The weather has been beautiful the last 2 weeks, with some scattered showers of course, but this weekend was just perfect! The sun shown all weekend and it was nice and warm, perfect for sight seeing. A friend took me around Petersburg and it was like we went back in time. First stop was an old camera store where I purchased a Soviet Camera and film to take some real Russian photos. Then we headed to the Church on Spilled Blood, Peter and Paul's Fortress, The eternal flame, and then a used book store and a Russian donut shop. On beautiful days in Russia, you can't walk through the city without seeing bridal parties taking pictures in front of ever Russian monumnet or famous lanscape. On Saturday I saw at least 14 brides running around in their beautiful dresses, one in a pink dress. They all take hot pink limozines to the different sites. Its pretty cute.
In the evening I went to a French film festival. When I got the tickets, I did not realize that it started at 12midnight. Three French films between midnight and 7am. My friend Cameron came with me and we helped eachother stay awake. The first two films were in French with Russian subtitles and I could understand them for the most part, but the third movie was very strange, and started at 4:30am and was dubbed over in Russian and I had no idea what was going on the whole time. It was in a really neat building though... Most of the buildings in the center are pretty neat though. They are beautiful! At night I am taked back by how beautifuly lit they all are. It will be interesting to see what this all looks like in the winter.
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