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“WHITE NIGHTS” IN ST PETERSBURG DAY 5

RUSSIAN FEDERATION | Friday, 2 Nov 2012 | Views [1263]

  Pavlovsk is an 18th century park and palace ensemble Day 5: Wednesday Pavlovsk  is an 18 th  century park and palace ensemble located 30 kilometers south from St. Petersburg. Catherine the Great gifted the estate ... Read more >

Tags: pavlovsk, photography, russia, saint petersburg, st petersburg, travel


“White Nights” in St Petersburg Day 4

RUSSIAN FEDERATION | Thursday, 1 Nov 2012 | Views [988]

  Day 4: Tuesday Sometimes you have to go off the beaten track to find small treasures you wouldn’t have seen otherwise. Shlisselburg Fortress was one of these small gems we discovered. It is a town in Leningrad Oblast, situated ... Read more >

Tags: janaline smalman, photography, russia, saint petersburg, shlisselburg fortress, st petersburg, travel


“White Nights” in St Petersburg Day 3

RUSSIAN FEDERATION | Thursday, 1 Nov 2012 | Views [817]

  Day 3: Monday   We got up a bit later than planned but after a lovely cup of coffee headed out to get the speedboat to Peterhof. We boarded the boat just behind the Hermitage and it was a quick boat ride to get to Peterhof, ... Read more >

Tags: peterhof palace, photography, russia, saint petersburg, st petersburg, travel


“White Nights” in St Petersburg Day 2

RUSSIAN FEDERATION | Wednesday, 31 Oct 2012 | Views [1413]

  Day 2: Sunday   We had a good nights rest, although it didn’t get dark. The sun sets around 1am and rises again at 2am. After applying a couple of plasters to our already blistered feet we hit the road to Peter and Paul Fortress ... Read more >

Tags: photography, russia, saint petersburg, st petersburg, travel


“White Nights” in St Petersburg Day 1

RUSSIAN FEDERATION | Tuesday, 30 Oct 2012 | Views [1729]

    Day 1: Saturday   We booked a week away in St Petersburg to go and take advantage of the White Nights!! Judith and I left Moscow on the Night train for St Petersburg at 2am. We had a sleeper coach in a compartment ... Read more >

Tags: janaline smalman, photography, russia, saint petersburg, st petersburg, travel


Snow covered Saint Petersburg

RUSSIAN FEDERATION | Monday, 8 Oct 2012 | Views [1617]

  Every year I go somewhere special for my birthday and in 2011 I decided to celebrate my birthday in mystical St Petersburg for a weekend. Who wouldn’t plan a weekend get away to a place where it’s windy, snowing and -28 degrees ... Read more >

Tags: cathedral, icicles, janaline smalman, russia, saint petersburg, snow, travel



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