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…

Watching World Cup with My Buddy

Back in 1996 while we were in Singapore for Singapore International Foundation Asean Student Fellowship program, we set our goals to watch World Cup together. It’s a little bit overdue, but 22 years later, here we are, about to watch Semifinal match between Belgium vs France in St. Petersburg. Alhamdulillah, which favor of Allah would…

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…