Have you ever been in St.Petersburg? Well...there you can travel for example by train from Helsinki, as you may know. Just enter
the beautiful railway station of the capital of Finland and enjoy the marvellous design of the famous Finnish architect Alvar Aalto.
Design you can find in St.Petersburg too. To begin with
have a lunch in "Lavka i kafe Artemia Lebedeva". It is a famous Russian design studio and there you can pick up some very original souvenirs if you like
. For example an ice tray "Eternity", design is based on the Snow Queen fairy-tale
(Text is in Russian.)
The food is also good. Last time I was there I first took
Rassolnik. It is traditional Russian soup made from pickled cucumbers, pearl barley and pork. I also took varenikis with cherry jam (Delicious in Russian, so "Vkusnyi!") and drank
Tarragon soda. Nostalgic drink from the Soviet times, they say.
First time for me to taste it.
If you are
in the mood of cinema, visit the tour of the Lenfilm studio founded before the Russian revolution in the year 2014. But notice, if you do not speak Russian take with you somebody who can translate. Because at the moment the tour is offered only in Russian.
Up to a short tour you can buy in the studios from the Russian film Peculiarities of the National Hunt (In
Russian "Особенности национальной охоты,
Osobennosti natsionalnoy okhoty"). It is the first and most notable "Russian national comedy". A young Finn, Raivo (
Ville Haapsalo, maybe the most famous Finnish person in Russia), is studying Russian manners and traditions and convincing his friend Женя [Eugene] to help him participate in a real hunt in order to better familiarize himself with its peculiarities. Instead of the expected hunt, Raivo (Райво) finds himself encountering rampant drinking and adventures.
Lately
Ville Haapasalo has become known in the Finnish Television having been started broadcasting series of documentaries about
Russia. He has been travelling in different parts of Russia. Super adventures! I hope people all over Europe could see these series of documentaries and that way get to know Russia better.
Russia all the way! Kippis - Cheers - Nazdaróvie!
PS. Durante del viaje leyé una novela pocial española sobre Petra Delgado de
Alicia Giménez Bartelett, "Mensajeros de la Oscuridad". En este libro se pasan cosas en Barcelona y en Rusia. At the same time I had with me also one Russian book, "detektivnyi roman" of
Boris Akunin "Osobyje Porutšenia".
Just take a look of their detective stories!
