Soviet Typewriter
Communist Party March in Victory Day Parade
The Church of the Spilled Blood
Water Vending Machine
Shashlik
There are so many things to look forward to in the summer: white nights, lake swimming, rollerblading along the Neva (Russia might be the only place in the world where blading is a modern sport rather than an 80s throwback), watching the bridges open, etc. But for me, the true test of the arrival of summer is when I see the sashlik restaurants being rebuilt for another season. Shaslik is basically a posh word for a kebab. A simple skewer of meat (chicken, pork or mutton) served with a tomato and dill sauce isn’t much in the culinary stakes, but after a winter couped up inside a tiny apartment, the feeling of sitting outside on plastic chairs while drinking beer from plastic cups is second to none.
City Steed
I know exactly what you are thinking- how refreshing to see a male horse dressed in pink. Oh yeah, and what exactly is a horse doing in the middle of the city, riding between apartment blocks?
St Petersburg’s Suburbs 2012
Teddy Bear’s Picnic
Nothing but nothing is thrown away and wasted in St Petersburg. While your average Russian might not have a clue about Environmental issues, they are all experts at freecycling.
Optimism
Street Party
Apartment Numbers
Bolsheokhtinsky Bridge (2)
Bolsheokhtinsky Bridge (1)
Balcony
Reflections
