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St. Petersburg Slideshow
St. Petersburg
Travel Blogs from St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
Happy 4th of July
... . Monuments to the statues on top of the buildings. Gilded, domed buildings, ornate fascia, granite and marble columns. St. Petersburg was designed to look European with a slant towards the French, so not a lot of the "onion domed" ...
St Petersburg Day1
We have docked in St Petersburg which is where we stay for the remainder of this trip. After an early breakfast we are off on a city tour which stops at Smolniy Institute, St Isaac's Square, Peter and Paul fortress, the obligatory souvenir shop and an ...
Beautiful St. Petersburg
... silk. All the furniture was original and commissioned for this house. Unlike Berlin that was destroyed by the world wars, St. Petersburg was heavily protected and was barely touched. We enjoy a nice lunch on a docked riverboat and ...
Internet! Finally!
... and helped us with some of the foibles we had with Russian grammar. It is exciting to think that I'll get to spend time with a Russian friend while I'm here. I'll write more this weekend when I have time. But right now it is late and I still have a bit ...
Russian prepaid top up machine
... today how to use those cell phone top up machines found everywhere. It really wasn't anything complicated just had to get pass the Russian options. The fellow who showed me was a young Russian lad who works at the hostel where I am at. Speaks English ...
From Russia with Love
... lot of people on career breaks due to the global recession, so we don't feel that old! We've walked miles and miles round St Petersburg and only got lost twice! The architecture is breath taking. Highlight so far is the Peter & Paul Fortress and ...
arrivée en Russie/arrival in russia
1er arrêt en Russie! nous allons passer 2 jours dans la belle ville de StPetersbourg first stop in russia! couple of days in ...
St. Petersburg, Parts Two and Three
... around 40 million dollars!). This morning, we loaded onto a bus and headed out for two smaller towns just outside of St. Petersburg. Our first stop, Tsarskoye Selo, was only a 20 minute drive ... that is, until our bus broke ...
Saint Peter the great or terrible???
... portion :D), beef, cabbage, with the obligatory Vodka on the side. Spot on. Stroll afterewards until sunset (about midnight) and St Petersburg was beautiful at night, too. Walking tour the following days was great, with the courtyards and culture (i.e. ...