Snowing in the Cultural Heart of Russia

I take a sleeper train to St. Petersburg; weeks later a train is bombed and several hundred people die.

Train from Moscow to St. Petersburg.

My couch surfing host Sascha meets me at the Moscovski Vokzal and we head back to her place, before I head out for the day.

A typical November day in St. Petersburg.

St. Petersburg, with canals engineered by the Dutch, architecture by the French and buildings by the Italians. It is the cultural heart of Russia (I think at least the Vodka is Russian).

When one visits, it's absolutely mandatory to tour the many churches and museums around. It's preferred to visit in the Summer months when the fountains at the nearby Royal palaces are in operation.

Arriving so late in the year, I found it too cold to visit Shlisselburg, Kronshtadt.

Through couch surfing, I took a boat tour around the canals of St. Petersburg, caught a Russian bard gig at a Jazz bar found someone to explore the city with and saw the Opera at the concert hall of the Mariinsky Theatre.

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