This year’s Sixth form trip, organised by Mrs Downey, was to the famous, historical, Russian city of St Petersburg and was attended by 23 students. The enthusiastic group departed from Willink School in the early hours of Monday morning on the 18th February and were to embark on two plane flights on their way to their final destination of St Petersburg.
On arrival the excited group, mostly due to the sight of snow, piled on to a coach and got their first taste of Russian city life. When they arrived at the hotel, Hotel Rossiya, they quickly settled into their rooms and came down for what proved to be an unusual and interesting dinner, made even more interesting by the heavy snowfall outside. Temptation got the better of us and we were soon outside hurling snow balls around, most of which were aimed in Mrs Tang’s direction. Another attraction in Russia which became popular in the evening was the hotel bar and the prospect of real Russian Vodka!
The next few days were filled with sight seeing which displayed to us some amazing and incredible Russian buildings, including the many palaces in the city. We got to visit St Peter’s and St Paul’s fortress which included the burial place of the famous Russian royal family and then spent the rest of the morning exploring the Aurora, a famous symbol of the Communist revolution. At lunch time students were expected to find their own food around St Petersburg’s Art Square near the spectacular Church of Spilled Blood.
We also visited many Museums and gallery’s celebrating the history of Russia and St Petersburg. The Hermitage was a must as it was once the Winter Palace now converted into a giant art gallery displaying art from around the world. After a very long trek around the gallery we were treated to something extremely new, The Russian Opera, many of which enjoyed whilst other’s were quite happy to get their first opera experience other and done with.
The next day we were shown around the famous Russian porcelain factory which gave the opportunity for more souvenir shopping, something that we all enjoyed. We then had an eventful evening at Nikolaevsky Palace with a Russian Folklore show. The many extremely talented acts had us laughing and clapping along the entire time and were especially exciting when one of our group was invited on stage to join in with the dancing. There were many surprises that night including some flirtatious female dancers, an instrumental boot, two frisky Eskimos and also some Russian dancing of course.
On the last day we received one final treat of being taken to Pushkin Palace which had many breathtaking rooms including a room made of amber! The Pavlovsk gardens also looked astonishing in the heavy snowfall which hit us that day. Afterwards we headed to the airport and said goodbye to Russia. The trip was a huge success and we’d all like to thank Mrs Downey for organising the trip. Many of yr 12 are all ready preparing for next years art trip which is rumoured to be to Istanbul.
On arrival the excited group, mostly due to the sight of snow, piled on to a coach and got their first taste of Russian city life. When they arrived at the hotel, Hotel Rossiya, they quickly settled into their rooms and came down for what proved to be an unusual and interesting dinner, made even more interesting by the heavy snowfall outside. Temptation got the better of us and we were soon outside hurling snow balls around, most of which were aimed in Mrs Tang’s direction. Another attraction in Russia which became popular in the evening was the hotel bar and the prospect of real Russian Vodka!
The next few days were filled with sight seeing which displayed to us some amazing and incredible Russian buildings, including the many palaces in the city. We got to visit St Peter’s and St Paul’s fortress which included the burial place of the famous Russian royal family and then spent the rest of the morning exploring the Aurora, a famous symbol of the Communist revolution. At lunch time students were expected to find their own food around St Petersburg’s Art Square near the spectacular Church of Spilled Blood.
We also visited many Museums and gallery’s celebrating the history of Russia and St Petersburg. The Hermitage was a must as it was once the Winter Palace now converted into a giant art gallery displaying art from around the world. After a very long trek around the gallery we were treated to something extremely new, The Russian Opera, many of which enjoyed whilst other’s were quite happy to get their first opera experience other and done with.
The next day we were shown around the famous Russian porcelain factory which gave the opportunity for more souvenir shopping, something that we all enjoyed. We then had an eventful evening at Nikolaevsky Palace with a Russian Folklore show. The many extremely talented acts had us laughing and clapping along the entire time and were especially exciting when one of our group was invited on stage to join in with the dancing. There were many surprises that night including some flirtatious female dancers, an instrumental boot, two frisky Eskimos and also some Russian dancing of course.
On the last day we received one final treat of being taken to Pushkin Palace which had many breathtaking rooms including a room made of amber! The Pavlovsk gardens also looked astonishing in the heavy snowfall which hit us that day. Afterwards we headed to the airport and said goodbye to Russia. The trip was a huge success and we’d all like to thank Mrs Downey for organising the trip. Many of yr 12 are all ready preparing for next years art trip which is rumoured to be to Istanbul.
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