Highlights:
Check out the Kremlin, wander around the Red Square, explore Moscow's flea markets and infiltrate the Kremlin.

Hop a train in Moscow and keep going and going and going all the way to Vladivostok on the Trans-Siberian railway.

Wander the waterways of St. Petersburg - the 'Venice of the North' - taking in the grand palaces along the way.

Take a tour of the massive Hermitage in St. Petersburg to get your bearings, returning later to concentrate on your favourite bits.

Traverse the massive Lapland Biosphere Reserve on foot in the summer or snowshoe, skis or skidoo in winter in search of reindeer, bears, elk and wolves.

If you're a vodka drinker you'll be in heaven... if you're not, start drinking it! Sample some of the world's best vodkas all over Russia.