St Petersburg Russia - Baltic Amber jewelry - Chocolate bars - Woolen blankets
Russia produces very good quality delicious chocolate bars and boxes. Russian
chocolate is praised not only by local residents but also by many European tourists.
Russian chocolate has distinctly dark chocolate color and is not very sweet. It is a
perfect snack with Champaign, brandy or Russian tea.
Woolen blankets (queen-size) in many designs manufactured at local factories are
a great value! They are much warmer and lighter than cotton and durable. With a thickness
of .5cm they can be compactly packaged for the airplane.
One can find a lot of baltic amber jewelry in St Petersburg. It makes very nice
and reasonable gifts. Besides amber, which is collected on the shores of Baltic Sea there
are other gemstones that originate in Russia: emeralds, rubies, sapphires and
alexandrites. Alexandrites are rarer than diamonds and can be just as expensive.
The first stone of that kind was found in the 19th century and was named in
honor of a Russian czar. It changes colors from chrome green to ruby red depending on the
light.
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