Tylislo said:
A bit off topic, how did you travel between Moscow and St. Petersburg. With train, plane or car?
I flew, but I wouldn't recommend it. In fact, I'm throwing away my return ticket and just getting the train tomorrow instead.
The flight itself is only around 90 minutes, and cheaper than the train, but then you have the hassle of getting from Moscow city centre to the airport, then all the airport bull **** and hanging around, then a horrible flight on an old, smelly plane. Then you have to take a bus into Saint Petersburg from the airport. In total, it took about 6 hours (though to be fair I could've taken a train an hour later from Moscow and still had time to make the flight; I just didn't want to risk it) while the train only takes around 4 hours and is much more modern and comfortable.
So yeah, I decided today that I can't be **** ed with the hassle of flying, so I've bought a train ticket to get back to Moscow instead. It's annoying to spend the extra money when I already had a plane ticket, but there's a lesson learned at least and hopefully anyone else making the trip from CF won't make the same mistake just because the flights are cheaper and "quicker" than the train.