REMARKABLE SEVEN DAYS IN THE NORTHERN CAPITAL Nick Gryunsit, Australia in St. Petersburg, we quickly learned some interesting things. For example, the fact that in Moscow and St. Petersburg unemployment quite small, but in the central part of Russia with the work issues, so here come the people of Ukraine, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. We learned about this kind of driver who drove us from the airport. We also learned that the women here dress very provocatively, but under no circumstances do not smile. Even in Russia fry a delicious hot BBQ (I saw this on personal experience, although my friend Alisha did not want it to check). More on the streets and even in shops here are locked refrigerators with soft drinks, and open them only from behind the counter in some tricky device with remote control. We have the habit and continued to pull the locked doors of refrigerators. We also learned that here the laws of supply and demand do not apply to stores that are located in residential areas. There are so many, some are open around the clock, serving some kind of dark courtyards. I can not understand how they're still not be burned? And another interesting observation. Apparently, all the old broken and battered cars made in Russia. No less important observation concerns blacktop. Here we have to literally look down - the sidewalks and roads littered with all sorts of dangers that are just waiting for someone to have stumbled or fallen into them. To be very careful. Alisha in the reflection of the day of our arrival in St. Petersburg was a warm, pleasant and sunny. This was also the weather during our entire week stay in the city - it was about 25 degrees, and never had more than 30. We stayed in a small apartment in downtown close to Nevsky Prospect, this is the main street of St. Petersburg, which somehow you always get. We enjoyed staying at the apartment, we loaded the refrigerator products, ready yourself and save considerably on cafes and restaurants. We also own laundry, which delivered us from the unpleasant and familiar to every tourist to the problem. On television, Alicia has found a dubious contest singers. Something like the Eurovision, it was attended by singers from Russia. She said that it is worse in my life saw nothing ... That is was we had a good time. One of the older houses in general, St. Petersburg - a beautiful city with beautiful homes, with character, beautiful embankments of rivers and channels on which you can walk or doing at all what you want. Urban transport tourists are not very suitable. Have made it clear to local residents or guest workers, because rarely subway station or bus stop is where we're going to go! Had basically move as follows: getting to the end of Nevsky Prospect (on this route often do the buses), and then went on foot, where we needed. We have made no one big hike in St. Petersburg, most of them were walking pleasant, charming and, thank God, is completely safe. We even had no idea about something to worry about. Russian, with whom we met, except for the fruit seller, who ripped off from us a lot of money for their goods, were quite friendly and helpful. We have successfully managed to communicate with gestures and words like "yes," please "and" thank you ". Language and cultural barriers do not become an obstacle in communicating, contrary to our expectations. All this is somewhat reminiscent of Poland, where almost no one and did not speak in English. If absolutely necessary you could always find someone who spoke in English, in places where tourists usually drive, for example, the cash register, where they sell tickets to the ballet, or at the entrance to the Hermitage. Golden statue at Peterhof first major attractions that we visited was the Peterhof palace, built on the shore of the Gulf. For the most part he is famous for its parks and a diverse array of fountains. For these parks, we walked around for a surprisingly good weather: The sky was clear and the sun shone. We liked the main fountain, which consists of many smaller fountains, which threw the water in all directions from the golden statues. All this is somewhat reminiscent of Linderhof, King Ludwig's castle, but it was much prettier. (Bavarian King Ludwig of the rules in the second half of the XIX century, went down in history as "a fairy-tale king" because he built castles, approx. Perevi.) Among the other attractions can be noted fountain in the form of a rotating sun, surrounded by beautiful rainbows and some "pepper" who play the horn who publish only one note. Therefore, the entire melody is formed from certain segments, they each performed for 3-5 horns. It was interesting and unusual! Everything was full of Russian tourists, including the ubiquitous crowds of scantily clad Russian women in an extremely extravagant outfits - very short shorts, skirts and bras push-up (giving additional volume to the chest, ca. Perevi.). We Alicia watched as they were posing provocatively, while never smile, and a long time afterwards discussing what they see. Alicia believes that women see themselves only as sexual objects and therefore can express themselves only through sexuality. We could not understand why they do not smile, though, they may think they look better without a smile, which is very stupid. All of this spectacle was a bit dull. We pondered the fact, added to cause wear glasses Russia in the competition among countries about which we could say that live there the most beautiful women. We concluded that the crowd of women dressed up as confused, hardly at all relevant to the concept of "beauty", although among them there and really beautiful. In addition, they lose a lot without smiling. No luck, Russia! The main fountain in the palace of Peterhof very memorable rooms. Some of them are white with an incredibly generous gilt and stucco on walls and ceilings, some covered with beautiful paintings. In Europe we have visited about two dozen palaces, Peterhof safely be called one of the best. Fountain of the Sun After a visit to Peterhof, we returned to town and tried to get tickets to the Russian Ballet, but were surprised when they learned that all the major ballet companies departed for summer vacation. What nonsense! Then we went to a market where many sellers are trying to scream to attract attention. It felt like we were back in Asia. How to respond to all this, we did not know, so I just installed them eye contact and say "No", so they stopped. Read more:
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