The Hermitage Museum is a museum of art and culture in Saint Petersburg. It is the second largest art museum in the world, it was founded in 1764 when Empress Catherine the Great acquired an impressive collection of paintings from the Berlin merchant Johann Ernst Gotzkowsky. It has been open to the public since 1852. It has been said that if you wanted to see everything inside the museum…
My introduction to St Petersburg started with a trip to Macdonalds. My tour arrived at the airport and we all got through passport and baggage claim quickly. Except for one lady, her medication was thoroughly checked out by the Russians. I took all my medication, inc steriods and was not stopped. So while we waited my stomach was hungry and…
My Norway bucket list were two things, a painting and a ship. We went to the National Portrait Gallery in Oslo to find the Scream painting. This has been one picture that has resonated with me all this time - The Scream by Edvard Munch. I was so pleased to finally see this and it was so busy as everyone was…
This is my travel experiences wish list. Experiences I would love if I am lucky and well enough to get the chance. An Around The World Trip But I am not sure if this will ever happen. Due to my illness and if my body could actually manage to survive this. The other question is do we fly or cruise…
South America is a dream destination for me. So with my redundancy payment, we had always planned to take a year out travelling around the world. But real life does not always go to plan and meant that it could not happen at this time. And I decided that instead of putting off going to my wanderlust places anymore, I was…
Bistrot Chez Remy was a bucket list for me. When are you ever going to eat in such a unique place. I have been wanting to visit this place since it opened. It is certainly so adorable ! I would advise to book in advance, like we did. I phoned the Disney reservations two months before our visit. It was very…
