This year, my ‘EuroTrip Express’ project took me to Paris, France and Saint Petersburg, Russia. Not many pictures from the trip have been published yet. Those who follow Memographer’s social media channels – Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, could see my live Instagram updates from Europe (here are the summaries from France and Russia). Also, I’ve published a few photo posts with …
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Saint Petersburg (Russian: Sankt-Peterburg) is the second largest city and the cultural capital of Russia. It is located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea. The city was founded in 1703 bу Реtег the Great as a new imperial capital of Russia (moved from Moscow for two centuries). A story about …
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I’ve never been so blown away! Ivan Aivazovsky, Karl Briullov, Konstantin Makovsky, Ilya Repin, Ivan Shishkin, Vasily Surikov, Victor Vasnetsov… and their Masterpieces exhibited under one roof, the roof of The Russian Museum! The State Russian Museum (formerly the Russian Museum of His Imperial Majesty Alexander III) is the largest depository of Russian fine art in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The …
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This is the second collection of the Instagram photo updates from my Paris Escape trip, containing pictures taken in Paris, France. The first set of photo updates can be found here – Saint Petersburg in Instagram Squares. Click on image to view full size. gmeanm3r
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While being on the trip to Saint Petersburg, I was capturing and posting my photo updates via Instagram app. However, some “squares” have never been published. This post contains all taken Instagram pictures, including photos of Saint Petersburg’s cityscape views and masterpieces from the Russian Museum and Hermitage Museum. ***Just FYI, some interesting facts about the pictures of the artwork …
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This post is dedicated to Chloe and Bjoern, my dear friends and a newly married couple, who are fully responsible for my recent escape to Paris, France [smile] Congratulations and best wishes for a long and happy marriage, Guys! and thank you very much for the invite! I love to be a traveler in Paris… but it is much more …
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