Hotel RA on Kuznechniy
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Welcome to St. Petersburg
... corner is the Singer sewing machine building- now coffee shop/bookstore wirh expensive drinks and great views. We pass the Lady of Kazan Cathedral and end the tour near the Church on Spilled Blood, where Tsar Alexander II was murdered. His son built this church in his honor. Two carriages passed by, the 1st with bodyguards. Anarchists threw a bomb, but the Tsar was unhurt, When he went outside to check on his guards hit by bomb and died shortly ...
Texas Charm and an IPhone
... just gave up and said I can’t do it. I had Bob’s hand on my butt pushing and someone inside pulling, and I got in. I wasn’t the only one that needed help, but I felt like I was the worst, and to be honest, it was kind of humiliating.
When we stopped later for a photo stop and another bathroom/shopping break I stayed on the bus. **** it. **** Russia.
I had already decided that I wasn’t going to do the evening tour ...
This is the end
... waar we een adembenemend overzicht kregen van de Russische schilder- en beeldhouwkunst van de laatste eeuw. Ook hebben we last-minute kaartjes kunnen bemachtigen van het wereld befaamde Bolshoi-theater, dat net na drie jaar gerenoveerd was. We hebben er naar een 4 uur en half durende opera gekeken genaamd: Gudunov. Waanzinnige decors en kostuums, een fonkelende zaal, volle en krachtige stemmen en een echt paard! Ze hadden zelfs Engelse ondertitels geprojecteerd, maa-haa-haar het ...
Fairytale land
... the 'onion dome’ architecture, frozen rivers and snow, felt almost as if we were walking through a fairytale land. Unfortunately, this feeling was shattered when a roof clearer would push a big clump of snow from 20 metres up and narrowly miss where we were walking; a common hazard in Russia!
A trip to the ballet was everything we hoped it would be, and I enjoyed joining in on the many encores and shouts of ‘bravo’ from ...
Into Russia
Our journey to Russia began in a Helsinki parking lot. After investigating the situation the day before, we realized that, while expensive trains ran the route to St. Petersburg, no busses leave the bus station for Russia. However, if you happen to show up at a particular parking lot at a time which we were assured was 9am (it wasn't), then you would find a slew of buses, minivans and other transport to take you into the Russian Federation. Kristin, who ...