The crap I did was mainly homework, but also- yippee!- going to the ballet! We went to see Chaika, by Chekhov. You may know it as, I think, Seagull? Anyway, he wrote a play and then some genius decided to turn it into a ballet. I say genius in the pejorative and positive senses both.
The version we went and saw was really amazing. It was modern, and as you all know I'm more of a classical type person in most things, but it was STUNNING even when I grimaced at the modernity. And this wasn't the sort of modern that is just for modernity's sake- it was there to speak, and spoke.
Depressing story.
Also, I thought I had a really good seat until it came to light that I was sitting in the wrong seat 127. I was in the expensive seat 127, while poor student 127 was in the back behind a tall guy.
Alright. Further pictures for the enjoyment of the peoples. Categories, rather than chronology, are in order. There are more than these- I have to resize them all one at a time- but I'll try and bring those home in full format, on a cd or something, so we have something to work with.
St Petersburg
These were taken at different times throughout the day, but here they are.
These are the fountains in the Neva.
This is the Church of the Spilled Blood (built where a tzar was assassinated)
And this is a cathedral that has no name and was never consecrated because a worker committed suicide in it right before it was finished. It's mainly a concert hall.
(and josh, I have more pictures of the cathedrals for you.)
Peterhof Grounds
...since I just cause the computer I was using to have an emotional breakdown by asking it to make a picture 800 inches wide instead of 800 pixels wide, the rest are going to have to wait for a little while.
ta ta!
8 comments:
Alexander II, the Tsar-Liberator, was the fellow assassinated. He freed the serfs and then the anarchists killed him - which brought in his son, Alexander III as Tsar. *HE* was very reactionary and clamped down on any kind of dissent. By killing the most liberal Tsar, the anarchists made things worse. Who knows, if they hadn't - mebbe the country could have developed into a constitutional monarchy? Ah well...
Yes, I know. Just what you want, Aubra. MORE LECTURING!!!! Teehee!
*n*
Wonderful pictures and words! Can you get your new family to pose for some photos? I love the fountains - they look wonderful.
Wonderful pictures and words! Can you get your new family to pose for some photos? I love the fountains - they look wonderful.
Hey Aubra. Greg here. Can't log in again.
Hey Aubra.
Greetings from the Russian River.
Thanks for the photos. Great to see where you are, and even more fun to see your peoples.
Internet is spotty here, but we are going into SF tomorrow and things should be better.
Happy 4th of July!
dad
I love this! The whole family is next to a Russian river. Just not the SAME Russian river. Teehee!
*n*
Tee hee indeed, I say as I sit in a coffee shop in Guerneville.
Yay! Pictures! We like pictures! Those fountain-y things are awesome. So... mostly just checking in. Sounds like your having fun... you know, in that overworked and underfed kind of way. Hurrah for summer!
Post a Comment