{"id":4238,"date":"2014-11-03T06:07:47","date_gmt":"2014-11-03T04:07:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.zhaw.ch\/sml-international\/?p=4238"},"modified":"2014-11-03T11:00:49","modified_gmt":"2014-11-03T09:00:49","slug":"7th-exploring-st-petersburg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.zhaw.ch\/sml-international\/7th-exploring-st-petersburg\/","title":{"rendered":"7th Day &#8211; Exploring St. Petersburg"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On the last day, we took a guided walking tour around St. Petersburg. It was freezing cold (for us at least; I definitely wasn\u2019t used to the -2 degrees) but \u00a0this added to the beauty of the city. It has a completely different feel than Moscow, which is busy and vibrant, and St. Petersburg just seemed quainter in comparison. St. Petersburg&#8217;s advantage is that it is directly by the ocean. You can even reach Finland in less than\u00a0an hour by boat. What a luxury! But who wants to go to Finland, when St. Petersburg is so beautiful?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.zhaw.ch\/sml-international\/files\/2014\/11\/IMG_4355.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-4319\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.zhaw.ch\/sml-international\/files\/2014\/11\/IMG_4355-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"IMG_4355\" width=\"226\" height=\"172\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.zhaw.ch\/sml-international\/files\/2014\/11\/IMG_4359.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-4320\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.zhaw.ch\/sml-international\/files\/2014\/11\/IMG_4359-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"IMG_4359\" width=\"232\" height=\"177\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.zhaw.ch\/sml-international\/files\/2014\/11\/IMG_4363.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4321 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.zhaw.ch\/sml-international\/files\/2014\/11\/IMG_4363-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"IMG_4363\" width=\"225\" height=\"171\" \/><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-4327\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.zhaw.ch\/sml-international\/files\/2014\/11\/IMG_4488-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"IMG_4488\" width=\"231\" height=\"176\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The tour started at our\u00a0hotel and led us to various monuments and historical locations. A definite highlight was the Church of the Savior of Spilled Blood.\u00a0 The colors, the architecture, the location- a real work of art. St. Petersburg is definitely more of a \u201cWestern European.\u201d Around noon, we split up and were able to explore the city for ourselves.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.zhaw.ch\/sml-international\/files\/2014\/11\/IMG_4441.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4326 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.zhaw.ch\/sml-international\/files\/2014\/11\/IMG_4441-300x300.jpeg\" alt=\"IMG_4441\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.zhaw.ch\/sml-international\/files\/2014\/11\/IMG_4389.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-4322\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.zhaw.ch\/sml-international\/files\/2014\/11\/IMG_4389-300x300.jpeg\" alt=\"IMG_4389\" width=\"251\" height=\"251\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We also went to the Winter Palace (a must in St. Petersburg!). The palace\u00a0was spectacular and each room held a new surprise. There was a room\u00a0filled with chandeliers, another was a\u00a0gorgeous library.\u00a0Regrettably, we didn\u2019t get the chance to visit more museums . The history of St. Petersburg is very extensive and there are several historical Museums as well. Just the short tour inside the Savior of Spilled Blood showed the scope of the history.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.zhaw.ch\/sml-international\/files\/2014\/11\/IMG_0017.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4349 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.zhaw.ch\/sml-international\/files\/2014\/11\/IMG_0017-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"IMG_0017\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.zhaw.ch\/sml-international\/files\/2014\/11\/IMG_0019.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4350 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.zhaw.ch\/sml-international\/files\/2014\/11\/IMG_0019-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"IMG_0019\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.zhaw.ch\/sml-international\/files\/2014\/11\/IMG_0025.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4351 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.zhaw.ch\/sml-international\/files\/2014\/11\/IMG_0025-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"IMG_0025\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.zhaw.ch\/sml-international\/files\/2014\/11\/IMG_0026.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4352 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.zhaw.ch\/sml-international\/files\/2014\/11\/IMG_0026-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"IMG_0026\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>All in all, we had an awesome trip to Russia. We were happy to see different kind of companies, Russians as well as international companies, and learn about their doing of business. However, this trip was more than just learning about doing business in Russia. It was discovering another culture, meeting new people, and taste the wonderful local cuisine. And the vodka \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p>THANK YOU RUSSIA!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the last day, we took a guided walking tour around St. Petersburg. It was freezing cold (for us at least; I definitely wasn\u2019t used to the -2 degrees) but \u00a0this added to the beauty of the city. 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