Putin’ down more leaders
Throughout my stay in Moscow and St Petersburg I have noticed a few things about people’s attitudes towards current and former Russian leaders. First of all a bit about Vladimir Putin. Bringing...
Day 4: D’ya Yusopov Rasputin was murdered here?
Day 4 – met Tatyana, st Nicholas’ church, city tour, yusopov palace, pie lunch, Finland station, Leningrad memorial Day 4 : We began the day in St Petersburg by meeting our guide Tatyana....
Stop Stalin, start Russian…we’ve got a plane to catch
We left Bridge on coach to get to Heathrow Airport. After nearly an hour of sleeping on the coach, we arrived at Heathrow, checked in comfortably, and got some breakfast to eat. Soon enough, it was...
Change is around the corner
What have you noticed about the way Russia has changed from the Bolshevik period to modern day? The period of silence is now over. Going from restricted freedom of speech and movement Russians now...
We’ve arrived!
25 Brits arrive safely at Hotel Katerina. En route to the hotel we learnt the following (fascinating) stats about Moscow: There are 5 million cars in Moscow 7 million permanent residents 40 museums...
Day three Munich Strathallan School
An early start today we left the hostel for a two hour coach trip to Nuremberg. Some of us enjoyed the opportunity to sleep after ice skating last night left us quite sore and tired! We arrived at...
Day four strathallan school-time to leave :(
The last day of German chocolate spread this morning and strange bread! We walked into marienplatz for some free time and we went up the observation tower of St. Peter’s kirche to have an...
Last views of Munich
Back to the hostel to get the coach to the airport. Last view of the Allianze Arena, the Olympic park and Munich-the nazi heartland. We’ve had a great time and learnt a lot. A great trip to...
Day Two In Munich
Our first full day in Munich involved our second early start for breakfast at and 8, Bush somehow managed to shuffle, blind with tiredness, to the cereal and back all by himself. He didn’t...
Choir of the Year: Saturday 8th February 2014
My colleague Sean and I turn up at Dr Challoner’s Grammar School, interview questions fully prepared, film and sound equipment in tow. My goodness, there are so many people who have turned out to...
Strathallan School’s History Trip to Munich is about to begin
Waking up six o’clock has never been so exciting! Many of us were up even before 6 am as it was nearly impossible to contain our excitement. After a sleepy coach trip, all 35 of us plus Mrs...
Day One In Munich!
After a surprisingly fast plane journey, we arrived in Munich after only two boarding passes, one wallet and one passport had gone missing. We took the coach to our hostel and raced to the room (to...