The train we took to St. Petersburg was reaaly nice, The Grand Express. It seems, if you've never taken a train it's worth paying more for a nicer one. Moscow has several train stations, the trains for St. Petersburg leave from Lenengradskiy Vokzal and come in at Moskovski Vokzal and look the same inside.
After settling in, we met up with Byron and Christy and headed straight for the
Hermitage. It was friday but it was not crazy packed. The admission is free to all students regardless of citizenship, so Davids Student ID came in very handy, I should have brought mine. The Hermitage is very impressive, we kept going "oh, it's here" to a lot of paintings, one day is not enough.
May to June is white nights time for St. Petrers, it only gets dark for few hours and the hottest part of the day around 8 p.m. After the Hermitage we took a boat ride on few of the city's canals and the Niva river. The city rightfully is called Russia's Venice. Liliya's translating slightly improved during this tour as well.
Chizik-Pizik statue, a small bird, if one manages to land a coin from the bank onto the birds perch, a wish will be granted. The are many places throughout the city to make wishes after completing a peculiar task, rubbing toes, throwing coins.
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