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Premiers jours à Saint-Petersbourg
... il devient difficile de respirer tellement la chaleur est forte. Nous sortons donc à l’extérieur et plongeons dans un lac glacé. Il m’aura fallu plusieurs tentatives avant de réussir à pénétrer dans cette eau glaciale. Nous testons aussi le fameux massage avec les branches de bouleau. Nous répétons le cycle chaud/froid (sauna + eau glacée) plusieurs fois et il est déjà l’heure de partir. Ce soir, nous prenons le train pour ...
Welcome to St. Petersburg
... the architect walked his dog around it every day. St. Petersburg was built on a swamp in 1703. Peter the Great was modest and named the city after the saint instead of himself. Since then it has had many names, Petrograd, Leningrad and since 1991, St. Petersburg once again. Peter forced all the Royal family to relocate from Moscow and encouraged everyone who came to bring a stone to help build the city. In 1760, Catherine the Great (wife of ...
Texas Charm and an IPhone
... 8217;t fit my ear very well), so Olga could talk to us without having to yell over all the other tour guides. It worked some of the time, but it was often going in and out. At one point, though, somebody took hold of Olga’s microphone (because we could receive only), and was saying, “Audrey? Where are you? Audrey?” It was kind of funny. We were all a little concerned, but I don’t think terribly so. It was disconcerting, but I ...
This is the end
Onze eindeloze reis is ten einde! Wat is het plots toch snel gegaan! Een ogenblik geleden zaten we nog op Olkhon Island te zweten in een lekker hete 'banya', een Russische sauna, en nu zitten we hier in St Petersburg voor de allerlaatste maal te wachten op een ‘borscht’, de typische rodekool-soep. Straks het vliegtuig op dat ondertussen verlaat is, het lijkt of de goden ons hier niet weg willen. Dus trouwe lezer, ook voor jullie is het de laatste keer dat jullie een stukje van ...
Sight seeing - Saint Petersburg!
... Hat" was amazing too, except I thought her hat was dark blue and I almost failed to notice her breast hanging out. Also a painting of Joachim Wtewael "Lot and his daughters"…. well, on that painting a filthy and lusty man is accompanied by two young half naked females..which happen to be his daughters, now I think there is something totally wrong about this, but hey there must be a story behind.. Young school kids were quite interested viewing it and I listened ...