For the love of Pete! Part 3
Part 3 – St Petersberg when you need a quick bite and a ballet night out We set our guide, Natalia of St.Pete’s Private Tours, the challenge of three square meals before a great night out; as well as guiding us around all of the sights of St. Petersberg! We weren’t in St Petersburg to trawl the top restaurants but nevertheless wanted to eat authentic Russian food without upsetting our schedule for visiting the principal...
For the love of Pete! Part 1
St Petersberg, Russia’s ‘Western Capital’ is a true showcase of War & Peace. Preconceptions prevail indefinitely unless dispelled by new experience. Certainly, neither the crew-cut Colonel Rosa Klebb lookalike on the security scanner, nor the frosty monosyllabic border guard with curt instructions to ‘look at me’ as he tried to reconcile the death mask on my passport with the bronzed Atlas in front of him, did little to welcome us...
