St. Petersburg
We took an overnight train from Moscow to St. Petersburg, the city of the Russian czars.
St. Petersburg has lots of grand buildings and canals.
The Winter Palace is home to the Hermitage, one of the world’s biggest and grandest museums. If you’ve seen the film Russian Ark, it was filmed in the Hermitage.
It is filled with paintings and statues from all over the world. The rooms themselves are like the palace of Versailles, with walls decorated in gold leaf.
The real reason Russian brides are popular.
St. Petersburg also has the deepest metro in the world. There is a super long and steep escalator ride to the platforms. It takes 5 minutes on the escalator and there are signs asking people not to sit down on the escalators. You still see people sitting down though.
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Tags: Eastern Europe, Russia, Travel
Posted by Aidan on Mon 16 Nov 2009 at 09:16 under Travel, Travel - World | Permalink
Dear Aidan san
Thank you very much for showing us these beautiful pictures.
I didn’t think this city can fascinate me this way. I want to visit it some day.
Sincerely
yuko
Hi Yuko.
I’m glad you liked the photos.
St. Petersburg is a really beautiful city with lots of great museums.
Have fun,
Aidan.