Oz Eigo » Russia http://www.ozeigo.com English Study, Travel & World Culture Wed, 13 Jul 2011 21:20:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= St. Petersburg http://www.ozeigo.com/2009/11/16/st-petersburg/ http://www.ozeigo.com/2009/11/16/st-petersburg/#comments Sun, 15 Nov 2009 23:16:33 +0000 Aidan http://www.ozeigo.com/?p=482 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.

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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.

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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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]]> http://www.ozeigo.com/2009/11/16/st-petersburg/feed/ 2 Moscow http://www.ozeigo.com/2009/11/09/moscow/ http://www.ozeigo.com/2009/11/09/moscow/#comments Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:13:35 +0000 Aidan http://www.ozeigo.com/?p=479 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.

IMG_0184

IMG_0175

IMG_0272

IMG_0376


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.

IMG_0216

IMG_0189


The real reason Russian brides are popular.

IMG_0228

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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St. Petersburg has lots of grand buildings and canals.

IMG_0184

IMG_0175

IMG_0272

IMG_0376


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.

IMG_0216

IMG_0189


The real reason Russian brides are popular.

IMG_0228

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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