Wonderful pictures, @Terry Page ! ! The park was beautiful in its frosty setting; but I think that I would prefer being there in the warmth of the Spring or Summer. The Terminus was very interesting, and I am trying to tell what that interesting statue on the top is. It looked like horses, and then something with wings coming down. An eagle ? Maybe an angel ? And some kind of a small wagon being pulled by the horses, or a chariot maybe ? Waiting for maybe a closer picture and better description from you about that statue ....
@Terry Page, What wonderful photos. I too think it is amazing that such beautiful religious iconic churches survive their not too distant history. Althought I must say that I most enjoyed the ones of the country side, and of the ones that contain the daily events of life. Can you show us some of the daily doings that surround you at this time of year. It is always interesting to see the different or similar ways the pwople of this world do things.
[QUOTE="Yvonne Smith, post: 23495, member: 3"]Wonderful pictures, @Terry Page ! ! The park was beautiful in its frosty setting; but I think that I would prefer being there in the warmth of the Spring or Summer. The Terminus was very interesting, and I am trying to tell what that interesting statue on the top is. It looked like horses, and then something with wings coming down. An eagle ? Maybe an angel ? And some kind of a small wagon being pulled by the horses, or a chariot maybe ? Waiting for maybe a closer picture and better description from you about that statue ....[/QUOTE] Yes Yvonne I will post some summer photo's of the garden soon, regarding the arch, its called the "Narva Gate" or "Triumphal Arch" and was constructed originally in wood and plaster, to welcome soldiers back from the 1812 war after the defeat of Napoleon. It was later rebuilt in stone with hammered copper statues, more history here. A video but you need to brush up your Russian to understand the commentary.
The park covers a wide area and is divided in two by a major highway, one section was an Amusement Park in Soviet times, long since abandoned, most of the infrastructure has been left to rot, like a lot of things from that period in history. I quite like the melancholy mood that disused machinery can create, and it's good for photography as well.. Here are some photo's from 2014.
A Walk to the local Monastery and Georgian restaurant The Alexander Nevsky monastery dates back to 1710 and the cemetery has graves of famous composers such as Tchaikovsky, Rubinshtein, Mussorgsky, Rimsky-Korsakov and Glinka, also many writers and poets including Dostoevsky.
Mmm, porter. I'm reminded of a trip to Vilnius where we had some porter. The waitress asked if we liked the beer and we assured her that we did, but mentioned it was quite strong. It was 6.9 percent and she said, "Oh, is not so strong for Lithuania."
@Terry Page, Oh such lovely pictures, and they give us a sense of what you're seeing. Good food, good drink, and a lovely lady as well, so you must be enjoying yourself. Keep enjoying your trip, and I hope to see more of your photography.
Funnily enough Tom I have just picked up a few bottles of porter from the corner shop for the weekend, its 6.8% and only 65 roubles (65p) about a dollar for 600ml bottle, will let you know what it's like as I have never seen this one before, nor as cheap
Yes Ike St.Petersburg was designed as a European city so has interesting and colourful architecture, but a lot of smaller towns and even the outskirts of St.Peter can be grey and drab. Here is a a residential block in an old Soviet style town.