Peter with his own eyes

flight.

We have tickets for UtAir. Tushechki little old, with a seating area where the legs at every landing run into the back of the next row. But a decent diet and punctual flight departures to brighten up. Fly from Kaliningrad to St. Petersburg for about an hour and ten minutes. But the fact that out of the Pulkovo to Nevsky Prospekt took nearly half an hour. And that's without traffic jams.

hotel.

We ordered the hotel based on pictures rather than recommendations. In the end the choice fell on a network of residential hotels Rinaldi. All the pictures looked decent. But on arrival it was found that the number is very small, with poor ventilation. Clean, but a lot of annoying little things: the bed is practically limited by two walls, leaving the passage of approximately 15cm. TV is tiny, there is no table, no towels for the feet, the floor in the bathroom is cold, adjust the water makes it impossible to quickly and easily set the desired temperature of water, Wi-Fi is not as a class. Internet access in the hotel - it is connected to the makeshift kitchen, a common computer. The key should take. All this is annoying and spoils the feel of the rest. During 3200 a day you can expect more.

metro.

The reference of Transport has been chosen St. Petersburg metro. And it turned out that not enough stations in the city and urban infrastructure is poorly linked to them. This is not Moscow. For example, a movie theater where we watched Avatar, a half-hour walk from the nearest metro station. But the worst thing in the center. In all Nevsky Prospect station, two and even up to the Hermitage have to stomp about half an hour. In winter, the cold and slush is not the most exciting experience.

Of course, there is an extensive network of buses, trolley buses and trams. But for tourists it is not the best way. Trapped thing happened after watching Avatar, when we boarded the wrong bus and nearly went to Kuchino. As a result, the way to the hotel grew on one trip on the bus and jog half a kilometer to the nearest metro station.

It goes underground rather amusing than impressive. Slopes are very deep - in Moscow, these hills are not often caught, and here in St. Pete, we found only a shallow slope. Part of the subway stations are separated from the ways of the entrances to the elevator cars. On the other hand most of the stations of the beauties of the builders have done without putting at the center of the functionality.

Another funny moment is connected with the transition from one branch to another. On the part of the stations simply switch to the other side of the platform. And there, yes, you go to another branch, and not on the train going in the opposite direction on the same branch. Still, there is a weak attachment to the objects of the stations most annoying. Virtually all have to go up a half hour to two hours. Yusupov Palace Until we finally did not come down.

Museums.

I'm not a fan of all antiquities. But if it is necessary, therefore, be. Cabinet of Curiosities - boring, more suitable for students undergoing the international geography. Freaks enliven the show a little bit, but it is only one room and then - at a great lover. By the way, most people in this room. A big plus of the Kunstkammer - intelligible and navigation displays show a linear.

Kazan Cathedral Museum will not name, but it's interesting place to explore their religious principles. Inside the cathedral is a large part of the Kazan icon of Our Lady ( to touch and kiss ). The remaining space can be divided into two parts: the church and the souvenir shops and places of worship ( icons, relics, objects ). Curious and praying, too, about equally.

St. Isaac 's Cathedral in this respect, a more holistic. And a lighter. And look at what is. And obzorka free and quality. Out in the Colonnade - it is 200 steps on foot, not the idle amusement. Kind of nice, but it does not look at that: the spiers, cathedrals and hats in general, all. But in the summer of view should be prettier, probably.

The Hermitage - not a place for jogging. Too much. I would not recommend this museum for fast travel. It is better to choose one and dedicate it to the exposure for 2-3 hours, than an hour to run twenty rooms and leave the cereal in the head. A look at what is. Classic paintings and unique antiques are simply fantastic and seemed to have gone from the pages of history textbooks.

In fact, all. Yusupov Palace Before we arrived, the Russian Museum, too, decided not to go. A museum of chocolate excluded because not interested. There were plans to travel to the suburbs, but the nature and laziness have made their adjustments. Coming out of the hotel an hour of the day it is difficult to catch more than one or two seats.

entertainment.

In nightclubs, we do not walkers, especially because we had clear plans to go to the cinema and the theater as possible. In the end we went to the show 'Dad on the fireplace ' in a theater stage Raikin. This is a small intimate theater seats about 300. The hall was filled with approximately 110% - people sitting on the side benches. Few were surprised that almost all came as a movie - in our province is not accepted and the theater trying to dress up. Buffet struck his desire to snatch, navarivaya 600% on alcohol and 2000 % for sandwiches. However, the people ate nice vodka and brandy, preparing for the play.

Sam spektal chetverochku on the minus. It was evident that the actors work out, sometimes slipping into excessive enthusiasm mixed with vulgar gestures. But it was funny. When compared with the performance of the same author (Ray Cooney ), in the same translation Mishina, but raised in Kaliningrad theater, blatant vulgarity was smaller, the game is slightly better. Still, expectations were more.

Cinema in Kinomax in the Rainbow - the second place we went to have fun. Sam cinema - nothing unusual, just a big movie theater. But Hall chic Imax: huge screen, high lift chairs on the adjacent side, good acoustics. With mikrozalami in KARO not compare, of course. Unpleasantly surprised srach just left the audience after the show: almost the whole room was strewn with popcorn and cola partially filled.

Generally srach proved to be quite typical for places of mass gathering, in the cinema at the cafe tables are not cleaned even once in those half-hour we spent in it. Once going to McDonalds, we immediately went out and. In a small cafe or rarely visited - with a purity slightly better.

food.

Since the hotel we went without food, then eat in public schools had. In St. Petersburg, highly developed network of pancake: teaspoon, and other Teremok. There are many more schools Coffee House, but we have never visited. Affordable food is quite weak, to put it mildly, it is not tasty. The very best food service: sellers and waiters are attentive and quick enough. But cheap food is not worth it.

As a result, we stopped at Cafe Jazz. Expensive, but at least the food is normal.

Average check for any coffee - from 200 rubles. We seldom that the cheaper 500 rubles. For example, a cup of coffee - it is 80-90 rubles, any Pirozhenko - 90-130 rubles. Dinner for two stands at about 1000-1200 rubles.

Stores.

We do not buy something came, but walked to the shops. On average, more expensive than in Kaliningrad on 10-25%. And the meat, and bread, and all garbage. For example, beer Kronenbourg in Kaliningrad costs 50 rubles in St. Petersburg - 60. Some products are for the same price, but the average basket of something to chew on in the room got up to us at 300-500 rubles.

books.

For that I love the big city - so it is possible for their book. In the end I bought a book Branson's ' Naked Business ', and just check out nearly 1,800 rubles - and this is no fiction books, of which there a great many. I recommend a network of bookstores Barrister - people understand how to sell books.

people.

People in St. Petersburg quite friendly, courteous and responsive. This fundamental difference between the second capital of the first. Nothing bad to say about Moscow, but the people there are focused and self-absorbed - to others they do not care. In St. Petersburg, always glad to help. This is good.

Surprised the traffic light nihilism. Almost all of Peter runs a red light. In all parts of the city. Before our eyes, no profit, but a chance to see the flight of a pedestrian has been repeatedly. However, given that the average for the city is lit red light about a half minutes - pedestrians can be understood.

People dress up in a poor little middle. Brightly dressed, or at least almost no chosen people. In my opinion the reason is not the mentality, and the gap between the incomes of the general population and living standards. Although, it should be recognized, wages are higher here than in Kaliningrad - the usual razdatchitsa in a teaspoon gets 17tys. And manager of the company 20-25.

hypermarket.

Rainbow - fucking good shop. Acropolis in Klaipeda, nervously smoking and goes on hiatus. Victoria in Kaliningrad on the stand and drochat range. In general, the shopper paradise. They say that there is also the place more abruptly and more.

summary.

Peter - an interesting town, is where to go and what to see. But since I like to live in Kaliningrad. I do not like to have something to get half an hour longer.

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