Hermitage, Saint Petersburg

St. Petersburg: a City for all Seasons

  White Nights in Summer! Precious Summer in Saint Petersburg! The fountains are running, days are long, nights are bright and short and an exuberance of life flows through St. Petersburg. Warm... 

St Petersburg : City of Peter the Great

 Saint Petersburg was already long time marked on my want-to-visit list. And the seeing of all those images of the celebrations of 300 year anniversary of St Petersburg made that feeling only become... 

St. Petersburg in Spring

 In May 2003, just prior to the 300th Anniversary Celebrations, we spent eight days and nights in St. Petersburg. Peter the Great modelled the city after European capitals and it has long been... 

STUNNING ST. PETERSBURG!

 We have already been to the Ports of Stockholm and Helsinki, now, we have arrived at St. Petersburg at 7am, and will not be departing until midnight! Great, as I believe there is a lot to see here! 

St. Petersburg - City of cathedrals and bridges

  In June 2005 I put my feet on Russian ground for the first time, which has always been a dream of mine. I arrived in St. Petersburg by train from Helsinki and the city was my holiday base for one...