Day Trip to Peterhof and Kronstadt - Russia

[peacetraveler22]

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[peacetraveler22]

Thanks. I don't know this town Lomonosov. Maybe next time I can visit the region.

[descolorio]

If you like this type of "big palace surrounded by gardens" establishments, should check out the ones in Pushkin and Gatchina as well. Last one is a bit inland, thus sunnier in winter. I like these places more in winter too, when the weather is not too bad.

>> I know it's common place for Russians to see bodies of water completely frozen and covered in snow

Not if they live on the Black sea coast:)

[peacetraveler22]

I like the natural landscapes much better than the actual palaces.

Odessa...

[xpo_xpo_xpo]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5qe0critxw

Re: Odessa...

[descolorio]

То не Росія:)

[onkel_hans]

How would you compare Sankt Petersburg to Stockholm?

[peacetraveler22]

Unfortunately, I've never been to Sweden or any of the Nordic countries. But Iceland is a dream destination. :)

[onkel_hans]

I am afraid Reykjavik is no match to Stockholm.

[alexeykostylev]

Don't your Great Lakes get frozen during winter?

[peacetraveler22]

They freeze but not completely. I cannot think of any major body of water in the States that completely freezes over. Maybe some large lakes in Alaska?

Some Canadian roads are opened only in Winter.

[xpo_xpo_xpo]

Just because they are over the lakes. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAQXLfRl4xo -- here is one the most famous Canadian highways. And the most famous Russian road is the Road of Life during the Siege of Leningrad: there were even rail tracks across the Ladoga heavily bombed by Germans.

Re: Some Canadian roads are opened only in Winter.

[peacetraveler22]

There's a show called "Ice Road Truckers." It tracks the routes and lives of the highest paid truck drivers who travel these conditions. These are the things I watch in the middle of the night.

[new_forester]

Kronshtadt used to be a closed naval base up until about 15 years ago, and it still retains this "otherness", completely not like St.Petersburg, of which it is formally a part.
I remember visiting there in the early 90s, when one still needed a permit to enter the island. I was around 14 and I came along with a friend who's grandmother lived in Kronshtadt (children did not need a permit if accompanied by an adult with one). I felt like I was a spy, seeing a place that most people I knew could not.

And visit Peterhof in the summer. Versailles is not even close (I've seen both).

[peacetraveler22]

I didn't know you formally needed a permit to visit, thanks for the info.

[new_forester]

you don't need a permit now. Back in the day you did.

[peacetraveler22]

"back in the day" - your English is excellent. :))