Around And About My Second Home Town

[merlin]

Here are the videos of our day out on Tram No 16, it weaves it's way through the suburbs of the St.Petersburg some 6 miles in all, it was a dank miserable looking day, but the tram was toasty warm inside, in contrast to the near freezing temperature outside.

We didn't have to wait long about 5 minutes, it was the second one to come....

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If you have watched them all, I guess you will never want see a tram again

................. I must admit though I am addicted to them for some reason

 

[merlin]

.......................... continued after we left the tram, we walked around part of the nearby park, then caught the Metro back to the local restaurant...

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Some Babushkas outside the Metro station selling their produce in freezing temperatures...

....the restaurant...
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The meal several kinds of grilled meats with chips (fries)​

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[Sunny]

What city is it, Merlin?

 

[Toomuchstuff]

I wish I could be there !

 

[NancyNGA]

Thanks Merlin. I like to see every day life scenes like this, rather than just tourist spots all the time.

What is a Kidness Club? I Googled it but the descriptions were all in Russian. (Just to prove I really did watch them. LOL!)

 

[Granny B.]

Merlin, thanks for the video tour of the town. Would love to know what town it is.

 

[merlin]

Merlin, thanks for the video tour of the town. Would love to know what town it is.

St.Petersburg

 

[merlin]

There are a lot more photos on this thread https://www.seniorforums.com/showthread.php/13365-St-Petersburg-Russia

 

[merlin]

Thanks Merlin. I like to see every day life scenes like this, rather than just tourist spots all the time.

What is a Kidness Club? I Googled it but the descriptions were all in Russian. (Just to prove I really did watch them. LOL!)

Which video is that on Nancy, I didn't notice it, I have added St.Petersburg in the post, sorry I forgot to mention which city..

 

[NancyNGA]

Which video is that on Nancy, I didn't notice it,

TRAM1 around 0:58. That's OK, Merlin. Don't worry about it. I just couldn't think of anything profound to say. LOL!

 

[merlin]

TRAM1 around 0:58. That's OK, Merlin. Don't worry about it. I just couldn't think of anything profound to say. LOL!

Found it Nancy, it's a fitness club for young children so Lisa tells me, we could do with a few of those in the UK with all our obesity issues

 

[Manatee]

You confused me at first. About 15 miles south of here is St Petersburg Florida, There are no trams there, only buses.

 

[merlin]

Here are the photos and videos of the day we spent at the Maslenitsa celebrations here yesterday, it was the first time I had been and it was much larger than I imagined, there were various events taking place over a large park on the outskirts of the city.
It's still very much a pagan celebration and ends with a bonfire on the last day, it was gently snowing all day which added to the atmosphere.

On Sunday a straw effigy symbolizing winter is burnt away and warmer better times are coming back.

Here are some photos..

 

[merlin]

The videos...

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[merlin]

A few more photos...

A few more photos..... ​

 

[RadishRose]

So much fun Merlin! Thanks for another wonderful trip. :love_heart:

 

[Vega_Lyra]

Russian Winter, indeed. Thank you for sharing.

 

[merlin]

A few photos from our visit to Pushkin yesterday...

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A video

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Our arrival back in St.Petersburg

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Another Metro mosaic