Hotel Aurora Petrogradskaya
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... voudrait la rumeur) et on y danse, on y danse. La nuit se terminera comme ça, alternée de bières, de danse et de bâtons de feu (Kostya enflamme les extrémités d'un bâton puis réalise des figures rotatives. Il participe à des festivals et a l'habitude de cette pratique).
Le lendemain, direction les bains russes (appelés bania). Ce sont des sortes de sauna. Il s’agit en fait d’un bain de vapeur chaude (vapeur obtenue en ...
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... so much easier than Moscow! The English names make all the difference. Went to a funky modern art gallery in an old bread factory and had dinner on the terrace. My roommate, Gundrun, and I decide to check out the seasonal raising of the drawbridges. The one closest to us is scheduled to rise at 1:35am. Since this only happens during the summer, I asked how the boats get through during the rest of the year. Obvious to most, I guess...the river's frozen! In the ...
Texas Charm and an IPhone
... else was disallowed except that there was a picture of what I think was a stiletto (as in the shoe). Whoever would wear 6-inch Manolos to the Hermitage deserves to be put in the gulag.
Photography is allowed, even with flash, except in the rooms with paintings. No problem.
So we spent more and more time looking at gold ****.
We actually whizzed by two Botticellis to get to something that Olga wanted to show us. At this point I ...
'Pretentious Moi?'
... Jack and I's "Harry and Ron charm" (as a girl from Tallinn described it) but this provided a much needed contrast to the factory produced army of icy faced female museums primed to snap at even the smallest amount of noise. She cooked us food for her own pleasure, was constantly rearranging the furniture of the small hostel to make sure that we had enough space and even, much to my surprise, once gave me a vicious spank - the implication being that she disapproved of my ...
Sight seeing - Saint Petersburg!
... did this painting add to the world? Well (he says sheepishly) after googling Felix Vallotton I found out that he is an important figure in the the development of the "modern woodcut" and his still life portraits demonstrate that to wonderful effect.
Where does that leave me? Well I still don't appreciate many of the great artists but I did love Picasso's work that was on display, really loved it. I later found out (via google again) that some of ...
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