Oracle Harmony 2012 (May - June 2012)
 
St. Petersburg Russia
Finland
Latvia
The Trip Home
 
There has to be a first time for everything ... this year is my first year at Benelux Connect. I am hoping to finally see more of The Netherlands than Schiphol Airport and maybe, with any luck, be able to take a quick look at Belgium and Luxembourg in preparation for a return trip where I can spend some serious time. But do you think I will be able to find my way to C gate and Bubbles? You bet!
 
 
Distances:
4,861 mi. Seattle to Amsterdam
1,099 mi. Amsterdam to Sankt Petersburg
  229 mi. Sankt Petersburg to Helsinki
  225 mi. Helsinki to Riga
  824 mi. Riga to Amsterdam
 
Date / Airline - Flight Depart Arrive Duration
Thursday 24 May Ticket #s 0067055420384/85 & 0067055420386/87
KLM 6032 SEA 13:40 AMS 08:30 09:50
Friday 25 April      
KLM 3095 AMS 10:00 LED 14:30 02:30
Hotel  
City Tour visit to Peter and Paul Fortress (4)
   
Saturday 26 May  
Tour The State Hermitage Museum (3)
Restaurant Dinner w/ Dasha
   
Sunday 27 May  
Tour Catherine Palace Park in Pushkin (4)
Restaurant Demidov 20:00
   
Monday 28 May  
Return to Hermitage  
Restaurant TBD
   
Tuesday 29-30 May  
Train to Helsinki #125MA
seats 11A & 11B
STP 10:30 HEL 14:01 04:xx
Hotel, Aulanko, Finland Kylpylähotelli Rantasipi Aulanko #142924
Rantasipi Oy, Aulangontie 93, 13210 HÄMEENLINNA
tel. +358 (0)3 658801
aulanko.rantasipi@restel.fi
www.rantasipi.fi
   
Thursday 31 May  

Harmony, Aulanko, Finland

 
airBaltic 3OT985 HEL 18:30 RIX 19:35 01:05
Tallink Hotel Elizabetes iela 24, Rīga Latvija
   
Friday 1 June      
Harmony Latvia  
Tallink Hotel

Elizabetes iela 24, Rīga Latvija

   
Saturday 2 June  
KLM 3090 RIX 11:35 AMS 13:00 02:25
KLM 6162 AMS 15:05 SEA 16:25 10:20
 
Name Address Phone Desc
Dasha Savelyeva Express to Russia / Best Hotels Russia / TravExpress
2, Muchnoi per., St Petersburg, Russia 191023
+7 (812) 570-6342
+7 (812) 570-4709
dasha@expresstorussia.com
Saturday dinner
       
Bellevue Kempinski Hotel Moika +7 (812) 335-9111 European not traditional Russian
Caravan 46, Voznesensky Prospekt +7 (812) 310-5678

$101+, European, Uzbek, clay oven and real Caucasian shashliks
The kutab, a lightly fried pocket filled with shrimp, pumpkin, or cheese (no url)

Demidov 14, Naberezhnaya Reki Fontanki +7 (812) 272-9181

$101+ good view romantic, European, Georgian, Russian
http://www.rest-demidov.narod.ru

Dvorianskoe Gnezdo
(The Noble Nest)
21, Dekabristov Ulitsa: City Center +7 (812) 312-0911 $101+ romantic,European-Russian (jacket+tie)
www.dvgnezdo.ru
Erivan 51, Naberezhnaya Reki Fontanki +7 (812) 703-3820 $50-100, Armenian
Khinkalnaya-Khachapurnaya 8 Borovaya St +7 (812) 575-6836 90-140 rubles, Georgia shashlik, eggplant with walnuts
Kilikia 26/40 Gorokhovaya Ulitsa +7 (812) 327-2208 200-600 rubles, Armenian
Kolhida Restaurant Nevsky Prospect near Alexander Nevsky Sq   Medieval bldg, Georgian dishes like lamb shashlik, basturma, kebab
Last Palace     Russian and Intl
Mechta Molokhovets 10, Radishcheva Ulitsa +7 (812) 279-2247 $101+ romantic, good view, high class elegant russian, rustic meat entrees,
especially the venison with mushrooms and lingonberry sauce and the lamb
with rosemary and garlic
Restoran Vasilevsky Island & the Petrograd Side +7 (812) 327-8979 Seafood, 400-3000 rubles
Russian Empire     elegant, beef stroganoff, lobster
Staraya Tamozhnya 1 Tamozhenny per, Vasilievsky Is +7 (812) 327-8980 salmon with coconut sauce and the roast veal with figs and a pumpkin-morel puree
The Year 1913 13/2, Voznesensky Prospekt +7 (812) 315-5148 $50-100, Russian