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on this week's program i'll be exploring the various hotels are restaurants in the city with new venues opening every single week it's certainly an exciting time. growing the glorious summer where i'm a late evening light and it's one true party town about that it's time for me to check into my hotel. depending on your budget. of hotels ranging from comfortable small hotels. today i'm checking into the bridge her towel when you arrive at the hotel we'll take your passports and do

your fish registration for you. to do if they keep for a few hours. very popular with tourists and business people from all over the world provides. wonderful furnishings and the most up to date. here will be an experience you'll never forget. we have a very noisy make sure. the summer. runs of international companies plenty of tourists from. all over europe. if you're visiting the capital on a budget but she does hotel accommodation in st petersburg can be found at all the soviet era hotels some of which to me classrooms as well as more comfortable renovated interior is. for me to go to my room even though such rooms are more expensive sometimes. apartments or suites can work out cheaper especially when charged a room instead of

a person wherever you decide to stay do your math research for deals and office on the internet. expensive breakfast buffets and how many times you might need taxis for example because often you'd be surprised the high end hotels who want come cheaper in the long run. out of more than three hundred rooms there are various luxury apartments and suites like this one here perfect for families and celebrity entourages they come with several connecting bedrooms and a large living room with kids from the seventy's so whenever you're bored of eating out don't worry as you can always make the good old trusted carry. time to eat and we've arrived at. opened in two thousand and seven this one teacher is one of the brightest newcomers on st petersburg's restaurant scene question national study domania features various cuisine. italian japanese and russian dishes you are vegetarian meals as well and also wide variety of tasty beautiful

disinteresting. booking is advised if you want to eat here soft sofas in pillows easy lounge music in ambience beautiful people and simply does beg school just sky this is the ideal place for dinner after a busy day of sightseeing. now it's time for me to travel through it. gorgeous a burial the thing i love about the city is all the hidden locations if you do your research take a look on the internet all the local guys you'll find some incredible places new restaurants popping up every week and teressa here i think has the best location in the city just look at the stunning because i could be listen to spur of the dollar you can see the church of the spilt blood of tuna. salad here it's absolutely like. wow.

absolutely beautiful. a city known for its revolutions over the last ten years there's been a different type of uprising that's on the restaurant and hotel scene times have changed in the former capital now offer some of the best food and lodgings in russia and to discuss the western influence and development of simply dispense cultural scene let's meet this week's guest. to me so you are the general manager here at the hotel yes i have been here like since january. in some petersburg and from in russia now for four years but i came here in china. i definitely think that this is my thing so so so every every morning when i wake up i can't wait to here and start my day so it seems that the different hotels and restaurants are opening every single week in the city at the moment you know this is. like when i came here like four years ago they were

basically the few feist store hold us in the market but now we are getting more and more not only five stores but they also also hold those in some other segments or for for all the old of travelers who wants to come to be this so now it's currently white nights and surely you must see a huge influx of tourists coming to the city. is the greatest actually yeah i know and it's still a back road like come from from finland from hills and we have exactly the same thing but they have done so great job with the white knights here so so so i don't understand that white people chose some petersburg instead of heels and it's just because of form theme i say that but the great job well done great great great p.r. marketing oxen's this is this is the time of the year to come here if you want to enjoy. with this beautiful. i regarding cultural activities it seems that the list

is absolutely endless from pizza hoff to palace to boat trips it's amazing yes that's true but on the other hand i would love to say that the there are no younger generation who comes to experience life here experience nightlife. they don't even need those excuses that there's a palace next visit next to the whole don't they just want to see how the life goes here they rather go for clapping you know this is the great city also for that twenty four hours most of all so while it's wonderful it's great to meet you all the best of luck with your time here at the top thank you it was nice to meet you too. moving on and what other hotels and restaurants i was mentioning in sim petersburg the backpackers there are some great places to stay in the north and capital which would burn a hole in your pocket location hostel situated in the heart of the city of his wonderful views a palace square from its windows when prices here just six hundred rubles that's

roughly around twenty dollars and night the concepts hostel as they call it also both contemplative zines and a friendly and international atmosphere not only will be given a bed for the night but as the hostel supports many artistic projects bill's offer advice is the most heaping happening venusian events in the city. and one of our projects is a like asian hostel guide it's a nontraditional city featuring the most interesting places in the city you know how mil opinion includes information on where to downs eat or shop and there are all kinds of places from flea markets to concepts stores from two to five star places but that's the rights i use. when visiting look around for many of the city's yards and many of them you'll find cozy restaurants to plough meeting wolf is so cool to living room restaurants. here is a bit several holes in terrace are indeed very homey and if you're traveling with

children there's even a special room for them. next up a new bar called twenty two thirteen inspired with travelling around the world it's jungle if you just owners have created a fashionable place for lunch and also cocktails after dark. the bombing at the venue make amazing drinks and there's also a sweet shop here ten microbrew the takeaway place. one more wrecking on the interior is if you wanted the venue to represent and family comfort for example the sofa was brought from the flagships now boutique in paris it took a long time to proceed the owner to sell a time she didn't understand what i needed the old one down so far for what we believe in our energy and philosophy of furnishings but history. the dorm we too bought and cafe is located in a soviet building of the same name meaning consumer services center it's interiors with old furniture resembles the atmosphere of an apartment in the times of the

u.s.s.r. . during the day there are dishes of russian and european cuisine on the menu well at night the venue turns into a loud and busy nightclub. next up when we've arrived at our final location the w. hotel. launched in one thousand nine hundred eight the brand has since expanded with over fifty hotels and resorts around the world. if you're looking for stylish accommodation. and the trust to double your best hotel already it's packed full of the who's who of st petersburg. tourists with just one hundred thirty seven rooms the service is. if you do stay here but i do recommend that you bring your credit card. as well as a spectacular rooftop bar and the pool and spa the hotel boasts a restaurant cool mix. it invites guests to enjoy killing every muscle pieces by

linda casts the most of french cooking in the world records men for the number of michelin stars in. st petersburg is amazing cultural historic and ground and we should try our best to harmonize the cuisine with the city's spirits through to be tough policy and at the same time reasonably priced the best dollars restated that the of. the fullness of the north is a great city to dining out with restaurants to suit every pocket from humble backpack is to a list celebrities as for accommodation simplest most hotels range from grand historic properties to budget many hotels and wherever that may be in st petersburg it's ultimately the wealth of culture and history that will amaze you and most of that is for free. very light so wherever you sleep eat all visit here in st petersburg this is you will never fail to disappoint and that's all the time we have on this week's program sal see you again at the same time next week for more adventures around the former russian capital until then for me and the rest of

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another plan to avoid a u.s. debt default fails as the republican controlled house of representatives rejects a bill for cuts proposed by the democrats take back room haggling continues to try to reach a deal before tuesday's deadline with president obama urging congress to come to an agreement. veterans have gathered for and he will march in the stonier but it's once again caused outrage amongst activists say turning a blind eye to such meetings could lead to more tragedies similar to what happened . what was more from our side our tea dot com. well i welcome to the sports news and these other headlines. top tussles informed angie with the story nell its former champions remain in one of three top flight battles in the russian particularly. while red bull flying sebastian vettel edges

out lewis hamilton in qualifying for the hunter gather to go on please take his eight pole position of the season. tender touch week here for giving up his golf he's not feeling the pressure off to becoming the n.h.l.'s highest paid goaltender. and we start with football where in form and you have leapfrog rubin into false balls falling and shocks we know trancing of the twice former champions on their home turf in cars and the first off was a tentative affair and then six minutes after the interval brazil legend about the call us and a long range free kick a gold mine that said it was guilty of a howler as how much of it is off then midway through the second half of this process found that the alexander could equal the stones to unfortunately tick off the spurs top flight goal in almost three years and things went from bad to worse for it being. a stoppage time penalty this is how to retake the spot kick but he

actually netted both attempts to create the three no scoreline undies following into raptures. so strong winds down two fists in the standings with sponsor moscow two points back only a disappointing one one draw against the bottom of the business the arena that isn't saving at least some of the sponsor there to see of a fifty second finish equaliser. wall in the early kick off to a one one nil at home thanks to another gold from the ground into the into gold. the speculative lever on it that solve a free kick was inexplicably humbled by such as you caught me up as a lot of was left with a simple tap in that proved to be the difference heck winning on the road was liberia. while in the meantime someone else who has rejected a lucrative bid from free spending on injury the interval an ounce cameron striker has turned down a reported twenty million euros

a year which would have made him the world's highest paid player instead of the thirty year old opted to stay it into to give himself the chance of competing for what could be a fifth champions league title. now there are two weeks ago until the start of the new premier league season in england and asked no manager aston vanga says he wants to quickly resolve the future of his captain says fabregas the midfielder is missing from the gun the squad for this weekend's everett's cup which were also involves a genius harrison from a. red bulls watch the twenty four year old absence has increased speculation he could be on his way to barcelona. because. at the moment. he's coming back from an injury is not settled with us you know but all the speculation. around. his position and has to be sorted out soon and staying in england and liverpool captain steven gerrard he sets to be out until september the chance because of an infection in his

more in thirty one year old midfielder is now on antibiotics and should be in hospital for several days going surgery had ended gerrard season in march but he was expected to return to the start of the new campaign he could also miss england's two you are twenty twelve twenty times against bulgaria and wales as well as premier league fixtures against arsenal and bolton. moving on to formula one where defending champion sebastian vettel edged out lewis hamilton in qualifying for the hungaroring wrong prix to take his eight pole position of the season last week's home ice in germany was a disappointment that. the world champion finished outside the podium for the first time this year but let me just really broke a curfew on working overnights to overhaul veterans car and changes helps me get back on top edging hamilton less than two tenths of a second the second with talent jenson button lined up third headed for i sleep a master of life number one loser for the first time this season for his win in

hungary mark webber starting six. which is a lot on the car overnight and the boys were working pretty hard. and i didn't get much sleep but i think you know if we have a result like this today. i think is the best way to to say things so i'm very happy and as i said i've got the confidence back today i felt much more comfortable in the car and here now looking forward to tomorrow in tennis russia's top ranked man mccall usually has failed to reach his first final of the season after world number fourteen was yet again not in the last four this time at the swiss open his name was seeded thirty but was broken in the first game i spotted last longer than others and trailed a five one record when hours play he did put one great back and still conceded the opening set six three yet battled back to take the second by the same scoreline an early break gave him a two lovely lead in the decider i know there's another six great games to go to

the way in which case number five and i play combated fernando verdasco in the final. athletics now and two time olympic pole vault champion elena by ever so she is on course to reclaim her world title in south korea next month after the russian won gold at the latest diamond league meeting in stockholm the world record holder created four meters and seventy six centimeters. of germans schlegel back and american dream for sir isn't by that time last week's disappointment. and she was right it. meanwhile the same boat cruised to victory in the men's two hundred meters in a time of twenty point zero three seconds lindsey edwards from panama was second with jamaica's ainslie white inserts and is coming back from a twenty one month drugs ban was the sure merit in the men's four hundred meters the american was happy with his second place finish jamaican jermaine gonzalez christopher brown from the bahamas completed the podium while carmelita jeter still

dominates the women's one hundred meters the american one in eleven point one five seconds it was a strong headwind. in rugby union defending champions new zealand time their biggest ever winning margin over the springboks on home turf as they thrashed south africa forty points to seven in the tri nations in wellington when the corrie jane made his case to be included in the all blacks world cup squad scoring a stunning try in the thirty third minute help give the host an eighteen seven off time lead. he then added another try five minutes after the break that girls would also went over twice to new zealand and efforts from white profits and calling slade while don cazar also reclaimed the all time test point record from england's jonny wilkinson converted a penalty his first of ten points for south africa the result was their second defeat of this year's trying nations having also moss to australia and new zealand

will face next weekend in oakland. and finally much is expected of ice hockey player is go off after the russian became the n.h.l.'s highest ever paid goaltender however the thirty one year old believes he's up to the challenge and looking forward to joining his new team the philadelphia flyers. philadelphia it's very successful i've been using. the heaviest stability video in the shipyard they have all the search high. his goal in hockey perspective he always wants to win the stanley cup or compete for the stanley cup i like this idea they spend the money and they give it to the players everything they want they want you know they need a result. first

of all feeling it's a hard media but i think i'm ready for the to dealing with the media with the pressure point i signed a contract with the understanding all consequences is could be you know it's time i'm ready for d.c. and i want to be a guy who want to carry this team because i bring the phoenix coastwise to the play but we're going to have a success it's partially my fault too special this year but you know since. it's nothing new for me. when i play i don't think about the money and when you specially you know when you signed a big contract it's nice you you know your family your children the security no way you can or a lot changes or because you know professional sports so. you can be. a

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soviet union and probably someplace was not ready for this you know. to some places that. suit discipline right now is there you can see. the states. why they came here. actually. leave. before us and right now we're playing n.h.l. to have a good trip with they have no problems with. managed mean jesus you know all. we did. and that's all the sports.

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