St. Petersburg
After two short days in Siauliai it was time
for my trip to St. Petersburg. Together with one other volunteer from
Germany Antonia I was going to explore the city for six days.
In
the evening of 4.April I met with Antonia in Riga. She lives in Vilnius
and because of that she came a bit later to Riga as I. From there we
started our loooong bus trip to St Petersburg where we arrived totally
exhausted in the morning at 8 o'clock. We were unbelievable happy when
we met our host Kate. It was a really crazy night with some adrenaline
because of the pass control at the border and not to know what to
expect.
We brought our stuff to Kate's flat and went together with her to the first little city tour. At this moment we already forgot all doubts from the night and how tired we were. Immediately I felt in love with the Church of Savior on Spilled Blood.
We have been in so many places that it is even hard for me to remember. :)
- HERMITAGE (you could go there every day!!),
- Faberge Museum,
- St. Peter and Paul Fortress (Cathedral, Trubetskoy Bastion prison, mint building,...),
- in the St. Petersburg Mosque (which was once the largest in Europe),
- on the top of Isaac Cathedral (such a nice view),
- theater (beautiful place and the ballet was nice. The only problem was that I was reeaaallly tired :P )
- Smolny Institut,
- of course in many good restaurants,
- in the deepest Metro station in the world Admiralteiskaja (Адмиралтейская),...
Believe me I could talk for hours about our special trip to St.
Petersburg, but the pictures show you maybe more the real beauty of this
amazing city.
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St Peter und Paul Cathedral inside!
Just wonderful!! |
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| Admiralty |
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| one of hundreds of beautiful rooms in Hermitage |
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| Smolny-Institut |
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| we even went to the theater to see a ballet |
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| St. Peter und Paul Cathedral, Admiralty and Hermitage |
I really enjoyed the City, for me it was the biggest City I have ever seen and also one of the most beautiful once. Nevertheless I was really happy when we crossed the border again and I knew I am going home to Siauliai. This was a really special feeling for me. :)
