We were staying late in St Petersburg down town for documenting the “white nights” – although the sun sets at 10.30 pm, the sky is never completely dark. Or in photographer’s term, the “blue hours” stay longer. Much longer. It’s actually a dream scene for landscape photographers. I could have spent hours to roam around…
Category: Family Holiday
Afternoon Coffee in Singer Cafe
After exploring the city for few hours, the mager tourists feel it’s time to relax, sitting pretty while savouring the moment over cup of coffee in Singer Cafe, St. Petersburg. The cafe is quite popular and crowded. Thankfully we got seat although it’s not by the window, in which you can see the view of…
Walking the Neighborhood Like Locals
Spent this morning walking around the neighborhood of our apartment in St. Petersburg, Богатырский prospect. We walked to the nearest supermarket, which is around 2 km from our place. But walking is no problem here, the weather is nice, and the pedestrian is big and clean.
Boarding Aeroflot Sukhoi RRJ-95
I’m excited to finally on board Aeroflot Sukhoi Superjet RRJ-95, from Kazan going to St. Petersburg, via Moscow SVO. The sharp nose immediately catch my attention. Yes it is a Sukhoi! Yeay! Inside the seat configuration 2-3 is unique, similar to Bombardier we flew to Paris in our West Europe family holiday. Bismillahi majreeha…
Kazan Kremlin Bike Ride
Near our hotel in Bauman Street, there ‘s a city bike station which can be rented. This morning, I and Rafif tried it and had a spin around Kazan Kremlin area. It took us a good half an hour to resolve the payment to use the bike. It only cost 30RUB (circa IDR75k) for a…