Wednesday 2nd June

Terrific storm last night, hope tents stayed dry!!....11am gave trailer away--all sorted--squashed in car but hey--doesn,t matter...but all that work and time and money and food and effort --- gone--just like that...bought another ticket for the queue and will try again....12.10pm back in queue.....2.30 in Russia;, they checked passports and paperwork time and time again, paperwork is crazy....5.10pm St. Petersburgh --the car in front is a ford focus called a ROLF!!....8.50 still driving around looking for hotel--the traffic is unbelievable its taken us hours to move just 5km. cars driving on pavements to overtake and pushing into queues--it's like every driver thinks that they are the only important one on the road----we put music on...David Bowie...now it becomes fun again....people are waving and taking photos manage to move some more.....stopped to buy satnav!!! St. P. is a beautiful city,,,very hard work for us as strangers, but well worth the visit!! 10pm found motel but no cashpoint so we just took one room and brought in sleeping bags, we can now stretch our legs out for a bit, there is zero leg room in the car!!!