Rabu, 23 Mei 2012

St Petersburg in 1 hour (and 8 minutes)

Oh my GOSH it has been so long since I last posted! (I must stop starting posts like this.) Anyway, I'm currently in St Petersburg for a few weeks and this afternoon I had a few free hours so I decided to set myself a challenge. As I've been here so many times before, I've visited all the main sites so today I thought I would try and see them all in 1 hour. The great thing about St Petes is that everything is so central so you can walk everywhere. I set off at 4pm and (almost!) managed to get round everything in an hour... Here's what I saw:


River Fontanka

Mikhailovsky Castle

River Fontanka

River Moyka

Mikhailovsky Garden

Russian Museum

Church of the Spilt Blood



Matryoshki!

Griboedov Canal


Nevskii Prospect

Kazan Cathedral

Nevskii Prospect

Kazan Cathedral

Dom Knigi (huge, massive bookshop!)

Kazan Cathedral

Nevskii Prospect


River Moyka

The Hermitage/Winter Palace


Dvortsovaya Ploshad


River Neva



Peter and Paul Fortress

Rostral Columns

River Neva



The Bronze Horseman

St Issac's Cathedral







River Moyka

Wedding locks on a bridge
1 hour 8 minutes well spent!