30 Nov 2014
Posted by Natalia Alyukova 
When I knew I was going to Moscow and St Petersburg, I wasn’t sure what to expect. All I knew about Russia was vodka, bears, communism, vodka, snow, and more vodka. It’s much more of an enigma than other European countries, and thanks to media it’s easy to think that it’s all doom and gloom there,...
Read more → 21 Jan 2013
Posted by Julie Ledesma 
1) As surprising as it may seem, always keep your fight face on. In most other cultures this is a no go area, but with Russia it’s the first basic rule of survival. Nothing screams FOREIGNER!! more than smiling and excessive manners. 2) Never, ever, EVER pretend to understand things when you don’t....
Read more → 25 Oct 2012
Posted by Madeleine Kilminster 
It is a little known fact that, in the North Russian province of Karelia, there lies a small town named Petrozavodsk. As you race past Russian countryside on one of the infamous night trains, you realise how rural a landscape surrounds Petrozavodsk and it is therefore no surprise that the town is quite...
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