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Virgil wrote:
Schizoid Man wrote in news:d85ev7$d88$1
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A friend of mine is getting married in Ghent, Belgium at the end of the
month, so I thought I'd take a couple of weeks off and do some traveling.

I had thought on spending time in Vienna and Prague or perhaps
Copenhagen and Malmo.

Can anyone suggest any other places? I'm definitely one for cities, but
want to avoid the usual suspects of Rome, Paris, Barcelona, Berlin,
Amsterdam.

Thanks in advance.

One city not on the average American's beaten path is St. Petersburg,
Russia. Beautiful town in the center and the island. The Hermitage is worth
it by itself not to mention the Russian Museum and Peter the Great's
palace. The southern part of the city's has some Stalinist architecture for
curiosity sake. I lived there for a few months and loved it.

Hi Virgil,

I have always wanted to visit St Petersburg. Unfortunately it's quite a
trek from Belgium and since I only have a week, I wanted to minimize
travel and maximize cafe time.

In which case, you might want to take Sander's advice (though I've
admittedly never been to Zwolle, but now I'm curious!) When I was in
Belgium, trains to the Netherlands were frequent and convenient.

--
Bill