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Dear Sir or Madam,
This month we are a little late with our newsletter
because Peter has been travelling the Baikal lake region, he went on one
of those extreme tours, you know, ice driving, hiking, fishing, simply
enjoying the nature, wildlife and snow! But he's now back, and we all,
Peter Russian St.Petersburg and EducaCentre Teams are happy to greet you again. By the
way, Happy Valentine's day too all of you!!! And good luck to your
national team in Salt Lake too!!!
Russian Lessons from Peter
Or how not to get lost in St.Petersburg:
Hey, my virtual friends. With this Valentine's day on
the way, I really wanted to tell my girlfriend how much I loved her
in Russian. Even thought she probably wouldn't understand... It's the feelings that
matter. And then I though that you, guys, may be
interested too. Just imagine, early in the morning you come to your
beloved one and say "I love you" but in Russian! At least
they'll appreciate the effort.
Well, I hope I've convinced you by now, so let's get
back to our lesson. "I love you" in Russian will be: "Ya
Tebya Ljublju". And if you want to say "I love you very
much", say "Ya Tebya Ochen' Ljublju"! Just if
you are curious, a good reply would be: "Ya Tebya Tozhe"
which means "I love you too"! Might be a good idea to say
it to our beloved ones every day, not only on the Valentine's day...
More Russian lessons from Peter in our future Newsletters!
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HOT
DEALS & more!!! from
"Russian St.Petersburg Tours"
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NEW!!! Russian
Maslenitsa Tour! From March 11 through March 17!!! If
you want to try something exclusively Russian, this is the thing!!! Pancakes
with caviar and vodka, sledging and enacted group fights,
setting the "Winter Dummy" on fire and forgiven
Sunday on the last day of Maslenista. All these
traditional activities, coming from the old, pre-Christian Slavic
times, will make you feel Russian in your heart too. Original
St.Petersburg and EducaCentre are glad to announce their special "Russian
Maslenitsa Tour" offer. For only US$545
you will receive 7 night host family accommodation with meals
(pancakes included, of course), full visa support, airport greeting
service, 2 survival Russian lessons, unlimited Metro usage, full day
city tour of St.Petersburg and tour to Tsarskoe Selo on the main
Maslenitsa day to see the setting of "Winter Dummy" on
fire, and visit the Catherine's Palace too! More about this tour here.
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Some
updated info on Russian St.Petersburg Team
Unfortunately, people don't only join Original
St.Petersburg like Luda Baykova did in January. They go away too.
Russian St. Petersburg team is sad to inform you that
Mr. Jason Withers and Ms.Elena Nikiforova have left the
company. But, hey, good news too!!! We all are still here, and
Original is planning to continue growing and offering more and more
tours and other travel services. We are still here. Still ready to
give the best service to all of you. We wish good luck to Elena and
Jason, and hope that you will stay with us in the future 
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St.Petersburg happenings:
The end of January and the first week of February have been
unusually warm here in St.Petersburg. I haven't really decided whether
it's good or bad for me as a visitor though... I was away for most part of
it, and now, when I am back, it starts snowing again. Just the way it
should be in the winter.
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Valentine's day in St.Petersburg!!!
Romantic holiday in a romantic city... Well, always
something for those looking for more fun too .
Kissing and best Valentine's greeting competitions, special
love parties, romantic programs in restaurants and bars,
plenty of choices for anyone on this day.
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The Russian version of the Museum of the Modern
Art has been opened in St.Petersburg on February 9th. Of
course, I went to see it, at first, simply wanted to compare it with
the one in London. It turned out to be very different, but interesting
in its own way. "Red Square" by Kazimir Malevich,
"Maryline Monroe" by Andy Warhall, paintings by famous
Russian artist "Africa" and a lot more at Pushkinskaya 10,
St.Petersburg!
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And guess, who's going to be the happiest man in
less than a month.
You, guys, know me by now. Even though it may look strange, I love
ballet. I really do. And what would be better than the 2nd
International Ballet Festival in Mariinsky Theatre from March
9th through March 18th? With the new production of
"Cinderella" by Prokofiev? Well, maybe the
"White Nights" festival in June, but that one is so long
to wait for. March sounds a lot better, doesn't it?
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Claude Monet in St.Petersburg! One of the year's largest exhibitions.
I couldn't believe it at first that I can see almost all works by Claude Monet.
This is true though, most of those works originated from the renowned collections of Sergey I. Shchukin and Ivan A.
Morozov. February 12th through May 15th, 2002
you can see them too! If you come to St.Petersburg, of course.
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The Netherlands has decided to join the big cultural family of
St.Petersburg with opening the Netherlands Cultural Centre named
after Nicolas Witsen. The centre houses specialized library,
computer centre, The Art Loss Register, and simply information about
the Netherlands. I've always thought that it's great to
see all those corners of England, Germany, France, Finland, other
countries. This definitely contributes to the feeling of being a
part of International community here, and I'm glad to see one more
nation be well represented in St.Petersburg.
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This is not exactly the February news, but
definitely something to look at. You probably know by now that in May
2003 St.Petersburg will be celebrating its 300th anniversary.
Russian Web Service has opened the new web-site with information on
St.Petersburg history and culture, map of the city, virtual tour of
St.Petersburg, and even a chat room. Go to www.spb.300.ru
if you are interested. It's only available in Russian for the
moment, but English version is coming soon.
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And, finally, Maslennitsa
is coming!!! Farewell to winter in Russia. In
less that a month, from March 11th through
March 17th everyone is going to go crazy!!! Pancakes
with caviar and vodka, sledging, enacted group
fights and storms of snow fortress, setting
the "Winter Dummy" on fire and forgiven
Sunday on the last day of Maslennista. Don't
miss the most unique Russian celebration! |
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!!!And see you next month with more of my stories!!! |
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