"St Petersburg in Summer" Saint Petersburg by sue_stone
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In July 2005, Alex & I spent a week in Russia. It was a particularly exciting holiday for us, as my father-in-law was Russian and Alex had been looking forward to seeing the Russian way of life first-hand.
Our first few days were spent in Moscow. We then moved onto St Petersburg for the remainder of the trip. As Alex had gotten food poisoning in Moscow, he still wasn't feeling that great, so we didn't do as much as planned...though we still managed to see enough to feel that we had gotten a taste for the city.
For full details of our trip, see my full Trip Report on my Russia Page.
To see what we got up to on the rest of the trip, visit my Moscow page
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Beutiful page and pictures. I like especially Peterhof and the Church of Spilled Blood. I have never seen any toilet bus - interesting idea :-)
thanks Sue we are doing the same but im not sure that it is on the red arrow good to know ahead that there will be no shower! we are paying about 280 aud each for 2nd class travelling may 09) the australian agent quoted us double for 1st class
Great stories and memories I must say! Thanx! It's time for me to revisit the city...
Great page Sue. St. Petersburg is top of my 'Really Want to Go There' list ;) I wont rest until I see the sun shining on those beautiful domes on the Church of Spilled Blood. Great pics, Thanks -Brian
Great page,I was in St Petersburg in 2005 but only for3 days,going back this August for 7 days,see what i missed the first trip ty for your tips
Very nice and clear pictures; they bring me straight back to my time over there: thank you very much !
Excellent page, Sue - makes me think about maybe going there one of these years....! Lovely!
Lovely page!
Very nice pictures and very good tips of our city! Thanks!
St Petersburg is such a beautiful city with such magnificent monuments and parks. I can't wait to go there in June.
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