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St. Petersburg Slideshow
St. Petersburg
Travel Blogs from St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
Impressions
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Äåíü Ïîáåäû - Victory Day
Äåíü Ïîáåäû - Victory Day (Russian: Äåíü Ïîáåäû, Den' Pobedy) marks the capitulation of Nazi Germany to the Soviet Union in the Second World War commonly referred to in the Soviet Union as the Great Patriotic War. This capitulation ...
First Class to St. Petersburg
THE MOST BEAUTIFUL OF ALL RUSSIAN CITIES After four years of visiting Russia, I finally visited St Petersburg, saving the best for last! We took a very comfortable overnight train from Moscow to St. Pete and arrived excited to take in the sites. The days ...
Meeting my Aunt Bärbel
... . A German bus driver could have never repaired the engine. He wouldnt have had to, coz of the precautions that are taken. Love and hate Russia at the same time. What an interesting feeling. In Petersburg I met with Bärbel, my favourite Aunt ...
City of Evil
... to keep an eye out for the ‘on the go’ sign. Quote from the tour booklet. After arriving in St Petersburg, clearing the not so friendly Russian customs, I had to keep my eye out for the transfer pick up. After 60 minutes, I had decided no one ...
Spring is arriving
... I continue runnig here. it was such a bliss. sunshine and warmth everywhere. soft and warm air of spring is arriving in st petersburg. the ice is melting. water is dropping from the roofs. birds are singing songs while they are floating down the ...
Hermitage and by water in Petersburg
We wanted to go to the Hermitage, but no luck - thanks to the Russian holidays a queue of many hours! ...
Pie Making and night walks
... my hands. I kid you not. Then we ambled back to the hostel and watched a film called Admiral which tells a true story of a Russian naval Officer who headed up the White Army against the Red Army when the revolution happened in the early 1900's. Irena very ...
Summerly St. Petersburg
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Going to a Russian Beach
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Project "Sightsee Northern Venice in one day"
... cannon shot signaled the beginning of the Revolution of 1917 (also visited the first building of St. Petersburg - the log cabin of Russian emperor Peter the Great) Peter and Paul Fortress Vasily's Island The Bronze Horseman (statue dedicated to ...
Russian Museum
Visited the State Russian Museum, the largest depository of russian fine art in St. Petersburg. Found some of my favourite paintings by russian painters: The Ninth Wave by Ivan Aivazovsky, Ship Forest by Shishkin, etc. One of the museum's wings contained ...
St Petersburg - a day at the Hermitage
... and if it only takes a few minutes to smoke a cigarette, these people must go through several packets a day. Phenomenal. Walking around St Petersburg is like swallowing an ashtray and you can probably figure out that I'm not a smoker. With all the white ...
"Although this land is not my own..."
... finally pulling out of Finlandsky Station (the same station that Lenin arrived April 3, 1917 in order to start the Revolution). St Petersburg in particular has really captivated me, and last night while walking along Griboevda Canal, I kept looking at ...
sunshine
... well either. It depends on the hospital he or she is working in. Most of them earn some money on the side. In St. Petersburg a university professor earns about 300 € monthly. Opposed to this, the driver of a regular marschutka (small bus) can ...
St Petersburg - Culture - Round One
... to get off at Novgorod (an Older capital of Russia and smaller town of 300,000) and decided instead to continue directly to St Petersburg. A couple quick thoughts, no exits are labeled in Roman / English / Pictures in Moscow. St Petersburg has almost all ...
To friendship.........Just a small drink
... his 3 other mates. no sooner had names been exchanged, then a bottle of tomato juice appeared, swiftly followed by vodka. the russian fellow explained that anna would be happy because we were drinking bloody mary's "which is an english drink". the first ...
Welcome to Russia!
... priceless. Decorated stretch limos (even Hummers!) cruised the streets and lined up curbside at all the picturesque spots. St. Petersburg is a grandiose city of enormous proportion. Beautiful big buildings inhabit entire blocks and walking around is a ...
Moscow
... , later that night, we took the train back to St. Pete (4 people in our cabin unfortunately) and spent Thursday walking around St. Petersburg a bit more, showing Mahbod some areas he hadn't seen yet. One bar that we went to that night was actually ...
Hermitage & Hospitals
... . When I finally got out we really enjoyed our visit. We visited the Fortress of Peter and Paul and walked all over St. Petersberg. I am currenly in Krakow and have been to Minsk and Warsaw. I'm on quite a strict diet and several medications and I'm ...
Perfect pre trip vacation
As the title says, Florida was a great way to ease into our trip. The warmer weather was certainly nice. After the first day of about 14 degrees, we were in the mid 20s from then on. Steve and I played tennis every day except for one, which will help to ...
Culture + History Galore
... in Poland to apply for a Belarus visa, but when we enquired whether there were still any berths left on that evening's night train to St Petersburg, we were told there weren't, so ended up taking a train back to Warsaw instead. We had time to go and find ...
Inabstinence, Power and Grandeur
... (considering that I've just spent three months in Asia) but rough enough to remind you that you certainly were not. Baikal, St Petersburg and to a lesser extent Vladivostok were my highlights, as was the company of fellow travellers Amber, Jackie and also ...
The 2nd Week...
Hello again! It took me about four to five days to get over the jet lag, but I think I've FINALLY adjusted to Russian time. It stays lighter here later, the sun doesn't set until at least 10, probably later, so that's hard to get used to. Hm, ...
St. Petersburg: Day 2
... Kazan after she saw that, then I am sure she would have been fine. That is the reason she wanted to come to St. Petersburg. Anyhow, it was a small apartment, which really wasn't that much of a surprise but the stories that they told were really ...
St. Petersburg: Day 3
... is kind of hard to find, but we managed. We went to buy tix. FREE and then went to the church and a museum of St. Petersburg from the 1700's to present day. It wasn't that good, but the church was again very beautiful. They certainly don't do ...
St. Petersburg: Day 4
We got up early(ish) and headed to our first jaunt out of the city to Peterhoff. It took forever to get there AND we were charged more than the posted prices on the bus but whatever, we got there and the grounds were very beautiful. The ...
St Petes in Autumn
... a crash course in the alphabet may be in order for the Trans-Sib portion. If it weren't for the russian language and cyrillic alphabet, St Petersburg could be confused with a European city. Between the ornate palaces, churches, and canals, Peter the Great ...
Chilli Burgers and Train Tickets
... ), photos, blah, then CHILLI BURGER. And what a burger. After a full day of wandering we treat ourselves at the recommendation of St Petersburg in Your Pocket and are not disappointed by the fare at Carl's Jr. fast food. Back in our hostel we meet our ...