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good morning oh very snowy st.
Petersburg it is October 29 and even
though the snow has kind of been
sprinkling the last few days this is the
first official day where there is like
frost and feels like I'm in a Russian
winter wonderland with the ermitage
right behind me which is where we are
going this morning so strangely enough
I've actually never been inside the
ermitage I've been to st. Petersburg
twice before once when I was like eleven
once when I was 15 or 16 and you know
looking at paintings wasn't exactly how
I wanted to spend my day but now I
definitely have more of an appreciation
for art I can already see that the lines
are absolutely ridiculous I got here
basically five minutes before it opened
and there already looks nuts I'm
actually gonna see if I can get tickets
online quickly because I was not
expecting this
so yeah I'm not waiting in line when it
looks like it's half an hour at least
long I just ordered tickets online and
an option that I decided to go for is
actually two days of the ermitage though
that cost 2395 American about 30
Canadian dollars instead of the regular
1795 for a one-day pass so I'll actually
see smart
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so this whole grand staircase hallway
that we are in right now is actually a
part of the Winter Palace which is
beautiful green building that you saw on
the outside this is where the royal
family did spend a lot of time and
what's really cool if you go into the
first room from the grand staircase is
that you get this beautiful view of the
river look at that if you guys saw my
first video about st. Petersburg you
would have seen how one of my first days
I actually took a boat tour as you see
those guys going through there and you
get just an exceptional view of the city
so if you are in st. Petersburg make
sure you take a trip down the neva
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so excuse me as I quote what I just read
on Wikipedia but what's absolutely crazy
to me is that when Russia had a royal
family and was like an imperial dynasty
so to say Russia ruled twenty 2.4
million kilometers square kilometers of
land meaning 1/6 of the Earth's landmass
125 million subjects I think by the end
of the 19th century that is crazy how
much power Russia had
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so I have been here for a little over
six hours now and I think it's time to
come home but I will be back tomorrow
because I will see as much of this
museum as I can
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well hello guys it is day two of the
Armitage and what I'll be seeing today
that I didn't as much yesterday is I'll
be confusing actually even though
there's separate buildings of the
Armitage I think there's like three
hundred and some rooms like it's just
ridiculous but the one thing that they
do on the map that's a bit confusing is
they call it the small Armitage the new
Armitage the large old Armitage I mean
could they have not really thought of
better names to distinguish all the
different buildings I know for a fact
that yesterday I really did cover the
Winter Palace section really well so
today I'll be focusing on the new
Hermitage I believe is the area that I
haven't really been into yet and where
we are right now is kind of the Roman
and Greek antiques so this is where
we're going to begin
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alright guys we are back to the main
grand staircase and that is the end of
my Armitage journey for now I think I
still did actually miss quite a few
rooms and I really tried but it is just
one of those places that even if you
walk the whole thing it's not like
you're actually reading about it it's
not like you're actually you know
knowledgeable about everything you see
because that would literally take weeks
or already a very extensive art
knowledge which I don't yet have but I
greatly enjoyed my time I would highly
recommend visiting the Hermitage if you
guys get the chance and if you do have
extra time I'd also say go for the
two-day package because in one day
honestly just see like a bit unless you
are rushing through it I hope you guys
enjoyed the video let me know what you
thought in the comments down below and i
am currently off to the Mariinsky
theater to take in the ballet which I am
very excited about so that will be its
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but other than that I hope you guys are
having an amazing day keeping here I'm
kind of beautiful and I will see you
soon bye guys
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