2013 St. Petersburg Russia
Revised Monday, June 17, 2013
Our boat the Viking Rurik
Our room. See the Cheezits!
Scenes like this were common.
The palace of Peter the Great
All that glitters IS gold!
The Hermitage Museum
6/3/13
The palace of Catherine the Great
http://www.saint-petersburg.com/pushkin/catherine-palace.asp
In each room were these blue-and-white tiled stoves,
fired from below, for heating each room.
Peter and Paul Cathedral
A Live show by Russian Cossack's
6/4/2013
A boat tour on the St Petersburg's canals.
Depart 6/4 at 7pm for points east and south.
A tremendous amount of commercial traffic on this river system
Scenes like this all along the route.
No wonder they call it the "White Night".
It took forever for the sun to set.