Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood - St Petersburg
To me this church was more impressive than St Basils Cathedral in Red Square, Moscow. The whole of St Petersburg is just stunning and is littered with beautiful architecture, beautiful cathedrals and of course the famous hermitage museum..
Outside Peter and Paul Fortress on an Autumn day in St Petersburg. The Peter and Paul Fortress (Russian: Петропа́вловская кре́пость, Petropavlovskaya Krepost) is the original citadel of St. Petersburg, Russia, founded by Peter the Great in 1703 and built to Domenico Trezzini's designs from 1706-1740.
The fortress contains several notable buildings clustered around the Peter and Paul Cathedral.
The cathedral is the burial place of all Russian tsars from Peter I to Alexander III, with the exception of Peter II.
Lena and her friend, Nastya in St Petersburg.
Nastya, Lena and myself chilling out in an apartment along Nevsky Prospekt...
This was taken on Fontanka Ave near the Neva river just off Nevsky Prospekt. The building in the distance had this Deli on the ground floor with an amazing assortment of russian delicacies which we frequented from time to time.
The whole strip of Nevsky Prospekt is amazing, filled with old worl charm and russian architecture at it's grandest during Pete the Great's era..
Peterhof Palace
One of the days whilst visiting Sy Petersburg, we took a day trip to check out Peter the Great's Palace - Peterhof Palace. It was the only day the sun shone during the entire trip and couldn't have happened on a better day so that was great. The palace and gardens were breathtaking and you got a sense of how grand the czar's era was and powerful this city was during Peter the Great's rule.
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