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Day 8 found us steaming into the cruise terminal in St Petersburg by 7 in the morning. Apparently just ten years ago this huge area was the open sea. It has been reclaimed and can accommodate a number of cruise ships all at the same time. However, it still looks quite desolate, and all passengers would far prefer the cruise terminal be way up the river closer to the center of this great ...
Hermitage
... maar uiteraard zijn die van van Rijn, Ferdinand Bol en Ruysdael ook schitterend.
Van Rijn heeft een hele kamer en zijn meesterwerken worden geflankeerd door schilderijen van zijn tijdgenoten. Soms heb je wel eens de neiging het van heel dichtbij te willen zien maar dan gaat er een zoemer af. Als je dan weer achteruit stapt dan houdt dat ding ook weer op. Voor de echte diehards is er de mogelijkheid om zo dichtbij ...
Only in Russia!
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I should also pause to mention two things which I come to believe are essential rules of travel. Firstly avoid looking like a tourist and secondly, avoid drawing attention to one's self. Our 'friend', the dumb tourist struck out on both counts. Yes he was tall and stood out, but he insisted on wearing a cheap Ushanka hat, resplendent with Soviet star, that he'd picked up at the airport. Secondly he insisted on ...
The end of the line...
... concert pianist who plays shows all over Europe and for that matter the globe. She was a very interesting person to speak to and before we knew it it was time for us to head for our respective flights. Chance encounters like that have been one of my greatest joys on this trip.
Saint Petersburg was simply amazing. It became evident pretty quickly I was going to enjoy this city and over the two and a half days I spent here I never once turned a corner without ...
Disorganized notes from St. Petersburg ...
... They both have PhDs in semi-conductor physics but I tried to steer the conversation to blinis and palaces as much as possible, so managed to survive my mornings without complete mental exhaustion :) - It seems, globally, that children scream when lights are turned off in public places. I learned this at a puppet-based production of the Wizard of Oz ... where, interestingly, the Wicked Witch of the West was portrayed as a bird ...