Where are all the Ladas and no-one is wearing shell suits!

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7-9th June

What a couple of days! I have managed to see more land marks, musuems, columns, military posts, churches and palaces that could be seen in ten lifetimes.
The city has more opulance than Alladins cave and it shows as the people of St Petersburg are very proud of their city and it shows. Every building has been either restored is under restoration or has been lovingly taken care of and nothing in the city has been built higher than Alexanders column, (which I know that means nothing to you), so basically there is no awful high rise buildings and only the real magnificent buildings are seen on the cities skyline.
The city is built on a series of canal and water ways and at 1.30 am all the bridges are drawn up and you could easily get stuck on one of the many islands until they re-open again around 4.30am.
As for the people here, all he woman walk like catwalk models in their scarely high high heels and impeccably turned out and the men seemed to be more concerned about bronzing themselves on the shores of the river . Everyone seems to drive land cruisers, BMWs' & Mercedes and they all drive as if they are in a Jason Bourne movie.
I have not seen a Lada yet! Was this really a communist country? I think they could teach the west a thing or two!
St Petersburg is a real jewel, oh and because we are close to the Artic circle it never gets dark here and there is only a couple of hours of dusk between 12.30am & 3.30am and every day it is like being in the Algarve in high season, oh bliss. So far there is nothing dreary about Russia.

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Photos

Church of Spilled blood
One of many churches

Leningrad seige museum
Love this museum all about the Russians fight for Leningrad against the nazis

View of the city from St Isaacs
The third largest Dome cathedral in the world after St Pauls.

Comments

[Dawn Smallwood]

Welcome!
Good for you to join travelblog! Looking forward to keeping in touch with your adventures! Happy travels! Dawnx