So what did I see out of my train window?
Posted in Trains
Tagged out the train window, Russia, Russian Railways, Saint Petersburg, Sochi, travel journal, winter
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So the hard work is done (my photos are all online)
It’s taken just over a year, but I’ve finally finished uploading and captioning all of my Europe photos to Flickr! During my month long trip I took 19,856 photos, of which 3,855 I’ve determined are of a standard to share with all and sundry.
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