Kaliningrad to St. Petersburg One of the places that I planned to visit in St. Petersburg was the General Staff Building on Palace Square. The complex was built to house the offices of the General Staff, the Foreign Ministry, and the Ministry of Finance. In 1993, the East wing became part of the Hermitage. After […]
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The train Kaliningrad – St. Petersburg was old, probably made during the Soviet times. I was the only person in my compartment, but not for long. At the first stop, a man and a woman took the bunks on the opposite side from me. They were members of the train crew who traveled to St.
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Kaliningrad to Baltiysk Baltiysk (formerly known as Pillau) retained little of his German heritage. The entire Kaliningrad region was Russianized after World War II. Baltiysk’s old buildings stood out recognizable by their dark brick, thick walls. The town was green, clean and orderly which is typical for the places with heavy military presence. Men in
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Gdansk The bus Gdansk – Kaliningrad was half-full. Its passengers were Russians and Poles except for one Spanish-speaking family of four. Near Elblag, the only stop en route to Russia, we ran into thick fog that changed to rain. The bus was at the Polish border at 8:20 a.m., about 2 hours after it left
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