Walking with all gear, St Isaac watching over |
C'est en cherchant leur guesthouse que nous avons decouvert que les rues changent souvent de nom et que les numeros civiques disparaissent parfois. D'autant plus que les guesthouses sont parfois illegaux: souvent un appartement ordinaire dont les pieces sont transformees en chambres louees aux touristes. Apres 2 heures de marche, on a experimente l'aide un peu rough des Russes: pas de bonjour, pas de merci, pas de sourire, mais s'ils comprennent notre besoin, ils vont faire un detour pour nous y conduire.
Russian thick hot chocolate :P |
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhh!!!
On Nevski boulevard, things are starting to wake up. It is a little more than 6 am. Not much traffic yet, but you can feel it is coming. I met a couple of young travelers from Liechtenstein!! Two!!! When you think the whole country has 35 000 inhabitants! They were super sweet, and they loved talking about their country. And I have to admit I was curious :)
View of The Church of our Savior on Spilled Blood from Nevski Boulevard |
It is when looking for their guesthouse we realized a few things about St-Petersburg. 1) Streets names change, and are not automatically written anywhere 2) Civic numbers change, and are not automatically written anywhere :) On top of that, many guesthouses are not legal, just apartments which rooms have been all turned into bedrooms, so are not announced from the outside. After 2 hours walking around, we experienced what I was going to call the "rough Russian help": no hello, no thank you, no smile, but they will get out of their way and make a detour to bring you to where you need to be. And after all, that's what you really need :)
So with help, we finally found their guesthouse, hidden in a courtyard on the side of a short street, close to St-Isaac Cathedral and to a wonderful bakery with delicious pastries and melted chocolate to drink. Paradise!!
Martina and Sebastian, from Liechtenstein |
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