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Jiang Zhe reported to his parents that he was safe and called Chen Yan.

As soon as I finished the call, I heard a knock on the door and heard Teacher Hu's voice from outside.

"Jiang Zhe, we are going to eat, let's go together."

"Okay, I'll be right there." Jiang Zhe agreed, picked up his bag, and followed Teacher Hu and others to the hotel lobby.

Among the group of members, except for the older ones who plan to take a rest, everyone else wants to try Russian food.

Everyone had their own ideas about their first meal in Russia. Finally, on the recommendation of the hotel waiter, they went to a nearby restaurant.

According to the waiter, authentic Russian food is sold here.

There are quite a few customers in the restaurant.

Jiang Zhe and his group encountered problems when ordering food.

The waiter didn't understand Chinese, but the tour guide who was responsible for translation didn't come.

There were a few people in my traveling team who knew some Russian, but they were not very good at translating.

Jiang Zhe didn't want to hide it and offered to help directly.

Professor Qin and others saw Jiang Zhe talking to the waiter without any obstacles, and they were very curious about when he learned Russian.

But I was hungry at that time and didn't bother to ask more questions.

With Jiang Zhe's help, several people ordered dinner one after another.

Jiang Zhe ordered potato and vegetable salad, fried chicken meatballs, bread and vegetable soup for Teacher Hu.

He ordered himself a barbecue, similar to a barbecue platter, with bread and vegetable soup. Not knowing which one would taste good, he chose meat directly.

He saw that the store also sold ice cream and tiramisu, so he bought some and invited Teacher Hu and a few of his friends who liked sweets to taste them together.

The older teachers refused desserts, and those who liked to drink ordered vodka or a glass of brandy.

A group of people found a place to sit down.

Someone asked, "Jiang Zhe, you have never been to Russia, have you? I see you speak Russian fluently."

Professor Qin said: "I didn't know you knew Russian."

Jiang Zhe replied: "When I went abroad before, I found that language communication was particularly important, so I took the time to learn some foreign languages. I didn't expect that I would use them this time."

"Yes, you will regret not having read enough books when you need them."

Teacher Hu said: "You can speak several foreign languages ​​now. You learn so fast."

At this time, wine and vegetable soup were served, interrupting the topic.

Team members began to drink or taste the soup and chat about topics of their respective interests.

Teacher Hu tasted the beetroot soup and said to Jiang Zhe, "Although our tour guide can help with translation, he is simply too busy to handle it. You must help me when we go out to travel and study later."

"No problem." Jiang Zhe agreed.

Teacher Hu said, "This soup doesn't taste good. These past two days, my mind has been full of itineraries. The Hermitage Museum and the Repin Academy of Fine Arts are places I've always wanted to visit. Where do you want to see the most?"

Jiang Zhe said, "The Hermitage Museum. I want to find time to sketch here."

Teacher Hu said: "Don't worry, there is enough time."

Jiang Zhe accepted the system task. Although he felt it was not difficult, he still needed to be prepared.

The restaurant was getting more and more lively, and Jiang Zhe and his friends' meals were served one after another. Teacher Hu tasted the bread and thought it was not very tasty, so he tore the bread into small pieces and soaked it in vegetable soup before eating it, just like steamed buns.

The barbecue that Jiang Zhe ordered included chicken wings, pork, sausages, lamb skewers, barbecued meat paste, etc. There were a dozen plates full of it, which was very substantial.

As there were no chopsticks provided, Jiang Zhe used a knife and fork to cut the minced meat and sausage to see what was inside.

According to the waiter, grilled mashed meat is a very traditional Russian delicacy.

Jiang Zhe took a bite and thought it tasted good. It was different from the barbecue in China and it seemed that onions were added to it.

Jiang Zhe poured the special barbecue dipping sauce into the plate. He picked up a piece of chicken wing, dipped it in the sauce and took a bite. He found it very tender and delicious.

Just as he was about to try a piece of pork, he saw Teacher Hu's gaze turning towards him, so he smiled and said, "I asked you to order barbecue just now, but you said you were not used to it. Are you craving for it now?"

Teacher Hu also smiled: "I'll go order another serving of lamb kebabs."

Jiang Zhe said, "I have a lot of barbecue, and the amount of lamb skewers is quite large. I'll give you half."

"Thank you."

The dinner ends with dessert.

Regardless of whether the taste was suitable or not, everyone enjoyed the meal.

Back to the hotel, everyone rested early.

The tour guide told us that if we wanted to go to the Hermitage Museum, we had to go early.

Early in the morning, the study group set out early, had a simple breakfast on the way, and arrived at the Hermitage Museum.

They thought they had arrived early, but there were already people queuing in the huge square.

Jiang Zhe and several team leaders came back from buying tickets and saw a long queue forming in the square.

While waiting, he observed the surrounding scenery.

The most eye-catching thing is the large column standing in the center of the square.

The tour guide told us that this is the Alexander Column. It was built to commemorate the victory of the war against Napoleon in 1812. It is made of a whole piece of red granite and is fixed on the base only by its own weight. On the top is an angel holding a cross and stepping on a snake.

When Jiang Zhe bought the ticket, he also bought a tour guide, which included a map and detailed tour route to determine the location of the collections he wanted to see.

The Winter Palace has three floors. When Catherine II became interested in art collection, she opened her own private museum in the palace. Later, as her collection grew, the palace could no longer accommodate her, so she began to expand to the east side of the palace. After the October Revolution, the entire museum area was opened up as the St. Petersburg State Hermitage Museum. Hermitage means a secret place in Russian, which is a hermit's residence.

The museum actually consists of several buildings, including the Winter Palace, the Little Hermitage, the Old Hermitage, and the Hermitage Theater, which can accommodate more than 500 spectators.

When visiting the Winter Palace Museum, you should mainly visit the Hermitage Museum. But this name is really hard to remember, so I will use Winter Palace instead. Each exhibition hall in the museum has a unique number.

The tour guide in Jiang Zhe’s group was also very talkative and talked about the history of St. Petersburg with the members of the study team.

Because the waiting time was long, Jiang Zhe was also listening to the tour guide's explanation.

St. Petersburg was originally a fortress. It not only gave Russia its first access to the sea in history and established the first city in Russian history where a navy developed, but it also became Russia's second largest city and was once the capital of the Russian Empire.

Before 1914, it was called St. Petersburg. When the First World War broke out in 1914, St. Petersburg was renamed Petrograd by the authorities because the word "Burg" was pronounced in German, and Germany was Russia's enemy.

After Lenin's death in 1924, the city was renamed Leningrad. In 1991, a referendum decided to restore the name of St. Petersburg. This was to commemorate Peter the Great and also to mark the end of the Soviet Union as an era. Compared with Moscow, St. Petersburg has a more royal style.

Listening to the tour guide's explanation, the waiting process was no longer so boring, and before I knew it, I was finally able to enter the museum.

Jiang Zhe entered his first stop of study in St. Petersburg.

(End of this chapter)