Imagine you're in the countryside 1 what can you see? 2 what can you hear ? 3 what can you smell? 4 what can you touch? 5 what can you faste?

the mariinsky palace was built by emperor nikolay i for his daughter maria as a gift to her wedding with the duke maksimilian lejhtenbergsky. maksimilian was eugenie dе bogarne's son who was napoleon's stepson. wedding was on 5th december in 1838. the place for this palace was chosen opposite the isaakievsky cathedral, on the bank of the ekaterina channel. before there was tchernyshev's house there. the emperor wanted to build a palace which would differ from others. this palace should become the standard of comfort of that time. the builders used modern technical decisions and applied the modern building materials.

dear mrs.chatter,i'm going to visit you next friday.

could you tell me please, if my room is big or small? is it sunny or dark? will i have my own bathroom or i will have to share it? what items would you advise me to take from the city? is  your farm big? shall i take my gumboots? dear mrs.chatter, as you know i have a small dog ,may i take it with me? look forward hearing from you.

with love ,

tanya