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St. Petersburg Slideshow
Travel Blogs from St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
Still in St Petersburg
... our train to leave there is at 10pm so might have to run after the match!! should be fun tho. Hopefully out for a few drinks in St Petersburg tonight with Hannah so that should be fun. anyway, ill leave it there for now, will write again soon.... ...
Arrival in Russia
... Russia Experience (who we have booked the Trans-Siberian leg of our trip with), met us the day after arrival to show us around St. Petersburg and fill us in on the sights and history of the city. At only three hundred years old we liked the place; the ...
Pushkin Day
Visited the house on Mojka 12, the last residence of the best Russian poet of all times - Alexander Pushkin. He rented a modest 11 room appartment to house his family and servants. That is where he was brought after being fatally wounded by ...
"I have visions of hilly Pavlovsk"
... mother, so I head out into the kitchen. I'm just about falling asleep over my new editions of Ermitazh art magazine and Russian Reporter when I feel somebody pulling on my arm. It's the Kyrgystani doorman who had taken quite a shine to me. ...
Last looks at St Petersburg
... 's a shame really). Anyway, after the church/museum, Ho-Ki and I did what any sensible guys would do on their last day in St Petersburg, we found a covered sidewalk cafe to watch the people to by, and THEN we had a couple of beers, and of course watch ...
St Petersburg
... ago it would have been nearly impossible for me to get a visa to Russia, now it IS possible, but still somewhat difficult. St Petersburg is only about a 3 ½ hour drive away from Helsinki (by bus) but with boarder customs youd better set aside a whole ...
Some Pictures from Petersburg
So this afternoon I went out to the airport to meet Benny and Tom, who arrived in St. Petersburg today. We had a good time walking around the center of St Pete, stopping a few times at some outdoor cafes for food and beer. They were quite ...
Commie Underpants
... of the world. And before we knew it the skies were dark purple and we were packed up and off saying good-bye to St. Petersburg. We were on the overnight train to Moscow. We had a 4 bunk berth and after boarding held out hope that we ...
Back in the USSR
Arrived in St. Petersburg yesterday ona bus from Tallinn. The bus left at midnight which meant that we crossed the border at about 3am. Bleary eyed we had our first encounter with the Russian 'no smiling' policy (apparently it is concidered to be ...
ST. PETERSBURG - Arrival!
... did in the time of Peter the Great. Thus, this part of the city is spectacularly beautiful and considered a "living museum". And, since St. Petersburg was created on a swamp, the entire metro system had to be built 150+ meters underground, in a layer of ...
I'm on a boat
... . I have learnt to read the letters they use so I will just have to learn the language that can't be too hard right :). In st Petersburg we have seen some amazing palaces and churches. And I can really picture my self as a Russian emporess, too bad they ...
To the last bit of Russia we will see. St. P
... climb over the seats to get the big bags out when he finally let us pay the 300 and opened up the back doors. I hate Russian taxi drivers. Elissa was going to go to the Dostoevsky Museum (absolute bore!) and I was gonna hit the internet, in shifts so ...
Amazing Hermitage!
Friday, June 11, St. Petersburg, Russia morning tour, the Hermitage This morning our tour started with a visit to the Hermitage and I was excited, another one of those things I've dreamed about doing. I saw original paintings by Leonardo ...
Church of Spilled Blood & St. Isaac's Cathedral
... ; The church has never been re-sanctified and does not function as a full-time place of worship but it is now one of St. Petersburg's main tourist attractions. Enough of its history on to the good stuff, the outside of the church is very colorful ...
Wrecked at Peterhof
... in particular was intrigued. We were even happier because we figured out how to catch it for our thirty minute drive back to St. Petersburg. In fact, we were feeling so good that we had the ipods on and were rocking out. I was listening ...
St. Petersburg
... better design with a better price. Before we knew it our bus tour was loaded with Russian nesting dolls. We visited the St. Petersburg Hermitage museum which had an impressive display of cultural artifacts. I can't say ...
St. Petersburg
... better design with a better price. Before we knew it our bus tour was loaded with Russian nesting dolls. We visited the St. Petersburg Hermitage museum which had an impressive display of cultural artifacts. I can't say ...
St Petersburg
... them - There were men selling smeely eels on the street corner near our hotel - There are lots of parks in St Petersburg - The Catherine Palace and Church on Spilled Blood were both incredible. Catherine's Palace had a fantastic Amber room with ...
Cruising the St.-Petersburg Waterways
The skies are perfect this afternoon, and as the boat is just a few steps from our apartment, why not go for a ...
2nd day in St. Petersburg and the Neva River Cruis
... (but it had been raining a bit, sooo). Back on the bus we headed back to the port. Our ship departed at 7pm from the St. Petersburg port. The breakwater seemed very close to the ship as we left. I went up on deck and began taking more ...
Packing to go!
Cynthia and I are now packing for our trip of a lifetime. On Tuesday morning we fly to Chicago where we change planes and then fly for 15 hours to Hong Kong! After a week in Hong Kong we fly to Singapore for another week. I am going to try to chronicle ...
Zimski san
Krećemo iz Zagreba u 6:55 letom za Frankfurt te u Frankfurtu nakon nekoliko sati vrludanja nastavljamo put za Petrograd. Iz Frankfurta kreĉemo u 13:35, a stizemo na nase odrediste u 18;40, ne zbog duljine puta nego zbog druge vremenske zone koja ...
Hangover Central
... solid without stopping gains our full respect! Anyhow, time to hang around until our sleeper train leaves for Moscow at 12am. All in all St Petersburg has been good but we think the people we've met have made rather than the city itself. Next up - ...
The Orthodox Churches
Two of the most distinctive sights on the St Petersburg skyline! The great Golden Dome of St Issacs Church, it is the largest Russian Orthodox church and took 40 years to build, They had to build a railway and dock to transport its pillars! The ...
Prison Museum and night train
... and royal family are buried, including Nicholas II and his family. Once out of the main prison part there is a river beach were hairy Russian men in thongs work on their tans! This evening we took the metro to the train station to take the night train to ...
St Petersburg
St Petersburg was the highlight of the cruise, where we spent two days visiting the Resurrection Church of the Spilled Blood, Peterhof palace and fountains, and the Hermitage. At the Hermitage it was "no dogs" - ...