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Hey! I am off to Petersburg for my birthday in a few weeks, and was wondering if anyone knew some fun things to do?
Also, does anyone know if there is any ice hockey being played there at this time of year, and if so, how easy is it to get a ticket?
ty :)
fun things!
are you old enough/ young enough to go clubbing?
do you like museums?
eat at чайная ложка? they have good blinis and great tea too!
drink russian champagne, (comparitivley) cheap!
eat honey!
take the metro!
Don't look like an Englishman in St. Petersburg.
I am old enough to do anything :p
And how do i not look like an englishmen??? (I don't think i do anyway).
How does one know that you don't look like one? :o
Sorry for offtopic, but how does the REAL ENGLISHMAN look like??
They have black top-hats, with a cane made of gold and a jacket made of 1000-ruble notes.
tdk
U-huh - you described the typical bourgeois - буржуй in Russian :lol:
Really though, fun things in petersburg....
See the Hermitage (Even if you don't like museums, its still pretty cool)
Stay out late to watch the bridges go up
Order champaign and orange juice, then mix them together (it freaks some people out)
DON"T go to strip clubs unless you want to hang out with asians and watch hentai while paying $10 for a beer
Take a boat tour
Check out Nevsky prospect - lots of really fun and beautiful things to see, and also has a pretty active nightlife
*edit* Go to the opera / ballet
thats all I can think of for now...
tdk
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Originally Posted by tdk2fe
sounds like alot of fun, i think i am staying right by nevsky prospect too!
Shame about the strip clubs though :(... :P
Just make sure that when you stay out late, you have to stay out very late. Because of the nature of St. Pete, when the bridges go up at night it makes it very difficult to get around by car - so your pretty much stranded if you leave your "island". My solution - just party until 6am.
tdk
I WAS going to say watch the bridges go up, but I highly doubt that they open the bridges in the middle of march. *cough* *cough*
Stop encouraging him to drink! He isn't old enough :)
Who said you have to drink to stay out until 6am? Maybe he'll be out at a lan game or something drinking Jolt and playing CS.
tdk
Please don't come dressed as a pearly king - all britons in st pete i know dress like that (i dunno why). Don't shout obsenities in a horrible working class accent on the metro (cuss in a posh accent if you can). Don't try to smuggle in any marmite. Learn to pronounce your t's in words like 'bottle'. Pack a toothbrush or two - local toothbrushes aren't made for the fainthearted. Avoid marsh route cars like the plague.
What does a perly king look like? I just usually wear jeans and a shirt/jumper :sQuote:
Originally Posted by VendingMachine
I will keep in mind about the swearing, and i pronounce my t's anyway :p
plus, I am old enough to drink ;)
If you really want to blend in, just buy a white linen suit. When I was in Russia, it seemed like all the rage. The linen along with pointy turkish shoes. Then you might blend in a little better :)
As for VM, I dunno why he thinks you should stay away from the marsh route cars - you always meet a lot of interesting people in those things.
tdk
VM - *ROTFLMAO*Quote:
Originally Posted by VendingMachine
Come to think of it, Androvsky - don't try to smuggle marmite out of the UK at all!!!! People in the neighbouring countries have feelings too!!!
Have a fantastic trip :D - I was going to do exactly the same - offer myself a trip to StP for my b'day...... but my work schedule didn't agree with me, and neither did my boss :cry:
So, make sure you have enough fun for both of us :wink:
Try vegemite!
ужас!Quote:
Originally Posted by DDT
Well, I dunno how it is in St. Petersburg but in Almaty you usually get stuck in a bowed position in a crush inside "those things". So I really try to "avoid marsh route cars like the plague"Quote:
As for VM, I dunno why he thinks you should stay away from the marsh route cars - you always meet a lot of interesting people in those things.
Note to self: ... " ужас!" is Russian for "Yummy"Quote:
Originally Posted by basurero
Tour St. Isaak's Cathedral. Go up to the roof, count your steps.
Take a hydrofoil up to Peterhof.
Take a day trip out to the Katherine Palace in the town of Pushkin (Царское село).
Go on the Аврора cruiser.
takenty a look:
http://www.waytorussia.net/TalkLounge/c ... on607.html
http://www.acad.carleton.edu/curricular ... golSights/
http://www.43places.com/places/view/103815
http://petersburgcity.com/city/photos/r ... on/places/
Don't forget that there are a lot of nazzi and skinheads in every dark corner in this city, so if you look like a Tajik or have a tiny daughter who looks like a tiny Tajik, you'd better not appear on the streets both.
http://www.vladimirpeople.com/forums/if ... 5212b8a347
Even the great child Soviet poet K. Chukovsky wrote:
"Как ты смеешь тут ходить, по-турецки говорить? Крокодилам тут гулять воспрещается."
http://www.litera.ru/stixiya/authors/ch ... a-byl.html
:)
You must be mistaken, not juice but vodka or cognac, so you'll got cocktails "северное сияние" or "бурый медведь" correspondingly :)Quote:
Originally Posted by tdk2fe
Go to a bazaar, buy a mink hat and a pocket watch along with assorted militaria and a matroshka of Russian leaders. Assuming you have a competent control of Russian you won't get ripped off too badly. Even then, your fat UK pocketbook can take the hit.
That should be respectively not correspondingly :wink:Quote:
Originally Posted by net surfer
Vadim84, oh, thanks!
Just today
В Петербурге в последние дни совершено несколько нападений на иностранцев: гражданина Республики Кот-д'Ивуар, а также двух гражданок Киргизии казахского происхождения. Одна из женщин, получившая более 20 ножевых ранений, скончалась на месте.
http://www.vesti.ru/news.html?id=87167
Of course, you may consider some other city to visit, but not Moscow either. Here you can be buried under a crumbling roof in some swimming pool or market building.
http://lenta.ru/news/2006/02/23/newcentre/
You can mar everything.