Travelers Blog: St. Petersburg

I am a college student and doing my majors in Russian history. Many of my friends find it weird that I have chosen such a subject to major in but I find it very interesting. Along with my regular classes, I also take Russian language classes. My parents are very supportive of my interests and during my summer vacations they gifted me a weeklong stay in St. Petersburg! ...  Read more

When you travel to St. Petersburg you should not miss the pilgrimage to The Hermitage or else you simply have wasted your trip here. Here is where you will see the artworks of Catherine the Great. On the way there we passed through the Summer Palace gardens with the countless statues displayed on the park grounds. It is a common thing to protect the statues during the winter and so all we got to see were the wooden boxes that housed these pieces of culture. ...  Read more

This year we decided to spend our family vacation travelling to Saint Petersburg and staid in an apartment. My wife Linda wanted to book a hotel, but I told her, that the apartments are as comfortable and less expensive. ...  Read more