Thursday, August 29, 2013

St. Petersburg Day 1

Today Mary (my librarian colleague), Kelly (her husband and IT coordinator extraordinaire) and I met up with a wonderful librarian named Julia. She works at the Graduate School of Management with St. Petersburg University.

Along the embankment where we docked
An arch we walked by. Most buildings in St. Petersburg are yellow with white trim

 

We walked all over the city, visiting the Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library, St. Isaac's Cathedral, and St. Petersburg University.

St. Isaac's Cathedral
St. Peter
We ended the day with dinner at a very hip Asian restaurant called Two Chopsticks. While it wasn't the traditional Russian food I was hoping to start my trip with, it was a place I would never have been able to find myself. The most impressive part was the menu. It was made to look like an art book with beautiful images for every dish (Julia said that most restaurants in St. Petersburg have menus like this). I had a tasty bowl of spicy noodle soup.

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