In expectation of the US president.
In expectation of the US president.
"Mariott Grand Hotel", Moscow.
US president George Bush during the visit to Moscow
Will presumably take places in a hotel presidential suite
"Mariott Grand Hotel" in the Tver street. About it to the Interfax
Have informed informed circles.
"I cannot officially confirm, that at us will stop
George Bush, - has told the representative of administration of hotel,
Wished to remain not named. - I can share that only,
As at us former American president Bill Clinton took places,
Which here stayed twice ". As he said, in the presidential
Number the area of 135 sq. metres three premises. The drawing room is divided
Balustrade on two parts: guest where settle down a fireplace,
The armchair, small sofa, coffee table, and the worker - there costs
Armchair and desktop with phone, the modem, the computer. To the left of
Input a dining room, in which centre an oval table, nearby kitchen.
Opposite to a dining room a sleeping room. All furniture, by words
Interlocutors of the Interfax, it is made of valuable breeds of a tree to order.
Presidential suite cost - 1765 dollars a day (without
The account of the 20 percent VAT and the 5 percent tax from sales).
In connection with arrival of the high American visitor hotel with 23
On May, 26th it will be closed. On May, 22nd last should leave it
The visitor.
"Astoria", Petersburg.
At first sight,
Anything especial on the Isaakievsky area does not occur. And only
Attentively having looked narrowly, you see, how the protection service meets
Vip-cars with code admissions on a windshield, and vysotniki in
To cradle of the autolift with a telescopic arrow attentively
Examine windows, window sills, deepenings in the architectural
Hotel ornaments. At an input - two-three persons on duty.
- Most likely, wait for honoured guests? - I ask
Directors of department of marketing of hotel Agneshku Jasinska-Gerdt.
Nice young poljachka, warmly having smiled, mysteriously
Has said:
- And we are always glad to visitors. For 90 years of existence "Astoria"
Accepted many celebrities.
Really, among visitors of "Astoria" were V.I.Ulyanov
(Lenin), Maxim Gorky, Elena Obraztsova, Pavarotti, Alla
Pugacheva, Rostropovich and Vishnevskaya, the Most holy Patriarch Moscow
And vseja Russia Alex II. Here stopped the prime minister
Japan, the president of Greece, prince Michael Kentsky, the prime minister
China, the president of Portugal. In the list of heads of the states and
The governments which have visited hotel, under figure "59" appears
The prime minister of India who while closes this surprising
The list. So the sixtieth, anniversary some kind of, quite
There can be an US president.
To it on a choice here are ready to give five smart numbers.
One another krashe, everyone with the, so to say, a highlight.
Here pertinently to recollect words of the head of the company, which
"Astoria", sir Rokko Forte which he likes belongs
To repeat not without pride of the child: "the Majority
The international hotels look equally in all cities of the world. And
It also is correct concerning the majority of hotels in Russia. I
I prefer hotels which have especial atmosphere and reflect
National features and spirit of the country. From this point of view,
"Astoria" - the Russian hotel ".
In this plan all five nominal are rather indicative
Apartments which wait for George Bush. Apartments are named in
Honour of great Russian composers: "Tchaikovsky", "Prokofiev",
"Rakhmaninov", "Shostakovich", "Stravinsky". In everyone two bedrooms,
Drawing room, table, two bathrooms, a guest toilet,
Spacious hall, a number of additional premises. In each number
Original furniture, subjects of antiques from bronze and marble,
Pictures, books of Russian and foreign classics, historical
The literature on Russia, Petersburg, traditional Russian porcelain and
Crystal. TVs and phones in each room...
One of numbers - apartments "Shostakovich". Has looked from a window and
Was stupefied: such beauty, I assure, anywhere you will not see. Bronze
Nikolay I, the Mariinsky palace, gold domes Isaakija in
Building woods... And under them the Petersburg roofs and small streets,
Prospectuses, side streets in kushchah trees. Stately Neva hurries to
To Baltic, the ships, masts...
And in square at the "Astoria" entrance it is direct on eyes are dismissed
Clusters of a fragrant lilac. Well than not the Petersburg bouquet for
The honoured guest!
Jury Trefilov
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//* an information Source: Sankt-Peterburg.vedomosti, 23.05.02
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