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.

St. Petersburg Fan Fest

Watching England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 vs Croatia 🇭🇷 at St. Petersburg Fan Fest. We hoped to see England to win the game and advance to the final. But it wasn’t meant to be. Croatia was the better team. So it’s fair result. No, football is not coming home, but England is not going home yet either. They…

Cerita dari Partai Semifinal di Saint Petersburg

Setelah partai perempatfinal di Nizhny, saya kembali berkesempatan menyaksikan partai Piala Dunia 2018, partai semifinal antara Perancis melawan Belgia. Kali ini, lagi-lagi saya menyaksikan tim ayam jantan, Les Blues, tampil sebagai pemenang dengan mengalahkan Belgia 1-0. Saya tidak perlu bercerita mengenai jalannya pertandingan, karena pasti sudah banyak yang memberitakan. Tapi ada beberapa kisah menarik dari…

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…