My travelling adventures...

2006/1/29

Fireworks in St Pete!!!

@ 05:09 AM (30 months, 7 days ago)

Have had a brilliant time here!!! went to Peter & Paul Fortress - just like a castle - all dec.'d out inside and it was really good (the gardens were beautiful - good for snowballs!!! - would be gorgeous in summer with all the waterfalls going) but I was more impressed with the history of the place - eg never used as a fortress, Catherine the Great holed up there in one of the 'cabins', and how the Nazis used it as a base during their seige of Leningrad/St Pete... And had big fluffy snow flakes coming down - beautiful!!!

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