The Idiot St. Petersburg

82 Moika Embankment/Naberezhnaya Moiki, St. Petersburg , North-West Russia, Russian Federation

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    Dragging Into St. Petersburg

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    ... 6:30am to watch the countryside go by. The porter brings delicious coffee about half an hour before we pull into the station in St. Petersburg. I feel grungy and grumpy from not sleeping and not bathing. I had written to they guys earlier about being ...

  • 2

    Another Great Day

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    ... stop and admire the architecture, we went back to the hostel and waited for Sara to arrive. When she finally did, we went out back to "The Idiot" and had some dinner. I decided I would like to try a sip of Absinth, and see what the fuz is all about, ...

  • 3

    St. Petersburg

    ... . Then we had lovely romantic walk home across the river in 'white night' 11pm sunset over St Isaac's which was fabulous. St Petersburg is called the 'Venice of the north' but it just reminds me of Copenhagen. Very scando-european looking. Day 2 We ...

  • 4

    Niet, Niet and Niet!!

    ... on reception were so rude, but we put it down to being really busy.. but after that, every single other Russian person we came in contact with in St Petersburg was the same. They all went out of their way to be rude and unhelpful. Which was a shame as ...

  • 5

    From Russia With Love

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    ... city. We had decided to go to a place we had heard lots about, a small pub/restaurant/Dovstoyevsky's-hang-out-place, called "The Idiot" (after his book). I have never been to a cooler place, only a few dim lights, a really artsy atmosphere, and ...

  • 6

    St. Petersburg

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    ... whilst we were there was rescued by the British navy so no tragic repeat of the Kursk disaster). All in all, the love affair with St. Petersburg continues...If only it weren't for the politics... Moscow was really only a stop-over to get Mongolian ...

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    From Russia with Gloves (and a hat)

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    ... of dykes and bridges. Still, I digress. Back to our sauntering. We sauntered along further until we reached what is the jewel in St Petersburg’s crown (does that make it the jewel of the north?) - the Hermitage, pretty much the biggest history ...

  • 8

    St. Petersburg

    ... your senses. Next, we headed to the Peter and Paul fortress. The fortress was erected in less than a year to defend St. Petersburg in the Great Northern War against Sweden; however it was never used for that purpose, since the line of defense moved ...

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    From Russia with love

    Hello again! Ad, Alex and I have arrived safely in Russia! St. Petersburg is stunning! I can't get over how beautiful the city is! There will be many a picture to come. We did have a silly mishap though. We each made the mistake of thinking that one of ...

  • 10

    What the (beep), isn't it spring?

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    ... in the spring thinking that the weather would be perfect for exploring the city on foot. But was I wrong. Arriving in St. Petersburg in the early morning after an overnight train ride from Moscow, the first thing I noticed was the temperature -- it ...