St Petersburg
2019年10月5日, ロシア ⋅ ⛅ 0 °C
St Petersburg at night
2019年10月5日, ロシア ⋅ ⛅ 0 °C
Great hassle free flights from Aberdeen to Amsterdam, and onwards to St Petersburg.......until I went to get the checked in bag. Left at Amsterdam 😭 So had to wait in a queue for just over an hourもっと詳しく
Peterhof Palace
2019年10月6日, ロシア ⋅ ⛅ 4 °C
Did a tour of Peterhof Palace today, about an hour south west of St. Petersburg. This is the Palace that Peter the Great created as a consequence of Versailles. It was used by all the Russian royals,もっと詳しく
Peterhof Palace
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Peterhof Palace
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Peterhof Palace
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Peterhof Palace Gardens
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The place was virtually decimated during WW2 by the Germans. But the gardeners hid a lot of the statues by burying them. Most of it has been returned to its former glory. The gardens are just asもっと詳しく
Peterhof Palace Gardens
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Peterhof Palace Gardens
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Peterhof Palace Gardens
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Admiralty
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Then it was back into St Petersburg, passing one of two similar triumphal arches commemorating the victory over the French in 1812. I got dropped off at the Admiralty building. This is the centre ofもっと詳しく
St Petersburg Coast Walk
2019年10月6日, ロシア ⋅ ⛅ 5 °C
I then headed for the edge of the coast, just behind the Admiralty building. I came across the old Winter Palace, now the Hermitage Museum, a magnificent green building. Then I saw the queue to get inもっと詳しく
Savior on the Spilled Blood Church
2019年10月6日, ロシア ⋅ ⛅ 4 °C
Turning inland at the next big Prospect I came again across the Savior on the Spilled Blood Church, which looks equally looks as good in daylight. It is also called the Church on the Blood - as itもっと詳しく
Kazan Cathedral
2019年10月7日, ロシア ⋅ ☁️ 5 °C
Had a free day, so wandered around St. Petersburg. Came across Kazan Cathedral, hard not to notice it as it's massive. It is the main church and very busy, not only with tourists, but also localsもっと詳しく
Palace Square
2019年10月8日, ロシア ⋅ ⛅ 3 °C
Today I had a tour of the Hermitage Museum, formerly known as the Winter Palace. I met the tour guide and the three other people on the tour next to the Alexander Column in Palace Square.
Palaceもっと詳しく
Palace Square
2019年10月8日, ロシア ⋅ ⛅ 3 °C
The star attraction of the square is the immense column that sits in its center. Known as the Alexander Column, it is a monument to Russia's victory over Napoleonic France. Designed, ironically, byもっと詳しく
Hermitage Museum
2019年10月8日, ロシア ⋅ ⛅ 3 °C
The Hermitage Museum is one of the largest and oldest museums in the world and an absolute must-see for any visitor to St. Petersburg. The museum was founded in 1764 by Catherine the Great, empress ofもっと詳しく
Hermitage Museum
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Hermitage Museum
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Hermitage Museum
2019年10月8日, ロシア ⋅ ⛅ 5 °C
Hermitage Museum
2019年10月8日, ロシア ⋅ ⛅ 5 °C
We also go into the huge basement to see a collection of artifacts dug up in Siberia, that are perfectly preserved.
Among them is a fine detail carpet, the oldest one of its kind in the world,もっと詳しく
Travel to Moscow
2019年10月9日, ロシア ⋅ ☁️ 6 °C
We took the high speed train to Moscow today. Took about 4 hours, rather than the usual eight hours. Very comfortable and fast.
Arrived in Moscow early evening, and took the metro to the hotel, anもっと詳しく
Moscow
2019年10月9日, ロシア ⋅ ☁️ 4 °C
Match day in Moscow
2019年10月10日, ロシア ⋅ 🌧 8 °C
Match day and we go for a wander around Red Square. Seems to be a farmers festival on, many tractors as well as many food stalls and displays of various vegetables.
Luzhniki Stadium
2019年10月10日, ロシア ⋅ 🌧 7 °C
Made it to the match. Awesome stadium. We were standing next to the press area, noticed some spare seats and took them. We even got the WiFi code from a female Russian journalist sitting next to us 😂












































































































































































