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St. Petersburg Slideshow
Travel Blogs from St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
Heathrow - St Petersburg
... before we left, Doug and I had brought half of Boots with us, so have been able to treat them. (No infections present!) St Petersburg was lovely, the Honcho, Marina was very informative and took us to lots of places that were 'very Russian'. The ...
Celebrating New Year in Saint Petersburg
... Russia. Everybody's celebrating. We as well a bit. Are now at a sushi restaurant eating some delicious sushi and dringing Russian champagne. Later there will be huge fireworks. Mysteriously all the clouds are away. Hmm.. maybe they sprayed some chemicals ...
Lovely weekend in Saint Petersburg
We arrived in Saint Petersburg after our last Russian train, overnight from Moscow. We traveled 3rd class, called 'platskartny', and it wasn't too bad if you don't mind sleeping in a coffin-sized box. It was actually fine for one night but we wouldn't ...
Leaving Moscow and on to St Petersburg
... to flag down what we think was a taxi! It was about 13 degrees at night so pretty nice. We booked our night train to St Petersburg and we arrived here about 11am this morning (Saturday) the train took about 9 hours. Already you can tell that it is ...
St Petersburg
... entry to Russia everyone must fill in a declaration form with passport details etc, only problem is its all in bloody Russian, which was fun! Later found out the authorities had only recently removed the English translation from the form, fortunately the ...
"Gee, it's good to be back home"
"I love you, Peter's Great Creation" I spent yesterday and today just wandering about St Petersburg, partly due to a desire to do nothing and a bit of bad planning on my part. I had forgotten just how amazing this place was, and I questioned what I ...
Pretty Petersburg
... teenagers that we managed to find the entrance....right by the telephone box of course! We could immediately tell why they call St. Petersburg Russia's prettiest city. We walked all over the place as its the best way to see it. The architecture ...
Still working on this blogging tool
I really don't know which is more difficult trying to understand the world of blogs or trying to learn a few phrases in Chinese. I can't believe time is flying by so fast. Jay and I went trip shopping today, I am still pinching myself saying " are we ...
Old Leningrad
... We had a quick walk around the courtyard before heading over the bridge to see the Admiralty. There was a large navel history to St Petersburg and if you looked up and down the frozen river you could see various ships from various centuries tied up on ...
That Which I Know Not, Teach Thou Me- A.Carmichael
I wouldn't say I have culture shock just yet, just culture fascination. I'm told that we are in the "honeymoon phase" of the trip. The 4th or 5th week we will inevitably experience some sort of tension: homesickness, culture shock, etc. I know I will ...
And in the end.....
....after our final all day train journey, from Moscow, we arrived in St Petersburg - the last stop on our journey. St Petersburg was besieged and in part was badly damaged by the Nazis, but was left largely untouched by the Soviets. As a ...
New Year's in Saint Petersburg
We made it. Back to Russia. Celebrating the new year. It seems a bit strange to be here in winter with temperatures above zero and no snow... . Oh well, nevertheless, there's free champaigne at the sushi bar ;-). Photos and impressions may follow. Or ...
Collection of pics: People and parties
Here is a small collection of pictures from parties. Mostly of interest to those who were there of course. Yep, we had some good times ...
St. Petersburg - Sheremetyev Palace
... the Museum. Fortunately for us, most of the museum staff spoke some English, which more than made up for our complete lack of Russian. After paying our entrance fee (200 Rubles), and use of a camera fee (120 Rubles), we were soon greeted with a ...
White nights in St Pete
The White nights in St Petersburg only last a month. So we went to check them out. St Pete is like going on holiday from busy, smoggy Moscow - so green, warm, little streets, bridges, canals, Neva river so big, sailing boats, the fortress. ...
Moscow, to the End of the Line
I have arrived in St. Petersburg successfully, although at times it seemed a little doubtful if I'd make it or not. It's a pretty bittersweet moment for me - I've gone from Vancouver to Beijing and then across three countries. I'm back where I used to ...
Hermitage Museum
... thousands of years old. Not to mention that the Hermitage buildings are themselves an excellent example of opulent Russian Czarist architecture! I can't possibly begin to explain just how jaw-droppingly, breath-takingly amazing the Hermitage Museum ...
Hermitage Part 1 of 2...
Sometimes I find the "getting there" as fun as the final destination...as you will see from the photos...yes, my four hours of intense viewing in the Hermitage were awesome...and this evening's performance of Giselle in the Hermitage Theatre worth the ...
Lazy start
Had a nice lazy day today, slept until noon, went for a walk with grandma and her cousin, at whose place we are staying. The apartment is very interesting - it's located in an old building which was built before October Revolution of 1917. It was ...
St Petersburg 1
... , tour bus, or by tour boat. I have never seen anything like it and again I am experiencing awe.. We arrived in St Petersburg yesterday evening. The apartment we are staying in is pretty centrally located and is big, with tall ceilings(they must be ...
The Hof, Peterhof
... ! - and they have stern ladies at the foot of the escaltors just looking...). We then got a marshrutka (minibus, named after the russian dolls) out to the palace - these seen on the borderline of legal, like matatus in Africa but not so crowded. The ...
Water, water everywhere... but hardly a bathroom!
... , we met the group in a different area of the ship where it was much better organized to start our two days in St. Petersburg. Our group headed out, where first we had to go through immigration. There was an immigration official this morning that was ...
From St. Petersburg With Love
... . The amount of police to, obviously hold the crowds of rivaling cities, was an experience in itself. The game was enjoyable with St. Petersburg winning 5-3, even though we both did not have a clue as to what was going on or what the rules were! After the ...
Last Day in St. Petersburg
Today is a Sunday and we haven't been able to go to mass for the last two weeks. So we found a Catholic church nearby our hotel where they hold masses in various languages including Korean. We attended the 9:30am mass in English. After mass, we headed ...
The kindness of strangers and a date with Boris
... the menu but eventually got some very nice local Belarussian food. Tatiana and her children Marina and Daniel were returning to St Petersburg and we had a lovely time made possible by her excellent English - she also teaches German at University ...
River Cruise and the Hermitage
... are all brick with stucco'd exterior. Every once in a while there is a church. At one time, there were 150 churches in St. Petersburg. After the revolution of 1917, the number was reduced to 35, with all the others being destroyed by the ...
St. Petersburg: Day 5
... did see. I am happy, nonetheless, it was neat to go outside of the city and see another part of St. Petersburg. I hated missing Tsarskoe Selo, but I hope that perhaps I will be lucky enough to be able to come again ...
Vodka anyone? Bueller?
... a real pro at conversation and I am amazed at her progression. Anyway, it turns out that the guy "builds buildings" and goes to St.Petersburg from Kazan several times a month. He says that he not Tatar, though he looks like one and has a French ...
Russian Opera Boris Godonov...
... to cast and orchestra...all gave a cohesiveness to the evening...but I did notice a few yawns from the orchestra members (somehow obtained a seat in the first row!) before the last french horn note sounded at 10:45...a real full evening of ...