tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post2184935969969438914..comments2024-03-27T09:27:33.931+00:00Comments on Idiotic Hat: St.PetersburgMike C.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11279776665185060446noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post-70190581120109882832018-06-07T23:15:13.141+01:002018-06-07T23:15:13.141+01:00Gavin,
It is of course a lot further north than i...Gavin,<br /><br />It is of course a lot further north than it might seem, and summer (and the famous "white nights") only lasts a very short time. They seem to make the most of it!<br /><br />Funnily enough, I was chatting to our Asian corner-shop owner, and said I'd just come back from St.Petersburg, and was amazed when he said, Oh yes, been there loads of times! Turns out he used to work on a ship in the Baltic...<br /><br />MikeMike C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11279776665185060446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post-64356410553261545162018-06-07T18:21:00.814+01:002018-06-07T18:21:00.814+01:00I traveled once to St Petersberg with work - we we...I traveled once to St Petersberg with work - we were visiting a pipeline landfall further round the Gulf of Finland, past Vyborg (now that's a rundown place) nearly at the Finnish border but spent an afternoon in the city before flying home. I didn't have enough time to visit the museums and palaces but managed to wander past the Winter Palace, the Cathedral and look out over to the Peter and Paul fortress and that church with the incredible spire. It was October and the first slushy snow had just fallen - The city seemed empty, very few tourists, very drab and rundown - my pictures all had a rather grey tone. Gavin McLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14630089445696518084noreply@blogger.com