St Petersburg: Day 3

Its really quite tiring to write blogs back to back.  So I've deliberately made myself take a weeks break to blog about my stay in St Petersburg and the rest of Russia till I've actually reached home in Miri, Sarawak.  I think I talked about staying with Marga-Rin who took me around St Petersburg with a cute little car and has a playful cat staying with her.  You see the pictures of the cat she was taking care of below.

Then the next day I went to look for Nastya who was as familiar with St Petersburg as someone who lived there for a month.  She is staying with another fellow couchsurfer in the suburbs of the city. I shared with her a meal and we watched Totoro on my laptop. We did try to look for a Soviet cafe but I think by the end of the day we were too tired to find it so we quickly took the Metro train just before rush hour traffic.

One of the very long escalator rides in the St Petersburg Metro station.

Area near Aleksandra Nevskogo

Karl Marx

Saint Petersburg: Day 2

Here are more pictures from my second day in Saint Petersburg with my next couch-host, Marga-Rin.  A film director, she works in her own company producing many short films and it feels like she is a very busy person but is always on top of things.  We met near Sportinaya metro station and she drove me around to see the many other fantastic sights.

Saint Issac's Cathedral. I went up to the dome to take breathtaking pictures of the city.

That's me running up the spiral staircase.

One of the many views from the top of the cathedral.

Marga-Rin taking photos in her favourite spot.

Peter the Great on the horse.  Later in Moscow, there is another more modern sculpture of the Tsar.  Although according to Alex, my couch host in Moscow, some residents have negative views about it. 

Russian lunch with Marga-Rin.  Borsch, bread, 'russian-new-year-dish' (someone please enlighten me) and pie.

Yeah, the Aurora warship that signaled the beginning of the revolution.

The coat of arms of the Russian army.

Traffic jam near the train station to Moscow.

Walking along Nevskiy Prospekt.

St Vasiliy cathedral.  One of my favourite. It is really colourful and full of mosaics.

The frozen canal near St Vasiliy cathedral.

Nevskiy Prospekt

Inside Gostiny Dvor.  One huge shopping center selling all sorts of things from high-fashion to souvenirs.