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Retour de Saint-Pétersbourg, soleil couchant. Way back from Saint-Petersburg, sunset.
Verdi ouverture de la Force du destin (la Forza del Destino) Saint-Pétersbourg 01 07 2015 Orchestre Tavritchesky direction Jean-François Gonzales-Hamilton
Jean-François Gonzales-Hamilton dirige Ravel Pavane pour une infante défunte.
Concert à Saint-Pétersbourg le 1er juillet 2015, Orchestre Tavritchesky dirigé par Jean-François Gonzales-Hamilton.
Concert in Saint-Petersburg, July 1st 2015, Tavrichesky Orchestra conducted by Jean-François Gonzales-Hamilton.

Sestroretsk swamps, Leningrad region, Russia



It is always interesting to watch nature timidly opening its eyes after a long hibernation.
Всегда интересно наблюдать за природой, робко открывающей глаза после долгой спячки.
Sestroretsk swamps, Leningrad region, Russia

Sestroretsk marshes, Leningrad Region, Russia

Никуда не уехали – ты да я – Обернулись прорехами – все моря! Совладельцам пятерки рваной – Океаны не по карману! - Marina Ivanovna Tsvetaeva
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we used to be young and travel way back when machine St. Petersburg

before cameras and camera-phones had panoramic swipe features I managed to splice together this almost-360°-thingamabob, unsuccessfully ;)
taken atop Saint Isaac's Cathedral in St. Petersburg
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we used to be young and travel way back when machine St. Petersburg







We were first in the Nabokov apartment museum, and then we went to New Holland, where there is an art space and a digital exhibition now)
this morning I've visited my orthodontist, that was near the place where Fyodor Dostoevsky lived. I've taken several photos on "Dostoevskaya street" and surroundings. It’s still as dismal and depressing as it was 150-200 years ago xDD










☝️☝️ illustrated reason why Saint Petersburg isn't popular place to visit at winter's end/early spring 😆







I promised to meet you when the leaves start to fall