Park Inn Pulkovskaya, St. Petersburg St. Petersburg
Pobedy Square 1 St. Petersburg, North-West Russia, 196240, Russian Federation
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Snowy St. Petersburg and flying a new airline
Left bright and early this morning to head to the St. Petersburg office to pick up my passport with a shiny new work visa in it. It was cold in Syktyvkar, but man, it was really snowy in St. Petersburg! But they didn't close the airports or even delay the flights. I guess they've gotten used to landing on snow...
So flying UT Air. It's not …
Out of Doctor Zhivago
Another long drive and rough roads brought us to St. Petersburg and horrendous traffic jams. The weather was changing by this time and on our second day we felt as if we were living a scene of Doctor Zhivago with snow falling! It was quite beautiful but didn’t prevent us from touring the Hermitage--this one-time palace of the tsars— …
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... second in the world only to the Louvre. I saw Rembrandt, Picasso, and so much more. It's so big we basically ran through the museum for three hours and probably didn't see half of it.
So after the Hermitage we had free time. Well, of course I tried to get tickets to a ballet. It's St. Petersburg for Pete's sake (pun intended)! A small group of us managed to get some tickets off the street (for a lot more than the original ...
Welcome to Russia, Mr Bond!
... so we went out for some drinks with people from the hostel to watch this.
With the help of russian-speaking friends, we booked all our train tickets to Irkutsk at the station. Thanks again to Genya and Michael. It took 45 minutes. Our train from Moscow didn't leave til a day later than we planned, so we decided to stay an extra day in St P. We had a blinis night at the hostel that evening.
On the last day wa spent 4 hours in the Hermitage. It's massive, so you ...
What shall we do with a drunken sailor?
... Prospekt (another 30 minute walk at a brisk pace) to watch fireworks above Peter and Paul Fortress. The last Sunday of July is Navy Day, where all of Russia celebrate their national pride in their Naval force. Basically, it’s just like Australia Day. It’s an excuse for Russians to dress up and get drunk. I’m not sure if Russia has compulsory military duty, but everyone seemed to be dressed in striped singlets, and ...
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