After that we went on a boat and we got to see the city from the water. It was beautiful. We all had a lot of fun waving to other people and we took a lot of pictures. :) Here are some:

There are a lot more...I'll upload some at the end of the post. :)

On our last day we went to the palace of a very rich family that used to live there. YOu can not imagine how beautiful it is inside there!!!!!! THey even had their own theatre!!!!!!!!!! They lived better than kings and queens. I didn't take any pictures because you had to pay money in order to take them and I decided I'd just get some postcards if I wanted to....:}

Then we went to the church that was built in honer of the russian tsar Alexander II. THe church was built on the spot where this wonderful person was killed on the 1st of March 1881. YOu see there was slavery in Russia until the middle of the 19th century. When Alexander II started to rule he knew that he had to free the slaves and that's exactly wha the did. He may not have given them the best land and maybe they had to stuggel, but at least he gave them freedom. And after that this wondeful person did a lot for Russia. Anyway, there were revolutioners that decided that Alexander hadn't done enough for the russian slaves and they killed him on the 1st of March. There had been around 8 tries to kill the tsar before that.

After that we went to the first museum that was built in Russia. It was ok, but I didn't like it as much...We had lunch and then we had a lot of spare time till the train left. We went to some stores and we took in a movie. It wasn't very good, I must say.

Ok, my computer is acting up...so I can't post any photos on this post, I'll just do another one with just the pictures. :)

Chocolate4ever

Hi everybody :) I'm back from St. Petersburge and, as I promised, I'll write all about it :) We left on thursday on the train :) It wasn't very bad :) I was afraid I wouldn't be able to fall asleep but the train has a way of making you feel tired and kind of drousy :) It's really comfortable to sleep there :)

O the first day we went to this beautiful place called Petergof. (I'm not sure I spelled that wright) The gardens there are beautiful :) We went to a couple of museums that were there :) Unfortunately it rained and we didn't have that much fun as we would've if the sun had come out :)

After that we went back to the hotel and stayed there for around 8 hours. At midnight we went on a trip around the city to see the white nights :) It was beautiful. I've never seen anything like the white nights. Since St.Petersburge has a lot of rivers and channels, there are a lot of bridges. We got to witness the raising of the bridges of the main river in St. Petersburge, Neva. That was beautiful :) WE went to a couple of places after that and then we returned to the hotel. By the time we got back it was 3 a.m.!!!!!! :)

THe next day was wonderful :) WE went to the Hermitage. A huge museum with many paintings and works of art :) Did you know that in order to look at everything in the Hermitage you'd have to go there everyday for MANY years?

Then we went to the appartmant (it was turned in to a museum) of A.S. Pushkin. The famous Russian writer and poet. He lived there during the last part of his life and we got to see where he worked, where his family lived and where he died.

Ok, i'm going to go now :) I'll finish the post tommorow :)

Chocolate4ever

ok, I know I haven't been posting enough. There's just nothing muc to post about...I'm leaving for St. Petersburge today and I'm really really really really excited!!!!!! I can't wait :) I hope everything goes well :) I'm already packed and everything :) AAAAAAAAA THIS IS GOING TO BE SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO much fun :)

I'll write about my trip when I get back on Monday :) THat should be a pretty big post :)

Chocolate4ever

I AM SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO SORRY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hey everybody :}

I have to apologise because I haven't been posting. It's just that I have two more weeks left of school and so this week we are writing a bunch of end of the year tests and we have a TON of homework.

I can't wait till next week :) We are leaving for St. Petersburge next Thursday :) AAAAAH I can't wait :) Also right after St. Petersburge I am going to another Russian city, but not with my class. I am going with my mom and some family friends :) Anyway I'm finishing school early. That's not bad because we still don't do anything on the last week of school :}

Anyway...nothing else is new...I had a million and one things to do yesterday and practically went crazy :] It took me 3 HOURS to do History!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Today i am going with my mom to the theatre :) I'm not sure wear we are going and what we are going to see. It's part of this annual festival. :)

Chocolate4ever