Best Eastern Hotel Andersen St. Petersburg

... good! <br><br>Day 2 started off a little more slowly than planned, but today was a day for venturing outside for a bit of sightseeing. My first words to describe St Petersburg &#8211; Freezing cold! The wind ripped right through you and I believe this Aussie was frozen within minutes. Fast walking required at all times made it bearable and the blue skies were a blessing. <br><br>Checking out the sights of Nevsky Prospekt (which is supposed to be the trendiest street ...

So here I am with only 3 days left in this long trip. It is hard to believe that it is coming to an end. I have some museums visits and the like to write about here but today I just wanted to write a couple of lists...<br><br>Things I will miss about Russia:<br><br>1. Russian language - pretty self explanatory. I know that when I get back to the States it will be so strange to hear English around me in place of the swishing sounds of Russian and will be even ...

... we got over the the Political History museum which I remembered from two years ago was very interesting. In the museum there are a lot of icons and exhibits that explore the methods used by Stalinist government to oppress Russians during the purges. It was extremely interesting to see how Russians today relate to and view such a difficult time in there not-so-distant history. By the time we were done it was almost 5 am and we decided to head to the bus stop to get home. The most ...

... London. I think he's trying to make me feel better and only in my DREAMS would London take it. And I hope I DON'T dream that as its quite a boring dream. The next day I went to The Hermitage which was unbelievable and really inspired me. There were so many rooms and so much gold gilded everywhere with chandeliers! Dutch, Flemish, Russian, English French and many other rooms. Big slabs of marble and some Lapis Lazuli which I love. There was ornate armour, oil paintings, tapestries ...

... St. Petersburg and what did I do? I went to go look at dead people. Well, I didn't actually see the people but I saw their headstones in the cemetery. There is a cemetery at a monastery where many writers, musicians and artists that are famous in Russia and around the world are buried. I saw the headstone for Dostoevsky (he wrote Crime and Punishment among others) and the composer Tchaikovsky. There were others but I didn't recognize the names or I may have ...

... Anna Karenina, and Kostina said we'd be reading that one last, so I think I'll get everything read in time. We have dinner at seven, and I see a night full of reading in my future. Now all that's left is to try and pay the Internet Cafe guy...I'm working on my alphabet and numbers at night. BREAKFAST/LUNCH: Kasha with cranberry sauce Soup (chicken broth, noodles, vegetables, sour cream) boiled potatoes, fish (lots o' bones) shortbread fruit pastry

... none of the photo's would come out. Everyone is pretty tired after early starts and eventful transfers so we call it and early night. Having had some success the previous evening passing my UK drivers license as a student card (one of numerous little hints and tips that our Hocho's are great for) for a discount, I was desperate for it to work again the next morning. In Russian, and it is something that the guide books don't make much of ...

... que je croyais enfin avoir regle cette demarche, la jeune fille, tout a fait aimable a ma grande surprise me dit que je n'aurai pas le temps de le faire dans la matinee. On ne peux pas tout avoir, etre recue par quelqu'un de gentil et arriver a ses fins... Il est alors temps de me render a la gare de Moskovskii pour prendre mon train. Je suis content de voir que Katia a pu se liberer pour me dire au revoir. Apparement, on se verra a Mscou car elle doit s'y rendre dans deux jours.

... her life before getting to the good stuff with Lenin that it annoyed everyone. Despite this we did see Lenin's office and the balcony he made many important speeches from. As we were speedily going through we hit 1917, and it stopped, finished, nada. They did not have anything on Stalin at all. We were all disappointed. That afternoon we did have free time to look around and Natalie, Dave and I headed to the markets to buy some presents. Natalie had some background information to get ...