St Petersburg - Day 1

Hey everyone! So as I mentioned in my last post, I took a short trip up to St. Petersburg to meet my Mum and do some general sightseeing. Before having moved to Voronezh, I had never actually been to Russia, so there were (and still are!) many places that I want to go and visit. St. Petersburg has always been at the top of my list of places to visit, and it would be silly not to take to opportunity not to visit it whilst here in Russia. SP is one of the most beautiful cities I have ever visited - it has the amazing European style architecture yet the charm of a true Russian city. One of my favourite things about the city is the canals that run through it. Although I have never been to Venice, I would definitely agree with those who refer to it as 'The Venice of the North' - the canals really give the city a special feel to is. Being big fan of photography, I made sure to bring my big DSLR camera to capture the beauty of the city, and I think I did okay (hence why this post will be split up - I took over 500 photos in 2 days!) Anyway, like I said, I was only there for a short amount of time (Friday evening to Monday morning) so I had to make the most of my time and try to fit everything in! Luckily my Mum had the same idea and decided to book a city tour on the Saturday. The weather was a bit nippy but gorgeous nonetheless, so here are some of my favourite pictures of the places we visited on the first day - I hope you enjoy!

One of the many canals running through the city.

Церковь Спаса На Крови (Church of the Saviour on Spilled Blood)

Исаакиевский Собор (St. Isaac's Cathedral)

Петропавловская Крепость (Peter and Paul Fortress)

Медный Всадник (The Bronze Horseman)

Казанский Кафедральный Собор (Kazan Cathedral)

Государственный Эрмитаж и Дворцовая Площадь (The Hermitage and Palace Square)


Well that's it for day 1! By the end I needed a nap before dinner because I was so exhausted! Well I hope you guys enjoyed and keep your eyes peeled for my second post coming up soon!

Isobel
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one month down...

Sam, Kiara, Grace, Katya and I with some Hungarian Sparkling Wine at Спартак

So here I am, exactly four weeks after my arrival in the motherland and I cannot believe I've made it this far. Russia has definitely challenged everyone and has pushed us all, but we're all still standing and ready to take on whatever it has to throw at us next. I actually can't quite believe I've been here only a month - it feels like a hell of a lot longer but at the same time it's gone pretty quickly. Last night Sam, Kiara, Grace, Katya and I headed out for some wine and pudding to celebrate our 1st month-iversary in Воронеж and it turned out to be a night full of fun, far too much champagne and even resulted in a drunk Russian that wouldn't leave us alone being escorted away by the police (after calling us all bitches and Grace a Jew, I may add)! We've created so many strange yet wonderful memories here over the last 30 days so I thought I'd share a few highlights;


- When a couple that looked about 15 got engaged in front of KFC in the food court. There friends were there with balloons and all started screaming when he popped the question. It was rather surreal!

- When Tyla took the quickest pee I have ever witnessed. The state of the bathrooms at the Russian department are so vile that no one dares to spend more than necessary in them.

- Buying a fake Russian copy of The Hangover 3 from a DVD vending machine for 80 roubles (aprox. £1.50)

- Snow in September!

- The Bar Duck drama (long story, perhaps I'll tell you about it one day ;))


So that's about it! I have an exciting week coming up because on Thursday we're going on a class trip to a 'Rock Opera'(?) and then popping up to St. Petersburg on Friday for a long weekend with my mama, so I look forward to telling you all about it! 


Until next time,
Isobel 
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Isobel Rose. 22.
London-born, Hong Kong raised.
Language graduate. Frequent traveller.
London/Bath, UK


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Third culture kid (TCK) is a term used to refer to children who were raised in a culture outside of their parents' culture for a significant part of their development years.

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