St.Petersburg

Because of the fact that St.Petersburg is utterly close to Finland and you can get a Visa-free trip when staying there for no more than 72 hours, I decided to go to St.Petersburg with a friend of mine. 

We started our trip on Friday afternoon when leaving to Helsinki by bus and taking the ferry to St.Petersburg. At first, I was a bit sceptical because it was only us two travelling there on our own and I have been told by some friends that St.Petersburg is an insecure city for girls to travel to but I luckily did not have any bad experiences.

When we arrived in St.Petersburg on Saturday morning we started our city sightseeing tour by foot. This was an easy way to see a lot of sights and we were able to stop at the points we wanted to have a closer look. During this tour we passed for example the saviour church of the spilled blood, the Peter and Paul Fortress, the Hermitage, etc. 

The saviour church of the spilled blood

All over the city, you can find some lovely cafés and bakeries and get some coffee and pastries. 
The next day we went to the Hermitage museum which is free of charge for students. The building is immense and we did not manage to have a closer look at everything even though we spent approximately 2 hours in the museum.

In the evenings we went to have some dinner. The first evening we went to an Italian pasta restaurant and the second evening we tried some traditional Russian food in a Russian restaurant. I took a "Borsch" soup as a starter and some Russian ravioli with vegetables for the main course.
Borsch is a soup with lots of vegetables and tomato sauce. The Russian usually eat the soup with bread and sour cream. I tasted delicious. 

Borsch-Suppe