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and so we reached st petersburg early in the morning. didn't even get to brush my teeth and went onto the bus for a 5hr tour. omg. can i just check into the hotel and bathe and sleep.


yet another statue at the station


the station


too tired to take much photos


one of the few photos i took in the morning








while waiting for the bus after breakfast


it was so cold..bus doors were not opened


christien and nicole with their food


eating





the winter palace























ice on water


as u can see..st petersburg has a totally different atmosphere from moscow. it was the capital of the russian monarchy before it was toppled in the russian revolution in 1917. it was renamed petrograd and then leningrad before its former name of st petersburg was restored in 1991. i love this place so much more than moscow. the people are nicer. the atmosphere less hostile. the place is prettier. less dirty. less polluted. but we also have less time. -_-" the thing about moving around is that the map we have has the street names translated into english alphabets but the street names printed on the streets are in russian -_-"

we finally checked into the hotel..had a quick shower and went out to explore the place. our hotel was park inn hotel and i forgot how to spell it in russian. it was nice =)


























one of the 7 bridges we can see from a junction


KFC








while walking


another





frozen water


all ice





the fortress


halfway through..doris thought we were gonna have lunch. and she was sick and really hungry. but she had no choice but to follow us to the fortress cos we already split ways with zoltan arthur jo since they wanted to go to the curiousity museum. at the fortress..she was so sick that she decided to go back to the hotel by herself. and i told her to send me a text message when she reaches the hotel.


inside the church


pretty


where the last tsar and his family were laid to rest


all gold

















the winter palace..also known as the hermitage








we were waiting for them at the fortress until we got their message that they're at the fortress and we'll meet at the restaurant that we have no idea how to go to. they did not reply christien's message asking them where they were and so we grudgingly decided to make our way to the restaurant. halfway walking she received another msg from arthur saying the restaurant's too expensive they were looking for something else. and then i was already so so so so angry i was ready to punch all of them in the face. christien told them to meet in front of the hermitage and not move. somehow we waited for 45mins in the cold and they never came. and then i text-ed arthur since jo didnt reply me and he replied a long time later saying they're already at a restaurant. we had to find our own food and we were all cold, tired, angry, and really really angry people. we accidentally made a small campfire at the pizza place cos somehow the tissue paper ended up on top of the candle and there was a fire and smart judith decided to give it more oxygen and blew at it and it nearly burnt me. anyways i was hurting too much and i needed to get back. christien decided to go find them and sort things out. so nicole judith and i made our way back to the hotel ourselves. and doris only reached the hotel 2hours later. omg. i later found out that she got lost cos some metro stations were closed and the map was in english and she cried but somehow people helped her and she got back to where we came from but she had to walk all the way back to the hotel. omg i feel so bad...

i was writing postcards in my room when christien and jo returned explaining that it was all a problem with lag cos of the receiving and all of msgs screwed up. so all was well even though i wanted to punch all of them. we had a nice talk and sorted everything out and just fell asleep. but i was getting more rashes than ever.