http://www.sitebits.com/russia/st-petersburg/ St.Petersburg en Copyright &copy; 1999-2009 Gromco, Inc. Mon, 21 Nov 2011 00:32:56 EST Thu, 18 Sep 2008 21:30:00 EDT info@sitebits.com info@sitebits.com Although the construction of the new passenger port in St.Petersburg is far from finished (in fact, it won't be finished until at least 2011), the first cruise liner, the 292-meter long Costa Mediterranea, docked at a recently completed terminal on September 10th... Gromco http://www.sitebits.com/2008/first-cruise-liner-docks-in-st-petersburg-1812155.html Thu, 18 Sep 2008 21:30:00 EDT A small art gallery in St. Petersburg, Anna Nova is well hidden but it's well worth the trek to find this diamond in the desert... Karina http://www.sitebits.com/2006/anna_nova_gallery.html Sun, 19 Nov 2006 19:50:00 EST Pick your St.Petersburg café carefully. You are where you go drink (coffee). Karina http://www.sitebits.com/2006/cafes_imitate_life.html Wed, 04 Oct 2006 14:48:00 EDT <img alt="Ice House" class="leftill" src="http://www.sitebits.com/images/2006/ice-house-tile.jpg"> What do you do if you're a Russian architect wishing to please your tsar? Why, you build an ice palace in the Palace Square, of course! This architectural technique has been used, to varying degrees of success, at least twice in the past three hunred years. We're happy to report that the most recent application did not yet result in any decapitations or torn out tongues (the first one did). Yet for some of us, waiting outside for 2 hours with the Russian winter in full swing may be the modern day equivalent of these severe punishments. <br><br> Puzzled? Read the explanations and see more pictures of the Ice Palace in the article. Gromco http://www.sitebits.com/2006/ice_house_st_petersburg.html Wed, 22 Feb 2006 00:00:00 EST