The SUN doesn’t SET in Saint Petersburg, RUSSIA?! (Can you hear the fake sound effects?)

What is White Nights? Take a walk with us through the window to Europe in Saint Petersburg, Russia where for part of the year the sun does not set! Does it look like Venice or Paris or what? See us eat at 4 different places and walk all over this city seeing as many famous sites as we can! Also the original post got a copyright violation! Can you hear the fake sound effects replacing the music in this video?
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[@x.3115]

Good job, guys! Love watching you travel all over Russia. Probably you should consider going further to the east, starting with Urals region. But whatever you shoot - I'm loving it!

[@expatamerican3234]

Thanks! We want to go there too. It is just a matter of time and kids and money.

[@davidthoreau6353]

​@@expatamerican3234I tend to have money or time. Very rarely do the two meet.

[@user-on5mf7fk3b]

No tent cities, no one running from a mugger. Cultured, clean, and, most importantly, SANE. Totally different from modern America. Don't let Western MSM fool you. Plenty of us here in States support and admire modern Russia.

[@svetlanaanokhina7307]

🙏🏻

[@expatamerican3234]

Thanks. That is encouraging to hear :)

[@WaffleusRex]

SF just let some people go who carjacked a car, drove it down some stairs, and flipped it over.

[@user-sf3fe4bh2q]

Thank you . We love ordinary Amerikans too! They are kind, polite and open people. Unlike you ruling class.😅

[@user-se3gv6bu9g]

Спасибо вам! Мы тоже относился с уважением к народу США.

[@erdemtabdanov6399]

Russia doesn't just look like Europe. In fact, Russia is indeed Europe. Always has been. The fact it is not a part of EU doesn't make it not Europe. If anything, being spared of EU membership is what makes Russia even better.

[@expatamerican3234]

I agree ;)

[@olgarodin]

Причем, самая большая часть Европы - это Россия 🇷🇺

[@expatamerican3234]

@@olgarodin Насколько я понимаю, это смущающий факт для некоторых.

[@olgarodin]

@@expatamerican3234 😃

[@juliap.5375]

BS. Russia is different, it is Eurasia. It have different values and different mentality. That’s why it have so different history, almost in everything opposing to Europe/West. Even in base values, like Christianity, it have no common points with Europe.

[@goodideagood1903]

Being spared of EU membership is what makes Russia even better. And I am a resident of Russia very happy about this...

[@expatamerican3234]

That is one way to think of it. Just imagine had Russia been admitted to all of these world clubs.

[@user-dm9lh8bh9r]

😂😂😂

[@user-zn6bg3xz2d]

I live here. And I am absolutely in love with St.-Petersburg! So beautiful!

[@expatamerican3234]

It seems perfect!

[@jenderko5781]

Extremely interesting and useful content,,although iam new to watching your videos,I would like to know more about you as people ie do you work,or studying,

[@xdural6269]

Slava Ukraini! Putin is criminal person!

[@MsVatanya]

Тут родились моя прабабушка, бабушка, папа и мама и я с сестрой.

[@aleksandr6537]

Славься наша Россия-Матушка во веки веков! Спасибо вам, Джозеф и Светлана за этот великолепный обзор!

[@expatamerican3234]

Спасибо за комплимент

[@invictus99]

I used to work nearby this colorful cathedral for several years and you know... it doesn't get boring being nearby nice places and I used to hang out and spend free time right there in the center coz it's a nice place to be as a tourist and as a local

[@expatamerican3234]

That is really great to here!

[@Anushik7642]

Боже , как же красиво !!!! 😍😍😍 Спасибо Господу за то , что я живу в этом ВЕЛИКОЛЕПНОМ городе ! ❤❤❤❤❤

[@expatamerican3234]

Абсолютно! ;)

[@user-lm2gy8dp1q]

Свободу Анжеле Дэвис!

[@expatamerican3234]

@@user-lm2gy8dp1q Что ж, это очень случайный комментарий.

[@xdural6269]

Slava Ukraini! Putin is criminal person!

[@RUSunlimited]

What a beautiful city! Congratulation!

[@expatamerican3234]

Thanks! Have you been?

[@albertoviale7259]

What a beautiful city Saint Petersburg is, one of the most beautiful in the world , comparing it to San Francisco, so sad what's going on in American cities , looks as if SF or LA authorities don't care a bit about their own cities , so sad.

[@expatamerican3234]

This is so true all around the US. New Orleans, Jacksonville, Savannah, New York, you name it. Everywhere you look in the States you can see by the design there are many cities that are meant to be nice but are being destroyed.

[@josephrose11]

Romantic!

[@expatamerican3234]

You would say that again!

[@jacqueline1150]

Moscow is magnificent city while St. Petersburg is very romantic city.

[@expatamerican3234]

I agree

[@Viktor1964p]

In house number 6 on the Fontanka embankment, from 1835 to 1918, the Imperial School of Law was located, whose students wore green uniforms with yellow buttonholes and cuffs, in winter - overcoats of the same colors and hats made of fawn. According to a popular St. Petersburg legend, for the color of the uniform, reminiscent of the plumage of a siskin, as well as for the traditional fawn hats, the students of the school were nicknamed “chizhik-pyzhik”, and this song was composed about them. That is, the word consists of two words - the name of the bird is siskin (the color of the shape) and the name of the headdress is fawn (a hat made of reindeer skin) And since all the students of the world at all times loved to take a walk and drink, they were jokingly asked the question - "Chizhik-pyzhik, where have you been?" They answered: On the Fontanka (the street where various bars, pubs and other drinking establishments were located.) drinking vodka.

[@expatamerican3234]

Wow! Thanks for all the details!

[@user-sf3fe4bh2q]

" И не пуская тьму ночную На золотые небеса, Одна заря сменить другую Спешит, дав ночи полчаса."

[@expatamerican3234]

Спасибо за милое стихотворение.

[@user-sf3fe4bh2q]

@@expatamerican3234 Это не моё: А.С. Пушкина из " Медного всадника".

[@expatamerican3234]

@@user-sf3fe4bh2q :)

[@gate7clamp]

St. Petersburg is a very artistic city I’m sure the art museum is packed with great works

[@expatamerican3234]

It is and the interior design is also part of the experience

[@harrys941]

has a very relaxed vibe. reminds me of a fairytale (especaiily when seeing the chariot ) and indeed feels like a combination of many cities i.e. venince paris but also its own unique identity . thnx for the vid!

[@expatamerican3234]

Yes. If you had nothing else to consider it may be the best place to live.

[@stonefireice6058]

Thank you guys, for showing people my beautiful city- Northern Venice. But the architecture of StPete is more like Amsterdam. There are about 300 bridges connecting almost 100 islands and isles. It was designed by mostly Italian, some French, Russian architects and one Scott- Cameron. My family, being important to Peter the Great, were allowed to settle in the new Russian capital in 1703. My grandma’s house- mansion was right on Nevsky #103. Btw, the cathedral across hotel Astoria is Isaacy. The other one, on Nevsky, is Kazan cathedral. Enjoy the white nights season full of festivals and multitude of attractions. I wish I could be your guide in the city, Sharing my love for its history, art, architecture, connected to Russian culture.

[@svetlanaanokhina7307]

Wow. Thank you for sharing your story with us. That is amazing.

[@expatamerican3234]

Wow! You have incredible family history!

[@Anushik7642]

О , завтра поеду смотреть дом Вашей бабушки 😊

[@ku013]

Это привычная ошибка. Но французских архитекторов, работавших над Петербургом, было больше, чем итальянских ;-) \\ This is a habitual mistake. But there were more French architects working on St Petersburg than Italian ;-)

[@expatamerican3234]

@@ku013 interesting that this happens.

[@gate7clamp]

Definitely wanna go to a Russian bath house see how different it is to Sweden

[@expatamerican3234]

Good idea!

[@user-sy6rj8fq5z]

If you mean a banya, it's harder to endure, because there is a wet vapour. You could easily set 120 degree in sauna (dry vapour), but it's hard enough to endure 80 in banya. Also, a bathman or a fellow will whip you with a birch bath broom, some kind of massage.

[@operationzenith6030]

Fantastic brother. Prettiest city in the world. Ohhhh, and that venison on toast...🤤🤤🤤

[@expatamerican3234]

Yeah man! Everything is perfect there.

[@user_you2]

I like Peter (St.Petersburg) - such an amazing city both at day and at night with all its suburbs' attractions as well. Good luck to you!

[@expatamerican3234]

It is amazingly perfect. I did not know 10 years ago a place like this existed.

[@sinivaki166]

Duuude! Amazing! I love this city! So jelous! I've been so busy and can't visit St.Pete since 2021 😭

[@expatamerican3234]

I know how you feel in regards to other places.

[@user-ew1pg2yw7r]

Если честно, то я думала, что в Питере белые ночи действительно белые. Но как оказалось там всё равно темнеет. В Воркуте летом солнце просто катается по горизонту и вообще не заходит. Ночью ярко как днём. Помню когда устроилась на первую работу проснулась и начала собираться, думала что проспала, но нет я просто проснулась среди ночи, но из-за того, что солнце не заходит перепутала время 😂😂😂 Спасибо за чудесное видео. Люблю Питер, но летом там никогда не бывала🥰🥰🥰

[@expatamerican3234]

Я тоже был удивлен и подумал: “Это не белое, а темно-оранжевое?”

[@Viktor1964p]

@@expatamerican3234 белые ночи уже как 3 недели закончились. они длятся с 10 июня по 2 июля. В день летнего солнцестояния был 21 июня. С этого дня - ночь стала увеличиваться а день уменьшаться. Начался обратный процесс, когда в декабре будет самый короткий день и самая длинная ночь. На белые ночи надо приезжать в июне.

[@expatamerican3234]

@@Viktor1964p Я снимал это в середине июня. Просто требуется время, чтобы отредактировать все это вместе.

[@amunman]

В Мурманской области ночью можно загорать. Только холодно

[@expatamerican3234]

@@amunman круто

[@vasilevs8034]

Saint-Petersburg ia a really young city, its only 320 years old, but almost every building has its own story of events, happened there, or famous people living there. Im a local in spb, been to many cities in europe and im always glad to come back, to see clean streets, tasty and affordable restraunt and nice, calm and romantic people. City of dreams. The only thing is a pretty wet climate and harsh winds, but people get used to it in some time.

[@expatamerican3234]

Yes. So I loved Western Europe and thought it was the best place even though it was filthy. Well guess what? You can have all that minus the filth right here!

[@user-sy6rj8fq5z]

It's young for Europe, not for the other part of the world.

[@vasilevs8034]

@user-sy6rj8fq5z agree. But its young even for russia and russia is youngest and last major european nation (but we prefer to name ourselves eurasian))

[@natalyraccoon]

But this young city is 73 years older than the USA 😉🤓

[@user-sy6rj8fq5z]

​@@vasilevs8034Russian Empire is 300 years old, but Russia as it is has much longer history. Germans and Italians are 150 years old as nations. Some other European nations are even younger.

[@user-of7td9oo7d]

Dude, you are so artistic! Cool intro! 😂

[@expatamerican3234]

Thanks man! It is a brand new intro. You are the first to see it and it also foreshadows what it to come ;)

[@user-ib9sw7id9r]

Слово "чижик" означало не только птицу, но с 19 века и младшего офицера во флоте, обычно после выпуска. Предполагалось, что он очень юн, и еще ничего не смыслит. Если он был непонятлив, то прозвище задерживалось. Конечно, в глаза так никого не называли. Был стишок: "ехал чижик в лодочке, в лейтенатском чине, не выпить ли водочки по этой причине". Более известен другой стишок: "чижик - пыжик где ты был, на Фонтанке водку пил, выпил рюмку, выпил две, закружилось в голове". Судя по тексту, он пьет водку в первый раз. На реке Фонтанке находились питейные заведения. Город был базой военного флота. Но в 20 веке забылось, что словом "чижик" обозначался младший офицер. Стали думать, что это птица, и даже поставили ей в городе памятник.

[@expatamerican3234]

Очень интересно

[@professionalpsychologist8148]

👌👌👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@expatamerican3234]

@@professionalpsychologist8148 I like professional feedback ;)

[@andreyivanov6487]

У них мундиры были с Красной грудью, как у птичек чижей.

[@user-ib9sw7id9r]

@@andreyivanov6487Может быть, Вы правы, но красный цвет для русского флота очень необычен. Напишите пожалуйста, в каком училище была такая форма, это действительно интересно. Возможно также, что это означало "безполезный член команды", как маленькая птица, сидящая на рее. Ведь это прозвище насмешка.

[@davidsthoughts60]

Your videos make me homesick for places I've never been. If I ever get to visit, I think I'll know how to get around the city without a map. My knees are liable to buckle at some of the sites - Church on Spilled Blood, St. Isaac's Cathedral, the Alexander Column and the Winter Palace, among others.

[@expatamerican3234]

Thanks! I could do a whole channel on this one city.

[@coldhandjacinth9069]

Gees...is there a single Russian man that can assist my exodus out of the USA????? Wanted: Russian redeemer to save Americans from deplorable criminals and depraved social conditions! I'm yearning to get to Russia somehow and these videos are exacerbating the desire of my conservative mind and thumping heart.

[@expatamerican3234]

Ok. Email my wife: [e-mail] :)

[@miklefelps]

​@@expatamerican3234ну как там , он планирует переехать в РФ ?

[@Blaker_76]

Кушали прямо под окнами где я работаю, а Главном штабе Эрмитажа. Жалко, что я вас не встретил. Я бы вас к нам в музей сводил.

[@expatamerican3234]

Ух ты! Ты приходишь на работу в такое прекрасное место. Спасибо вам за предложение. Это было бы неплохо :)

[@Blaker_76]

@@expatamerican3234 да, я очень доволен своей работой в Эрмитаже. Мне повезло тут работать.

[@Igorinrussia]

It looks you enjoyed the Hero City Leningrad - Saint Petersburg! Theres a lot of stuff I show in detail like Chirch of Spilled Blood Interior (amazing) etc places :) Youd love it!

[@expatamerican3234]

Yes that place is beautiful inside. Everyone go to this guys channel and see more ;)

[@ninasopiana6303]

Beautyfull country ❤

[@expatamerican3234]

Very ;)

[@mauirk]

Saint Petersburg, Moscow, Kazan, Kaliningrad, Ekaterinburg, Sochi, Nizhny Novgorod,Yoskar-Ola, Grozny and another beautiful cities in Russia!

[@expatamerican3234]

I have been to about half of these. They are different and beautiful.

[@ilyanizhnik6874]

17:33 the band, playing on the boat, is called Leningrad. Their old songs are definitely something one could call "too much fun" and it's an old song, that's playing right there. Something like RHCP or, more likely, Prodigy, but with vodka instead of stimulating drugs in it.

[@expatamerican3234]

Haha!

[@mmmmvermillion]

The long lasting “golden hour” must be fantastic for photographers!

[@expatamerican3234]

I agree. Definitely.

[@marias5088]

15:18 Only 25 bucks for an entire meal for two people in one of the most beautiful places in that city? Wow!

[@user-oh7sx8qr4t]

Beer was $11. So the lunch itself is $14.

[@marias5088]

@@user-oh7sx8qr4t I am talking about lunch, not dinner.

[@expatamerican3234]

Wow! I did not write it on the screen this time. You guys could read it off the receipt?

[@marias5088]

@@expatamerican3234 Well, Joe, it was not easy but still doable if you try hard enough. Haha. First of all, there is no place like that in America, and if there were such a place with that kind of view, I think they'd charge at least double the price for that meal.

[@expatamerican3234]

@@marias5088 I agree. And I’m still amazed. There specifically it is like if you were to imagine the perfect European lunch spot that doesn’t exist, it would look like this place that actually exists and is taken care of.

[@user-hu5dn5bc3m]

у нас тоже белые ночи, мы на одной паралели с Питером, привет , из Вартовска

[@expatamerican3234]

Круто

[@lanakim8963]

Красота

[@expatamerican3234]

Спасибо большое ;)

[@larisa2568]

Спасибо за прогулку по Питеру давно я там не была.

[@expatamerican3234]

Спасибо за Комментарий ;)

[@user-lm2gy8dp1q]

Свободу Анжеле Дэвис!

[@user-jl3fm9bh1i]

Здравствуйте! стало немного разбирать английские слова и понимать их смысл...Говорите не спеша, рассудительно...на вас ТАК приятно смотреть!Вы и жена очень симпатичная пара с детьми, очень открытые и душевные!

[@mimasam5528]

Beautiful city!😮

[@expatamerican3234]

It really is!

[@LCattch]

It was rather curious to be on vacation on the Black Sea and watch a video about the city I live in, and even see the building where I work

[@expatamerican3234]

Haha! Very funny and interesting. Hopefully you are having a nice bottle of something on the shore with a giant umbrella and someone you can talk to.

[@omc912]

Спасибо за прогулку по родному Питеру! За такие красивые виды!

[@expatamerican3234]

Спасибо большое

[@user-lm2gy8dp1q]

Свободу Анжеле Дэвис!

[@expatamerican3234]

@@user-lm2gy8dp1q Что ж, это очень случайный комментарий.

[@alpinist72]

если на каждый экспонат в эрмитаже тратить по минуте, то понадобится 13 лет, чтобы посмотреть все))) а есть еще и запасник - склады с периодическими выставками. Один эрмитаж стоит больше госдолга сша))))

[@expatamerican3234]

Интересно! ;)

[@juansuponatime517]

Definitely, a GORGEOUS place to visit!!! One in my bucket list 🇵🇭❤️🇷🇺

[@expatamerican3234]

Yes it is wonderful!

[@Ylleeelle]

Санкт-Петербург - объединение в России Голландии (Нидерландов), Австрии, Швеции, немного Венеции (Италии) и в некоторых мелких чертах Дании

[@expatamerican3234]

Спасибо за информацию

[@user-kw4jw4jd2o]

САНКТ-ПЕТЕРБУРГ - ПРЕЖДЕ ВСЕГО, РОССИЯ... ВСЁ ОСТАЛЬНОЕ - МЕЛКИЕ, НЕЗНАЧИТЕЛЬНЫЕ ДЕТАЛИ...🤣🤣🤣

[@christycarpio647]

Thank you for pointing me to your video in St. Petersburg. Absolutely beautiful!

[@xana7196]

You are so sweet couple ❤ Your wife is adorable 😊

[@expatamerican3234]

Thanks so much!

[@Igorinrussia]

Nice opening!!

[@expatamerican3234]

Thanks man! It is brand new ;)

[@user-yf4tp5ol3t]

Петербург начался с Петропавловской крепости. Её надо посещать в первую очередь.

[@expatamerican3234]

Я согласен. Я действительно зашел туда первым, но это было до того, как я запустил канал ;)

[@gate7clamp]

Some parts of the city remains me of Stockholm especially the rivers

[@gate7clamp]

I’m amazed that pizza is in slices in Russia they never cut it in Sweden

[@expatamerican3234]

Tourist spot ;)

[@user-oh7sx8qr4t]

@@expatamerican3234 I'm an American. I order pizza in any country in the world, wherever I am, and I am proud of it! (с) Tucker Carlson 😆

[@expatamerican3234]

@@user-oh7sx8qr4t haha! I did think at the time that my choice was very stereotypical. But it was not a big menu.

[@AndreyMusvitskas]

Thanks for a great review of my city. I was born and grew up there. Now I live in Toronto and didn't visit St. Petersburg for 20 years, I really missed this place.

[@expatamerican3234]

Thanks for sharing! Come back ;)

[@Vladimir_55]

Shorts at the end are beautiful!!! Donate was executed ☺️

[@expatamerican3234]

Yay! Thank you! I put bloopers at the end whenever I can ;)

[@feeneysoman372]

Love your videos❤, hope to see more. Светлана, ПУХ по английски fluff...люблю это слово, у меня всё пушистое и пенистое fluffy 😊

[@expatamerican3234]

Хаха! У меня есть серия путешествий, в которой все уже отсняты. Мне просто нужно время, чтобы отредактировать его ;)

[@shevlad]

24k subscribers, congrats!

[@expatamerican3234]

Thanks so much. It happened slowly for our first summer. Everyone is out having fun in the sun and watching fewer videos ;)

[@Alexandr_Rybalchenko]

Приезжайте к нам в Петрозааодск на следующий июнь. Город ровесник Петербурга но носи у нас белее)) хоть город не так красив. Но есть что посмотреть и где вкусно поесть. Тут и Кижи рядом. Рускеала относительно недалеко можно по пути заглянуть, есть поед из Москвы к нам через Сортавала.

[@expatamerican3234]

Я только что сел на поезд из Москвы через Сортавал. Вы можете увидеть предварительный просмотр этой поездки в новом шоу-монтаже.

[@vadimmalinovskiy8970]

I am especially frightened by what I see around the horde of ferocious Bolshevik Cossacks. Very scary! Are you sure it's not dangerous for you to be there? 🤣

[@expatamerican3234]

It is like a Klingon planet but I will manage.

[@user-bo4rd2gk5t]

Самое страшное начинается ближе к полуночи, когда на улицы из лесов выходят толпы медведей, которые отнимают водку у детей!

[@expatamerican3234]

@@user-bo4rd2gk5t хаха!

[@aelitak]

​@@user-bo4rd2gk5tИ всю ночь играют на балалайках,мешая спать!

[@natalyraccoon]

The lirycs of the song: Chizhyk-pyzhik (the "name" of this small bird) Where have you been? I've drunk vodka On the embankment of the Fontanka river. So it's the first classic version of "В Питере - пить" / "In Peter - to drink" 😉😂😂

[@expatamerican3234]

It is a children’s song about getting drunk?

[@user-oh7sx8qr4t]

@@expatamerican3234 It's a Russian lullaby. 😆

[@natalyraccoon]

@@expatamerican3234 it wasn't a children song 😂 It''s about students of the Imperor's Colledge of Law. They were called "chizhyks-pyzhyks" for the color of their uniform resembling the plumage of a siskin (Чиж or чижик) and a deer hats (пыжик).

[@IvanIvanov-ce8tq]

@@user-oh7sx8qr4t 🤣👍

[@expatamerican3234]

@@natalyraccoon thanks for more details!

[@johnchrysostomon6284]

I believe that before being Leningrad it was Petrograd

[@expatamerican3234]

That name did come up in my research.

[@alankoltner9352]

Ох, Света. Building apartments... А Джо молодец, не поправляет😀

[@expatamerican3234]

Хаха

[@paaljankov38]

Peter ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@expatamerican3234]

Yes ;)

[@user-mt3ip9rr1i]

Where are the bears ?😂😂😂😂

[@sergeypopov8279]

Unfortunately, the hedgehogs are over, we ate them! I had to switch to bears!🤣

[@expatamerican3234]

I thought about asking that ;)

[@Anushik7642]

😂

[@atlan2007]

The bears run the city, they were hard at work

[@expatamerican3234]

@@ilonakowalski1917 the bears immigrated

[@avonmoremilk1958]

Nice city for sure. Ive never visited myself but if you have money it is nice for sure. Architecture with columns is global, you have the same in USA and in Dublin we have these old buildings also everywhere. I’ve come to some conclusion that life is good where it is good. Hopefully you liked it.

[@expatamerican3234]

Yes. We enjoyed it. And for an American on vacation it would not be that expensive.

[@user-on7rt6vx2p]

Прекрасная строна Россия

[@expatamerican3234]

Спасибо большое

[@aelitak]

СтрАна

[@hiteshsabharwal8236]

There is a river and Gulf of Finland as well, tree type of water bodies, absolutely amazing city

[@expatamerican3234]

Thanks for commenting

[@expatamerican3234]

Для получения перевода посмотрите это в Яндекс-браузере.

[@user-so7hs5hh9o]

Красивый город 👍 Кстати, как вам пиво, понравилось? )

[@expatamerican3234]

Это было здорово! Я люблю простое на вкус пиво, а моя жена любит темное полусладкое пиво.

[@waynemclaughlin96]

It makes sense to call that Island Park in St. Petersburg New Holland since that park reminds people of Holland in the Netherlands. I find St. Petersburg is more like Amsterdam than Venice, even though both cities have the canals. Amsterdam's architecture of the city's buildings reminds me somewhat of the St. Petersburg's architecture buildings. Even though the architecture in both cities are not identical, they feel the same. Whereas Venice, like most Italian cities, is so old and has a rich historical history, the Italian government tries not to change the landscape of its cities and country. Rome, for example, has the famous Roman Colosseum where millions of tourists visit each year when visiting Rome. And then there's that Northern Italy city of Pisa with its famous Leaning Tower of Pisa that the tourists flock to see. And of course Venice is known for it's famous canals and the gondola boats 🚢 that the city citizens and tourist alike sit in while being taken to their place of destination. This is just me rambling on ! 😊

[@expatamerican3234]

Thanks for the ramble.

[@politeretik]

Please, don't forget to wipe a camera lense before filming ^_^ Thanks for your jobs, that was lovely!

[@expatamerican3234]

This is a good request. I will still forget sometimes though. If we continue to grow maybe I can have a crew to manage this for me one day.

[@ilyanizhnik6874]

4:28 I'd say exactly like Hamburg or Stockholm, which is not so surprising because of Peter-the-first's tight relations with that part of Europe. There is literally no free space in Venice - all of its narrow streets are full of people, while Hamburg looks and feels absolutely the same as SPB. Except, Hamburg has some modern architecture and SPB has soviet apartment blocks.

[@expatamerican3234]

Hopefully one day I can visit there.

[@isak998]

В Гамбурге да и во всей Германии нету такого количества музеев, Питер как жемчужина Европы в плане культуры и искусства.

[@allaalejnikova9759]

@@expatamerican3234 kzbin.info/www/bejne/qmrVhIdnpZ5qgJY there are a lot of new areas here. There are 2 men here who talk about the benefits of new places to live. there are other areas with new buildings as well

[@pluckygypsy]

My hometown 🤍

[@expatamerican3234]

I love It!

[@xana7196]

We loved white nights in St.perersbourg when we had holidays there. The only problem, it makes you sleepless, too bright to sleep and makes your body confused

[@expatamerican3234]

I agree but 2 nights I can handle.

[@xana7196]

@@expatamerican3234 we were for two weeks and it was the beginning of June, the peak of the white nights season

[@expatamerican3234]

@@xana7196 wow! I would do this once. I would gain weight though from staying out at restaurants all night socializing with Russians

[@aelitak]

Существуют плотные шторы!

[@xana7196]

@@aelitak да, я в курсе, но в отпуск со своей квартирой не ездим, не помещается в чемодан 😆

[@maximgorelik6674]

Awesome journey! Although, I didn't see the Summer Garden.

[@expatamerican3234]

The previous video on our Saint Petersburg playlist has a big garden in it.

[@maximgorelik6674]

​@expatamerican3234 You may consider coming back and seeing a historic Summer Garden with Peter's House. You were nearby but not sure if you visited the garden. It is really unique with all statues. It has remained virtually unchanged since the time of Peter the Great. I didn't see in 2 of your Saint Petersburg videos.

[@expatamerican3234]

@@maximgorelik6674 thanks. I want too. We did 3 videos but one was mostly at a conference. The other was in the center and the other was at a palace out of town.

[@maximgorelik6674]

@expatamerican3234 We come to Moscow on April 22-25 and would enjoy coffee more with your company. Wonder if it could be the case for you (mickey_dodger).

[@maximgorelik6674]

@expatamerican3234 "Fredo! You broke my heart, you broke my heart!"

[@user-oc2tq1hq2p]

🤗👍💐🤝❤🇷🇺

[@expatamerican3234]

;)

[@christycarpio647]

TS 13:48,49. This view reminds me of the city I grew up in.

[@solace9500]

Found you out from Ivan's video, sir! Thank you for uploading videos from Russia. I'm a little confused on your family. You How come there's six children when you say you have five? Thank you for your content. Makes me miss St. Petersburg more and more!

[@expatamerican3234]

Thanks! Welcome aboard. I Hope I do not have a 6th child I don’t know about ;) Which video looked like I had 6? Maybe a friend of one of my children was in a video?

[@solace9500]

When you had “Шашлык” at a cabin? One of the more recent ones. Wow, thank you, sir! I’m glad for what you do out there.

[@expatamerican3234]

@@solace9500 ok. Thanks. Dima making the food is just Aurora’s friend.

[@dennytejeda1950]

❤️❤️❤️A very fabulous ❤️ video ❤️

[@expatamerican3234]

Thanks for watching! We had a great time. We already have another vacation I need to edit and post ;)

[@mindzhorzh]

Do you have plans to travel to the southern regions this summer, guys? Krasnodar Krai, Crimea... maybe Georgia?

[@expatamerican3234]

Not now since the show is lighthearted. I do not want to be seen having a good time near a special operation.

[@mindzhorzh]

@@expatamerican3234 Yeah, that's right! But the beaches are full of "russo turisto"😁anyway.

[@expatamerican3234]

@@mindzhorzh that makes sense. People need a break and right now it is better for Russians to take that break in country.

[@uwepolifka4583]

Petersburg and also Helsinki in Sommer are very nice. The blue nights and the weather is most times mild warm and sunny. But in winter.....

[@expatamerican3234]

Haha! Right.

[@Mikhail_Utkin]

Покоробили слова "Выглядит как Европа", а кто мы по вашему? Живем в юртах? На данный момент Россия это последний оплот западной культуры. Посмотрите реставрированное видео Чикаго за 1920 год. Это и есть "Запад", а не то безобразие, которое там происходит сейчас. Извините за цинизм, по посмотрите чернокожих в США во времена сегрегации. Все ухоженные, красивые, одеты не бедно и посмотрите их во времена "свободы". Их свобода вылилась в сорта наркотиков, которые они могут принимать. Запад умер в культурном плане. Нужен настоящий катарсис, что бы общество открыло глаза, но я не думаю, что это произойдет.

[@user-gk9rb9pt5g]

Их нам не переделать. А вот начать с себя - можем. Без умиления произнося Запад, и также без умиления - Восток. Как, к примеру, сделали в Иркутске, приняв гимн города Иркутска, где есть слова: "Любимый Иркутск - середина Земли".

[@eliasstockholm9165]

Guys you are amaing people in a beautiful country!

[@expatamerican3234]

Thank you so much.

[@frommordorwithlove4844]

Globe is the third and a half planet in the solar system. This planet is named after a small ball that resembles this planet in its appearance, which can be found in any school.😊

[@expatamerican3234]

;)

[@frommordorwithlove4844]

Hi 🙂 if no jokes where did you find the globe of St. Petersburg?🤔🤔🤔

[@expatamerican3234]

I bought it at a Russian bookstore.

[@user-oh7sx8qr4t]

@@expatamerican3234 I can guess the name of the next video - Do the Russians know what a globe is? 😆

[@expatamerican3234]

@@user-oh7sx8qr4t haha! Actually there are hints to future videos in the new intro and at the end of this video ;)

[@williamfox1146]

Russian cities are civilized as compared to American cities. Moscow, Novgorod and St Petersburg are wonderful.

[@expatamerican3234]

I have not been to Novgorod yet.

[@gorancucko1437]

BEAUTIFUL VIDEO.

[@expatamerican3234]

Thanks!

[@severusstudios3591]

Saint P is love ❤

[@expatamerican3234]

My wife and I loved it ;)

[@user-gk9rb9pt5g]

И, не пуская тьму ночную На золотые небеса, Одна заря сменить другую Спешит, дав ночи полчаса.

[@expatamerican3234]

Интересно

[@user-gk9rb9pt5g]

@@expatamerican3234 Медный всадник. © А. С. Пушкин.

[@user-mx3cv1zy8y]

Zenit - champion!

[@expatamerican3234]

What? ;)

[@user-mx3cv1zy8y]

@@expatamerican3234 Zenit is a football club from St. Petersburg. I live here. I watched you on the Sfilinom channel and decided to subscribe to your channel) The American's view of Russia is interesting.

[@user-mx3cv1zy8y]

@@expatamerican3234 I've been to the United States once, by the way, in Alaska in Anchorage. And I was born in the northernmost town in Russia, Pevek. That's Chukotka. It's not far from you, across the Bering Strait.)

[@expatamerican3234]

@@user-mx3cv1zy8y oh cool! Thanks for the comment. That was almost a year ago when I did that episode. That was a good first boost to my channel.

[@vladimirlazarev2267]

9:40 Isaac Cathedral is the most beautiful building in SPb for me. If even no more architecture is in SPb. the Isaac Cathedral is the only reason to visit this city.

[@expatamerican3234]

It is very nice!

[@christycarpio647]

Expat ... you would be very, very sad if you saw the homeless population in NY, Chicago, Denver, & Cali. 😢

[@RussiaAmericanDream]

3:18 need someone in a Batman mask to step in and say 'I am the darkness'

[@expatamerican3234]

Haha!

[@user-sf3fe4bh2q]

Они каждый год реставрируют храм Спаса на крови.

[@expatamerican3234]

Спасибо за информацию

[@user-sf3fe4bh2q]

@@expatamerican3234 Мне непонятно: почему? Может, из- за сырости? Неужели нельзя сразу хорошо сделать?

[@expatamerican3234]

@@user-sf3fe4bh2q Хороший вопрос. Это влажное место, или, может быть, они просто хотят, чтобы оно продолжало выглядеть совершенно новым, что оно и делает. Я думаю, что в советское время им пренебрегали, так что проникновение воды, должно быть, не так уж и плохо.

[@user-sp6lo3wp5u]

За белыми ночами надо было ехать в Мурманск, в Санкт-Петербурге не совсем то.

[@expatamerican3234]

Спасибо за совет ;)

[@user-hv8yr3ri6u]

Или Архангельск...

[@pikapi4035]

Тогда уж сразу на северный полюс

[@user-sp6lo3wp5u]

@@pikapi4035 можно и туда, но сильно проблематичней и дороже, чем у довольно крупный город на материке.

[@Slava_2425]

Privet! does the Saint Petersburg Airport have 1=exchange center for usd to convert to rub or 2=atm to convert usd to Rubles ? Does a us debit card work to convert the usd debit card money to rubles at the center or atm or does usd have to be cash to take to exchange to rub (cash)? Please list the options 😊

[@expatamerican3234]

Just email my wife. She is in contact with different people to help travelers with this situation which is often changing right now.

[@Slava_2425]

@@expatamerican3234 how often do you see gangs guns and crime in spb and as well as moscow

[@expatamerican3234]

@@Slava_2425 never

[@olly6929]

Where are your wonderful children?

[@expatamerican3234]

I know it looks like they have been missing. It just happened this way with the videos. Our older kids babysit the younger kids when we need to go on a work trip. BUT you may have noticed from the new musical introduction you are about to see more of them ;)

[@Mexanikkmm]

I suppose Saint-Petersburg is better, then Europe. But sun goes below the horizon here. It does not go beyond the horizon beyond the Arctic Circle, it is about 1000 kilometers from St. Petersburg towards Murmansk

[@expatamerican3234]

Wow! Interesting.

[@williamfox1146]

Russia looks more like Europe than Europe.

[@expatamerican3234]

I agree. And it technically is on this side of the country anyway but I know what you mean. Where are you from?

[@VladislavJavadov]

St. Petersburg is the northernmost metropolis in the world, just one degree south of... Anchorage, Alaska. So white nights should not be surprising thing.

[@expatamerican3234]

That is an impressive statistic.

[@VladislavJavadov]

@@expatamerican3234 Hello from St. Petersburg.

[@expatamerican3234]

@@VladislavJavadov hello! We had a good time there!

[@ilyaaleksandrov6540]

9:40 is Isaac Cathedral, not Kazan Cathedral

[@expatamerican3234]

Thanks for telling us. Share this video 💪🏻

[@cautiouscommenter]

It was 888 likes before I hit the 👍 😁

[@expatamerican3234]

And this video was originally demonetized so after many views I had to take it down, fix it and repost it but it is still doing well ;)

[@johnb-sw1qd]

Love the videos you're doing. (but a lot of your video clips the camera lens is smudged. like its being filmed from a old flip phone). would be so much nicer if the video quality was clean/clear. otherwise, great content!

[@expatamerican3234]

Thanks for the advice. It helps because we are new at this ;)

[@user-uz1lc7kt9t]

Ютуб сжимает видео, из-за чего ухудшается качество изображения!🤷🏼‍♂️

[@user-sl1hh6zk8l]

А почему не посетили петергоф?

[@expatamerican3234]

Потому что это не в центре города. На этом видео показаны улицы в центре города. Мы сняли и другие видео, которые есть в плейлисте "Санкт-Петербург".