Tag: Russia

For years I took tour groups to the Louvre in Paris. I have always felt overwhelmed by the art, the building, the atmosphere, which is abuzz with tourist energy. I...

One of the many advantages of travelling on a cruise ship is that you get to stop off at some more remote communities, such as Svirstroy. This could of course...

Our afternoon excursion was to St Isaac's Cathedral in St Petersburg, the fourth largest one-domed cathedral in the world after St Peter's in Rome, St Paul's in London and St...

Whether you are spiritual, religions or neither, Kizhi Island in Russia, awakens something in you. On the approach, the World Heritage Transfiguration Cathedral welcomes the ship as it peers over...

Wherever you look in Russia there are gorgeous buildings - along the river, in the towns, peeping over the trees, in the cities. But sadly so many of them are...

Russia has always been a place I desperately wanted to visit. It is the ultimate 'bucket list' destination. My arrival in Russia was a dream - a life ambition. The...