How this place changed my life — 11 months ago
saint Petersburg, Russia! I have been there so many times i lost count. I first went there in 1994 with a group of physicians, for study at the I.P Pavlov Medical Institute…while I was there i fell in love, and 7 years I was engaged to be married to Julia, who was born and raised there. She works in Administration at the hospital there. St. Petersburg is a very unique, beautiful city, rich with history. The Romanov family was there, long ago… Peter the Great had his palace on the Neva…(it is now The Hermitage, a fantastic art museum, second only, in my humble opinion, to the Louvre!), Catherine had her beautiful blue palaces there too….it is the city where Czar Nicholas Romanov, Alexandra and family were shot to death, after the Bolshivik Revolution. Now at the site of their deaths, is a beautiful cathedral with exceptional mosiacs on the exterior, called the “Chaple on Spilled Blood” or something close to that… The Neva is big and beautiful, and it is an experience never to forget, White Nights in St. Petersburg, the bridges over the Neva are raised, wonderful festivals, music, dancing…. The people of St. Petersburg are mostly very kind and friendly (for Russians) and although much of the city reflects the ruins of communism, there is so much to see and do, a great experience…I would have loved it there even without Julia.. As for Julia, it’s a long story, things never worked out for her to leave Russia because she could not take Alexandra, her daughter, away… Again, long story, but forgetting matters of the heart, St. Petersburg should be on anyone’s list if they love to travel to places rich in culture, tradition, art, history. Just be prepared to eat cucumbers, and dont drink the local Vodka!
Ciao!
GUERRIERO
