Saint Petersburg

Jacqui Lough: If you fly domestic into Petersburg/LED, you'll go to this airport, Pulkovo-1. International flights go to Pulkovo-2, a different airport. End up in the wrong one? look for the hourly shuttle bus.

Jacqui Lough: Helpfully supply warm red blankets in outdoor seating area for those lovely chilly Petersburg nights.

Jacqui Lough: You can eat bear here.

Jacqui Lough: This is an awesome laid back bar/restaurant - in a former bunker - with occasional live music, cheap shots of vodka and a helpful/friendly wait staff. Also has english-language menus.

Jacqui Lough: Great food and friendly waitresses. Mid-range (for Petersburg) prices.

Jacqui Lough: aka "Sweater with Deer" in english - a little pricier than most places I went to in Saint Petersburg, but the food is really good. Slow service though.

Jacqui Lough: For all your preserved-deformed-babies-and-heads-in-jars needs.

Dmitry Dwarf: http://www.hermitagemuseum.org/ - official site. You can buy tickets online - 17.95$ from http://www.hermitageshop.org . Valid form of ID is a requirement to enter the State Hermitage Museum

Dmitry Dwarf: http://www.kunstkamera.ru/en/ - official site

The Village Петербург: Название заведения состоит из счастливых чисел «команды», как себя называют хозяева ресторана. В меню — блюда итальянской кухни и завтраки со свежими фруктами. В заведении есть своя кондитерская. Read more.