One day in the summer palace of Peter the Great

One day in the summer palace of Peter the Great For elegance and old world feel, St. Petersburg is by far the best Russian city. If a visit to Peterhof, the Summer Palace of Peter the Great is a must. Peterhof As Tanya and I in St. Petersburg, Peterhof, I was in a bad mood. A Pickpocket had cut through the bottom of my backpack and swiped my camera. The ferry, which we were packed and the adorable child on my right had just poured out his ice cream for my leg. Why I oughta '. My mood was soon to change. Apparently, sensing my volatile mood, Tanya hadn? T said a word about 20 minutes by ferry. Leaving a long pier to Peterhof, he grabbed my hand and more or less dragged me what seemed an old French. This was, in fact, the Grand Canal at Peterhof. The Grand Canal is a water with two paths to cut the side Peterhof. The channel cuts through a forest, with trees, almost a roof over the channel. The atmosphere is very quiet, especially since I noticed that the ice Tike the opposite path of the channel. Walking no more than a mile to get to Peterhof and the Great Cascade. The Great Cascade is aptly named. This is a collection of fountains and statutes levels sitting on marble levels rising to the front of the building. After having lived in Russia for eight months, was used to see gray, gray five buildings. The burst of gold, the colors black and white was incredible, and I wonder what Russia needs is still communism. After Gaping at the Great Cascade for nearly an hour, it was time for the tourist visiting the castle. It was in line with faiess and conversation with two German couples behind us. Compared with the general state of degradation, in most of Russia, it can be? T about the fact that the palace seemed to be like in a good condition. Since the tour started, I always thought it was something? No? the palace. For a place in 1715, Peter the Great sure seemed to know a lot of electricity. In particular, he seemed to have expected, by a sort of inteal pipelines for the future of electric cables. Well, it was great and, perhaps, the powers that had made some 'restructuring over the years. Oh, and one of our German friends more disconcerting was the same thing. As you are on the second floor of the building in January has asked our guide about the anomaly. He asked to respond to the group of about 20 people, 75 percent were Russian. He asked in a heavy German accent. Our guide dutifully replied the Germans bombed Peterhof during World War II. Peterhof was completely destroyed. The palace was later rebuilt, which explains the mode age. It 'was one of those pregnant pauses that are in such situations. January is very red. Taking pity on him, driving in an immediately aggressive discussion of a particular image on the wall while we dutifully sense and attention questions. Strangely, the fact Peterhof is a mode building doesn? T really detract from the experience. The palace and surrounding structures simply feel like a real palace. With a lot of castles in Europe, you get the feeling Disney was somehow in the construction. At Peterhof, there is a feeling of elegance, sophistication, but mixed with a daily practice of life. In short, you can definitely image Peter the Great who live there in summer.