Returning to Russia, I get an exclusive glimpse into the reality of modern space travel, visiting the Cosmonaut Training Centre in Star City, poking my head into real life rocket shipx. From the Moscow Metro to the streets of St Petersburg, the Great Bear presents it challenges, but there is truly nowhere else on earth quite like it.
read reportIn Moscow, you can’t help but feel insignificant compared the size of the State, with its ballroom metro stations, imposing Kremlin, lengthy line-ups, and ice-cream swirls of St Basil’s Cathedral. Ron Jeremy, however, needs to give the tigers a break. The final train departs for beautiful St Petersburg, a city of romance, history, and water. Finally, the vodka runs dry, the train stays put, and my three week adventure aboard the Vodkatrain comes to an end.
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