After breakfast, the usual Continental coffee, cheese and yoghurt, we decided that a shopping day might be in order. After all none had been done yet and it looked like a rainy day. The largest indoor mall in SP was a ten minute walk away so we set off. The pic in the left is an exterior shot. Inside there are five floors packed with the usual mall stores. Honestly all the same stores as the Oshawa mall. But being on five floors was interesting. Connected by escalators the largest and swankiest stores were on the bottom floors, the junkier the higher. The pic on the right is an interior shot - looks just like Yorkdale!
Staying about an hour and a half, the last thirty minutes in a Costa Coffee shop on the third floor we rested our feet and prepared for the next sight - a peek at the Railway Station.
Staying about an hour and a half, the last thirty minutes in a Costa Coffee shop on the third floor we rested our feet and prepared for the next sight - a peek at the Railway Station.
A crowded place, one of the events going on here in SP is the Confederation Cup, a FIFA soccer competition and one of the moneymaking relentless International rounds of soccer play leading up to the World Cup, which means that loads of people come to SP every time there is a soccer match, and most of them come by train. 
If one purchases an entry ticket to the Stadium one can also get free train travel to the venues. The station (pic on left) is an imposing building and set inside the Square of Hero's, pic on right.
Walking back up Nevsky Prospekt we recognised all the stores and cafes we had been passing for the last three days. We were on our way to the Museum of the Defence of Leningrad. a twenty-five minute walk in intermittent rain was bearable but the biting wind was quite bad. The museum was a bit of a disappointment as it was only in one floor of a small building
but considering its own history we were lucky to see it - Stalin destroyed it in 1953 and it has only been rebuilt as a collection since 1988. the artifacts are quite moving but sparse. Leaving the place, it was once again raining and we made it as far as a local cafe before we had to hide from the rain. The hotel was some twenty minutes away and we were doorway hopping for a bit of the time, but the trusty umbrella, which was never separated from us really did come in handy. Saint Petersburg tip - NEVER come without an umbrella!
A late lunch and an early night; off to Prague tomorrow
If one purchases an entry ticket to the Stadium one can also get free train travel to the venues. The station (pic on left) is an imposing building and set inside the Square of Hero's, pic on right.
Walking back up Nevsky Prospekt we recognised all the stores and cafes we had been passing for the last three days. We were on our way to the Museum of the Defence of Leningrad. a twenty-five minute walk in intermittent rain was bearable but the biting wind was quite bad. The museum was a bit of a disappointment as it was only in one floor of a small building
but considering its own history we were lucky to see it - Stalin destroyed it in 1953 and it has only been rebuilt as a collection since 1988. the artifacts are quite moving but sparse. Leaving the place, it was once again raining and we made it as far as a local cafe before we had to hide from the rain. The hotel was some twenty minutes away and we were doorway hopping for a bit of the time, but the trusty umbrella, which was never separated from us really did come in handy. Saint Petersburg tip - NEVER come without an umbrella!A late lunch and an early night; off to Prague tomorrow
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