Palacio de Peterhof en St Petersburgo | RUSIA #5

Well, it's a new day, although I started a while ago. He's already passed by my trusty cafeteria, the Bibliotheque. And I wanted to try another different cake today, apart from the cappuccino, which is always super good. So today he took me a cake that was vanilla with chocolate. The truth is, it was very good. I didn't know that in Russia they had such fame the pies. Oh, there's pies everywhere and all kinds. But the truth is I loved him in that way. And nothing, I went back to the hotel today because I have to pick you up everything. I see you. I'm going to Moscow, but I'm not going to Moscow until tonight. Moscow is about 600 kilometers away. And to get there there are three main ways. One, by plane, which takes an hour, that's how I get from Moscow to St. Petersburg. But the problem with that is that, although it takes very little, You have to go to the airport of St. Petersburg. That's like an hour and a half more time than you have to be before. Go there, then another hour and I'll pick you up. Then in the end he's a coon and would waste half the day alone making that trip. Another way is to catch an AVE train. A train like this takes four or five hours. The problem is that I'm leaving the day. So the choice he made for me was to spend the night on a train. A train that takes eight or nine hours. So it's now half past eleven this evening here in St. Petersburg. You get there at eight in the morning. So as soon as I get to the hotel, I'll leave my things and start the day. Since the first hour and optimizo más. And so is the experience of spending a night in a bed on a train here in Russia. That's like something typical. Then I want to try it. And nothing the question is that I have to leave you then this hotel. Then what I'm going to do is finish your suitcase. I'm going to the train station in St. Petersburg. I leave the suitcase in a locker all day. And we start the day. I'm already at the station here in Moskovski. I think so. That's where I'm taking the train tonight. He left you the suitcase. There's a zone that's like a closet. And then on the other side is where there's another place for you if it's full. Where you can leave a person you have. It's pretty cheap. I think it cost me about 4 euros or something like that all day. So that's nothing. It's pretty good. It's been... It's hard because it's all in Cyrillic. It's because the indications are in... At least in English too. And above that there's quite a bit of security. Because to get into the subway, to the train stations. There are security arcos. That's what's really increased the security. I don't know if I would be like this before. But there are also military and things like that. But no, he had no problem. I'll look for the metro now. And we're going to the first destination of the day. He still hasn't seen anything. You are the palace of Peterhof. By the way, when he arrived from the metro. I was caught by a señor super majo. I speak English. That's pretty rare here. And nothing at all. He's been telling me to be careful at these stations. Because there are enough pickpockets. These things. Especially when there are crowds. But good. That's how it is in all the big cities. But the truth is that super cool. He told me how to get here to this station. So that perfect. I'm going to the palace of Peterhof. He came now in metro hasta Aptobo. The metro station of Aptobo. Since the Moscowsky. And now I have to look here. Bus 300, 424. I'm going to the bus. Or something like that. I'll see you around. You should take me straight to the palace. - I'm not going to. According to the station. There's the cartel. Because it's going to be 300. I don't know if I'm going to go there with the sun. Pass by here. Y just comes here. So I'll see if I can get it. - What? I'm going to take the 424. We have to go through the tunnel. O sea, there's a pass on the other side of the street. If you're on the front porch. Because I think I was going in the wrong direction. So I'll see if I'm lucky this time and I'll be an hour looking for the bus. Looks like it might be this one. He got off the bus. It seems I'm already inside the Peterhof compound. And I think that's where the Palace is. There's a very cool building here that I don't even know what it is. But I'm going in here. And you will see me at the palace. Because this area has a lot of buildings. So we have to find out who it is. This area and the Palace of Peterhof was built by Pedro el Grande. The tsar of whom I always used to talk. The most important thing that ever lived here. He did it to see the works being done on a harbour here in the Gulf of Finland. And this palace of Peterhof is known as the little Versailles. Or some kind of imitation that's here. Pretty much more modest. Especially for the weather. As the weather is harsher it also affects. There are gardens as spectacular as those of Versailles for example. Although here you see the garden that is also very pretty. And one of the most characteristic areas of this compound is the fountain system it has. It has like 100 y picos of fonts that synchronize. Which was largely engineered by Pedro el Grande himself. And the bad thing is they're not on now. I think they'll burn from May or so till September. A certain time of day. And you're in April because there's no hay. One of the things that has bothered me most besides the sources. It's one of the nicest, coolest ways to get here from St. Petersburg. It's a boat that takes you all over the Gulf. Since the river. You're going to see the views. And it takes a lot less time than he had to do it. The problem is it's only been working since May. So good, it's a little girl. But, well, let's not complain and let's see if we visit El Palacio. Music He left you from the palace of Peterhof. Look at the inside. This is not a recording. No video or photo allowed. And the truth is that curiously at the same time it's the palace that I liked the most inside. Of all the ones he saw now. Because there have been a few these days. It was you from Yusupov. The Catalina. The winter palace in the Hermitage. And this one is the cutest. Yes, there is something to be said for this palace. I hope you're listening to me. This palace is being rebuilt. Because it was practically destroyed during the Second World War. All this part is the fountains that are lit during the months of May to September. But they're off now. A shame, but it has to be a past this. This palace was totally destroyed by bombing during the Second World War. But the first thing that came to my mind was that it was destroyed by the Nazis. No, it wasn't, or the Nazis came here and bombed the area. But they didn't do as much damage as the Soviets themselves. It was Stalin who gave the order to bomb this palace and demolish it. Because as the Nazis were coming and Hitler was laughing a little bit at the situation. And he said he was going to celebrate the new year to celebrate the victory over this area in this very palace. Then Stalin, to prevent Hitler from celebrating the victory, bombed the palace and destroyed it. There are very few people these days. And the few people who come to visit these palaces are usually on tour. So when I come in vans, minibuses and so on, I'll be the only tourist. Because the rest I suppose they'll be selling in buses with the tourist agency or I don't know how they'll do. But the funny thing is, as I walk alone through the palace, in every room there is always a person watching. In this case you can't take pictures, but you can't touch things like that, right? Then how I see myself is how I'm going to make a constant mark. Every time I pass the room the lady who watches the room before me sits down And the new one gets up and is there watching to see what I do. It's a little curious. Look at the fresco, the whole canal from the palace to the entrance to the Gulf of Finland is full of ice. And here with a cold of balls and a beastly wind I'll show you how the Gulf of Finland is. Okay, I'm heading back to the center of St. Petersburg to see if I have time to visit something else than I'm booked. I've got two places left, see if I have time, but I'll have time to visit one I'm happy with. This area is very nice, very cool, it's huge, there are a lot of things to see and you can spend here even the whole day. But I do recommend coming in summer, at least from May onwards, which makes the weather better because there are areas that are a little unbearable. But otherwise it's super super cute and I'm sorry I can't be more time enjoying it in peace. By the way, I also recommend that you buy the tickets for this palace online in advance, especially if you come in summer because if you can't make long lines. And if you buy it online bring the reference number they'll send you in a mail because they'll ask you to take the entrance. I didn't have it written down and since I don't have internet access it's a little complicated, but well, I told you on what day I'd buy the tickets and put my name on it. So that's been sorted out, but good, just in case. Well, I've come now by metro to Gorkovskaya, one of the last places I'm going to visit here in St. Petersburg, which is the Museum of Artillery. It's near the Pedro y Pablo fort, which I showed you the other day, but since the other day I didn't get there before 6:00, which is when it closes, so today I'm free. And then what I'm going to stay without visiting is the exhibition that there is of Rasputin in the Museum of Yusupov, which is only from Friday to Monday from 5 to 6 that there is a tour. Then as I was 5 and a quarter and not arriving, I went straight to the Museum of Artillery, which at least I think will give me time. Well, if you're not lucky, you see the entrance closes an hour before closing, so you have to get tickets and so on, and it's 5:20 and the gate is already closed. So a pity, but good, no more time. Partly bad because I missed the museum, but good, on the other hand I have all these anti-aircraft around here, there's some tank out there I can see now. And so I'm going to eat, which I haven't eaten in all day since breakfast and right now I'm starving. I just ate at a restaurant called Mesto, which Lonely Planet recommended and it's really good. It's a place, it's expensive, so it's true that it's expensive because he only took me a couple of plates, in plan a principal, a dessert and then coffee and he left me almost 30 euros. But, well, since I didn't go to the Museum of Artillery or the Rasputin exhibition, you see, I spent all my savings on food, which I didn't eat all day and I'm sitting like a motherfucker. Because it's super good, he took it as a main course as a solomillo that was super well made and was very very good with a mushroom sauce and with a crepe as a stuffing of mashed potatoes, it was super super good everything. And then after a spectacular dessert, it was like a three-tiered mascarpone, with fresa de mascarpone ice cream and chocolate with milk and then on top of it like cacao sprinkled. Super super bueno, en serio ricoísimo y luego un capuchino, en serio eh, a food that has made me feel great and made me eat time that I never ate so well. So if you want to give yourself a little whim, the place deserves a lot of the pity, on top of the decoration, the truth is it's brutal, it's as much elitist, I don't know, I liked it, I liked it. And nothing, now the temperature has dropped very much, now I'm very very cold, so I'm going to go around the area one more time, one last time and I'm going to go to the train station to wait for the night train to leave because I don't want to be here at night either because it's very very cold and I didn't take my gloves or anything from the suitcase. So nothing, if I don't see anything interesting at this rate then I'll see you now at the train station.