Colin Armstrong in St. Petersburg

Welcome to St. Petersburg, Russia! Please enjoy my posts from this beautiful city, as I strive to research my dissertation in 18th-Century Russian sacred choral music.

Saturday, June 5, 2010

First day in St. Petersburg

It's now 9:00 am, Sunday morning. The hotel is very nice: modern and comfortable. My favourite thing is the heated bathroom floor. Gotta get me one of those!

It would seem that I was right about The Amazing Race being on my flight. I received a message on Facebook from an Amazing Race blogger in Atlanta. She was able to tell me that it was Miss Kentucky 2009 who asked to borrow a cell phone at the St. Petersburg airport. Pretty crazy!

Anyway, today I will head over to Nevsky Prospekt and simply walk around, take some pictures. I will go to a church to light a candle for mom. Hopefully, I'll find a supermarket to buy a few supplies. Gotta acclimatize to the new time zone. I hope it won't be as windy as yesterday was!

Look for some photos later.

2 comments:

  1. Hi Colin :-)

    Is it only 61 degrees over there right now? Glad you have the heated bathroom floor!! You are already having an exciting trip!!... Amazing race!
    Have a great afternoon! (8hours difference!!)
    Can't wait for the pictures!!
    Hugs
    Daniel

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  2. Traveling with the Amazing Race? Very cool!

    Looking forward to reading more!
    Good luck with your research.

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