St Petersburg travel help needed.

[CastleStormer]

I will be in London on December 26th. I would love to swing over by air to St Petersburg for the 300th birthday celebration on the 29th or 30th. Unfortunately, all the web sites I use to book airfare don't give details from London to St Pete; they are just for US originated flights. Can anyone supply me with info on how to get from London to St Petersburg on the 29th and then on to Paris on the 31st for New Years Eve relatively cheap?

Someone told me there are some small German airlines that fly all over Northern Europe for as little as $25 USD per trip in old converted military aircraft. True? This works for me; I'll bring my own Coke and peanuts.

St Petersburg will probably be slammed with tourists for this event. Any advice?

Thanks in advance!

[HATALbR]

Castlestormer:

I know this is suppose to be a serious post; however, I can't help myself.

I will only offer you assistance in packing and picking up chicks.

Yours truly,
Natasha

[CastleStormer]

...even if it is only in the humor department. I guess there are too many Yanks and Texans here and very few Russians who can offer local travel information. Or maybe they are all just ignoring me...Oh well.

Natalie, are you really going to help me pick up chicks??? How thoughtful. Unfortunately, this trip won't be anything but a "get a lay of the land" in St Pete tour. Here's my Master Plan: One week in Moscow in November. Two days in St Pete for the birthday bash. Two more months of listening to those damneed Russian language cd's. Then I might be lethal!

I sent you pics...did you get them?

[HATALbR]

Nyet!

I didn't see a standard attachment.

Natalie

[willka]

Castlestormer, one of the best ways to travel from Moscow to St Petersburg is the fast train, which takes you there in about 4.5 hours from Moscow to St Petersburg, only thing u need to consider is that you have to reserve your seat on this train. It's a superfast train hehe that tops at 210 km/h :-) but well its nice, its gets you there fast, safe and you even get something to eat and drink in the train, i recommend you that way of travelling from Moscow to St Petersburg.

[geronimio]

Hi, I can suggest to fly to Helsinki and get a bus from Helsinki to St.Petersburg - $7-10 only.

Accomodation is available here http://www.dailyexpress.ru

[Jennifer_17]

I took an overnight train from St. Petersburg to Moscow just a couple of weeks ago. It was great because I saved a night's accommodation! I took the Red Arrow at 2355, and it arrived in Moscow at 0800 the next morning. It was great for me!