Добро пожаловать в Санкт-Петербурге в ночное время,
(Welcome to Saint Petersburg at night time),
Here is a short(er) post with some pictures of night time in St. Pete. On Friday night I went with some of my friends from the group and we met up with some Russians whom we met on the train. There may have been some vodka and beer :-) At about 12:30 am we hopped on a boat to watch the bridges in Saint Petersburg across the Neva River open. Since the Neva River connects to the Gulf of Finland, it is a major waterway traveled by large ships. Since all the bridges across the river are not very tall, they are all draw-bridges. Around 1:00am the bridges open and they do not close again until around 5:30 or 6:00am. So it is almost impossible to get from one side of the river to the other while the bridges are open. Luckily, our boat dropped us off on the right side.
Now I know this will disappoint you all, but there is no history lesson with this post. Simply enjoy it!
First, a crazy-flying saucer-alien looking metro station. Kinda cool right?
A view from the water of the Peter and Paul Fortress.
View of some building (I forget which one). Still really pretty.
View of the Winter Palace//the Hermitage all lit up at night from the water.
A bridge opening. Sorry all the pictures of the bridges are a bit blurry.
Another opening.
A bridge opened all the way. Neat right?!
Well that's all for now. Hope you enjoyed the mini-mini-tour. I might do one more tonight before I go to sleep.
-Товарищ Бен
I am speechless!!
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ReplyDeleteit's amazing to see such a beautiful city at night. i love to see it all lit up and all the lights reflecting on the water. and once again i'm a huge fan of winter palace :)
Those night pictures are awesome, Ben. I bet that is something to see - all the raised bridges to allow for the shipping traffic. Can't have too much vodka and beer at night - you may end up on the wrong side of the river!!
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