Mariinsky Theater was amazing! I went with my professor. He knows the deputy director of the theater and she gave us two box seats parallel with the conductor! We saw Verdi's Requiem, which was really quite amazing! Afterwards we went down to the Palace Square to see the preparations for the festival tonight.
Today we left on a bus at ten o'clock and went to see Repin's estate. Repin was a very famous painter in Russia, and his estate was in Russia, but during the Russo-Finnish war it was taken over by Finland. The land was not returned to Russia until after WWII. Talk about the country coming to you, not you coming to the country! One day you're Russian, and the next, you're Finnish! I am going to let today help me overcome my urge to go to Finland. No, it isn't Finland anymore, but it is as close as I am going to get this year! After Repino we went to a public beach with...sand!!! Lots and lots of sand! We live just off the Gulf of Finland and this is the first time I have seen sand since we have gotten here!
Post more later. Time for the festival!
Today we left on a bus at ten o'clock and went to see Repin's estate. Repin was a very famous painter in Russia, and his estate was in Russia, but during the Russo-Finnish war it was taken over by Finland. The land was not returned to Russia until after WWII. Talk about the country coming to you, not you coming to the country! One day you're Russian, and the next, you're Finnish! I am going to let today help me overcome my urge to go to Finland. No, it isn't Finland anymore, but it is as close as I am going to get this year! After Repino we went to a public beach with...sand!!! Lots and lots of sand! We live just off the Gulf of Finland and this is the first time I have seen sand since we have gotten here!
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