Archived:PlanB

B for Baltic, not to be confused with Balkan.

White nights 2015 runs 23 May - 10 June. Or 11 June - later. Or 22 June - 25 June (that's the film festival anyway?). Ballet and Opera apparently runs 28 May - 27 July? Scarlet sails are allegedly June 23?

We should be able to avoid Rev's wedding on July 25th.

So, Plan: A trip from June 13 - June 28, with much of the second week in St Petersburg.

The ferry from St Petersburg to Stockholm is every 4 days, so rather irregular :(. But St Petersburg - Helsinki is almost daily, overnight (depart 19:00, arrive 08:00). Alternately, high-speed trains.

Helsinki - Stockholm: daily ferries, or overnight ones.

So, working backwards:

Sunday 28th: If Copenhagen-Cologne sleeper is still running, day in Cologne, then an afternoon/evening Eurostar home. Otherwise, day in Paris, that being the only place one can get a decent overnight train to from Hamburg.

Saturday 27th: Day in Copenhagen, or possibly Hamburg. If no Copenhagen-Cologne sleeper, then leave at 15:42 on the train to Hamburg (train ferry! woo). Urgh, no dice, that gets in after the sleeper leaves for Paris. Well, figure something out. Worst case we take the Hamburg-Cologne or Hamburg-Amsterdam sleeper, assuming those still exist.

Friday 26th: Day in Stockholm, then sleeper train to Malmö, and a follow-on train to somewhere more interesting (Copenhagen or Hamburg)