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Premiers jours à Saint-Petersbourg
... 8217;eau chaude des pierres à vapeur situées à l’intérieur d’un poêle). Le bania possède trois espaces : le predbannik (vestiaire –déjà chaud- permettant de se changer et banquette pour se relaxer), le moechnaya (bain glacé) et le parilka (l’étuve de vapeur). La température à l’intérieur du parilka peut atteindre les 120°C. La tradition veut qu’on se fouette vigoureusement avec des branches séchées de bouleau ...
Petrograd
... I check out the nearby international bear exhibit: www.ubb-petersburg.com. My Aunt Lilly would love this! The bears benefit UNICEF and are displayed hand in hand to symbolize a peaceful world. I took photos of my favorites. I've never seen so many people out at 2 in the morning! They're releasing these beautiful, paper lanterns into the sky- like little, hot air balloons. There's a definite skill involved. Many have very short flights and end up fizzling out in the ...
Texas Charm and an IPhone
... don’t either and don’t want to know much. But I do object when “guides” perpetuate false information (like one of my pet peeves, calling Leonardo “da Vinci,” which is not his name, for crying out loud). And she said he was the only painter to use perspective. Please. By the way, the Leonardos, though rare (and I think one of them still has not been confirmed to be his work), are very early and not really ...
'Pretentious Moi?'
... and lack of belt.
Without doubt St. Petersburg has been the highlight of the trip so far - it has been the most exciting, the most confusing, the most intimidating, the most breathtaking, the most hospitable place and subsequently the hardest place to write about. It would take months just to scratch the surface of this fascinating city and the complex rules of its society - a blog really cant do it justice. Maybe thats why those Russian novels are so damn long.
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Sight seeing - Saint Petersburg!
... is classed as Surrealism, which makes sense as the only artist book I own is by Salvador Dali (whom was a Surrealist painter) - so at least I know what I like.
Let's move on to something a little more light hearted….
Kristine and I enjoyed a boat ride around St P today and found it really quite nice. Plus we somehow managed to find ourselves in the middle of the Fast and Furious 5 premiere last night - lots of girlies wearing very ...