Ukuchaza bonke ubuhle bukaPeter, kuzodingeka amashidi ayi-1000. Kungenzeka yini ukudlulisa yonke imizwa edala leli dolobha emyalezweni owodwa. UPhetro wathumba inhliziyo yami emphefumulweni wokuqala lapho mina, ephuma esiteshini, wabona umbhalo omkhulu: "I-Hero Hero Hero Leningrad". Ngokokuqala ngqa eSt. Petersburg, ngaphenduka ebusika, kepha uzizwa ngempela lo muzi, ngombono wami, ungahlala ehlobo kuphela. Lapho ungahamba ebusuku, uhlale emapaki, ugibele izikebhe, uhlangane namabhuloho wesehlukaniso ....
Ukungibheka okumangazayo kakhulu kimi kuvela ogwini lweFitropavlovsk inqaba, ukusuka lapho umbono omangalisayo weNeva, imicibisholo yeVasilyevsky Islands, isigcawu sesigodlo. Le ndawo ibe yindawo kimi ngohlobo oluthile lokuzindla, iningi lalikhumbula la futhi lanquma. Futhi kuze kube manje lapho ngifika eSt. Petersburg, nakanjani ngithola isikhathi sokuhlala nje ogwini.
Ngivele ngibe nendlela yokuhamba yakudala ezindaweni eziyizintandokazi: kusukela ngethemba le-nevsky esigodini sasePulika, nge-petropavlovka, bese kuthi imicibisholo yesiqhingi saseVasilyevsky ibuyela enkabeni. Indlela inhlala isikhathi eside, kepha umane nje uyaphefumula kuwo.
Yini enye engidonsela eSt. Petersburg ukuthi leli dolobha likunikeza amathuba amaningi okuthuthuka nokuzijabulisa. Kunemicimbi eminingana enjalo yamasiko. Abangani bami nabangane, lapho baphumule eSt. Petersburg, ngaphezu kwesethi yakudala yeminyuziyamu, bakwazile ukuvakashela umkhosi wepende, nasemkhosini onikezelwe kubantu abasha, nase-Elaginsky kusihlwa. Ukuphumula nathi kwagcwala kakhulu, kuvela kukhathele kancane. Kepha izinkumbulo zanele izinsuku eziningi, eziningi.
Ukufika ePetersburg Okwesibili noma okwesithathu uzama kakhulu ukuhamba emigwaqweni kunasezigcawini eziphakathi. Amagceke aseSt. Petersburg awanakuthandeka kunezigodlo. Iningi lakho konke engikukhumbulayo. Owokuqala, utholakala eduze kweSt Isaac Square, Igceke Elijwayelekile likaPeter - kahle ngombhalo ongajwayelekile "Lokhu kungukuphila kweNkosi!" Lokhu kuphila kweNkosi! "Lokhu kungukuphila kweNkosi!" Lokhu kungukuphila kweNkosi! "Lokhu kungukuphila kweNkosi! Nokubola ngezincwadi namapuleti. Igceke lesibili eline-grapti elinomfanekiso weParis litholakala eMoldagulova Street. Ucezu lweFrance phakathi kweRussia.
Emagandeni aseSt. Petersburg, ungabhala ngokwahlukana nezincwadi zonke, ezenzekayo. I-Peterhof, i-pushkin, i-vyborg, uGatchina, eLomonosov, eKronstadt .... ukushayela konke lokhu, angidingi isonto elilodwa. Kepha manje sengingasho ngokuzethemba ukuthi isigodlo esimangalisa kunazo zonke uCatherine, sihamba kahle kakhulu eVyborg, futhi umoya ujabule kakhulu ebuhleni bePeterhof.
Into ebaluleke kunazo zonke, ukuphumula eSt Petersburg, ungazami ukubamba yonke into. Kuyiqiniso ukubeka izinto eziza kuqala ekuqaleni, uma kungenjalo ikhwalithi yokubona kwedolobha uqobo ingahlupheka ngenxa yobungako.