Monday, September 14, 2009

Historic diner in St. Petersburg


When you are going to St. Petersburg travel you can go to any cuisine you would like. There are hundreds of different restaurant, bars, cofee shops and fast foods in the city. Some of them are good, some of them not quite so. Some are new, some are comparatevely old. But there is a special place that is standing aside from all others. You can't say it is old, it is antique.

There is a little place located downtown. During it old lifetime it has seen czars, comrades, and democrats. It is a little doughnut place where you can eat simple cheap dougnuts. But there is something much more interesting about that place. It has become a history itself, where people, and it is busy all the time, are coming there to see and taste that peace of history.

There is nothing fantastic about it. It is like eating a burger, there is nothing special about it, it isn't healthy and doesn't taste so great, but if you are a tourist in US you must try. Whithout it it will be tottaly different experience. Same with this place. If you visit Russia, St. Petersburg, you must visit this place. Ask people, they will tell you where is it.

Saturday, September 12, 2009

Viborg, great city by St. Petersburg


Viborg will not look anything like any other city when you'll travel in Russia. From antique times Viborg has soak culture of 4 different cultures: Russian, Sweeden, Finish, and German. One of the most astonishing peaces of Sweden art is a Viborg Castle that was build in 1293. It was build in a middle of a channel, on a little rocky peace of land. It was a 7 store high strong defensive fortification. Today it is a museum from where you can see beautifull sight of a city.

Here are the most interesting places to visit in Viborg. Viborg Castle, Stone City, City Hall Tower, Tower of a main square, Bull Stronghold, and a Catle Mountain. Each of them has individual style, interesting integration of many cultures, and of course rich history. Some of St. Petersburg tours can include visit to this city. There you will feel the mighty of a great empire.

You can get to Viborg by taxi that you can take at any St. Petersburg hotels yourself on bus or train. It is better to go by bus, so you would see many sights on the way to the city. Busses are going from subway station "Grajdanski prospect" and "Ozerki" every hour. It will take you about 2 hours to get to Viborg