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From Russia With Love
... Well the locals are obviously keen sun worshippers and have found a spot on the edge of the fortress where they go to sunbathe…. They were all sat or stood in the line against the fortress walls in their bikini’s and trunks arms in the air sunbathing, such an odd sight with tourists walking past in coats and hats. As we got back to our bus the grey clouds finally won and the rain came again, the open top bus had a cover but within a few minutes the ...
The Splendor of Peterhof
Thursday, June 1, 2012: Today will be our last day in St Petersburg. It is also the day we have most anticipated. We visit Peterhof Palace. The only two attractions on this trip that have come near exciting us to this degree were Red Square and Catherine Palace. Interestingly, Viking does not include Peterhof as part of its tour. One must buy the optional tour for approximately $80 each. We never hesitated.
While Catherine's Palace was immense with its ...
For me: Great City Wanna Be
... new city. The baroque style predominates but it is a homogenizing of things rather than something distinctly Russian, as I am told you find in Moscow. That, on top of the fact that much of the city was leveled during the Nazi siege makes this city an enigma to me.
After Peter’s death, his daughter Czarina Elizabeth and Czarina Catherine II built the Winter Palace which today serves as the Hermitage Museum. We saw the Mermitage today in about three hours. You need ten or ...
St Petersburg ....... Venice of the North
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A visit to Russian would not be compete without going to see a typical Russian Folk show and Cossack dancers. Included is several photos from the nighttime show at one of the old Russian palaces in St Petersburg.
Our last day trip was an hour outside the city to ...
Don't Step on My Blue Suede Shoes
... I was staring right into the face of a woman who looked like Violet from Willy Wonka and who had a face like a baby whose diaper desperately needed changing. She stared at me, and then...stamped her foot. She actually stamped her foot. While I'll grant you that my shoes were a little dirty by this point, I looked and there was no mark on her blue shoes. Her 300-pound bulk far outweighed my little frame, and I'm sure I didn't ...