It was cold in the evening as i waited for the train to arrive. I took one back pack for this short trip. The train has the same design as the one i took to get to st petersburg in winter.
But this time i wont want to miss the chance to visit the train restaurant.
They looked just as i ve always imagined. All red and with some golden touch to the decor.
It was about 630am when the train stopped at st peter to board more passangers.
Then the custom check 2 times.One time was at the border out of Russia and the other was At the border into Helsinki.But the funny thing is that the custom officers are inside the train!As i dont need visa to cross the border,some russians are puzzled.
The moment i reached Helsinki,i felt better. The people there speak in english. Some speak in Russian. I felt easier. The place was partly deserted if comparing to the overpopulated City like Moscow or Kuala Lumpur.
The first place to see was sealife. But comparing to Singapore's sentosa,it was lacking in size, structure, variants of fishes and not to mention the entrance fee was higher.
Everything is to be paid in euro. Then, decided to try KEbab at chilli's. Judging from the photo outside, no one will ever thought the portion on the plate to be so huge!!i can hardly finish half of the plate!Besides, their kebab is a lot different from the ones i tried in Moscow.
The city was windy, but sunnny. The view of the sea makes my heart fond.Reminds a little of home but of course the smell of the sea air here is a little different.
Instead of tiny yellow flowers growing amongst the grass was some violet flowers..pretty.
The national museum was closed so walked on to the parliament building. Multiple zebra crssings make me felt a little nervous but then and again, this place wasnt moscow. The cars do really stop!haha
However, we were told that the shops ,malls are all closed by 1900.So walked and walked and get some food from a small minimarket ,the metro looks similar to singaporeans metro.
I felt such a wonder as russia wasnt far from this country but yet the culture and people are so different!Some people might say that the buildings here are quite similar to st peter. i agree so but looking down the floor, hardly ciggarete butts or spit are noticable.
Had a good night rest and on this sunday-easter..had a good loook at the train station.
