Lunch was at Nicholas Palace (Nikolayevsky Dvorets). Originally built for Nikolas I’s third son, Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich, the beautiful 3-story building is huge as far as residences…
The Winter Palace was the official residence of the Russian Emperors for nearly 200 years between 1732 and 1917. (If 1917 sounds like a familiar year, that’s because…
Back on the bus, we headed to the Winter Palace and the State Hermitage Museum. But before arriving there, we passed by Decembrists Square, or as it is…
Though we were here yesterday, we stopped again at St. Isaac’s Square (Isaakiyevskaya Ploshchad) today. Not sure why. My guess is it was to give us some time…
We were given a short-ish city tour before heading to the dock to begin our cruise along the Neva River. We stopped at a seemingly random spot along…
St. Petersburg, Russia – Our second day got off to an early start. It was another beautiful, sunny day. First stop was on the Spit of Vasilyevsky Island.…
As we drove to our next site, Natasha told us we would be visiting the Church of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ, or as it is more commonly…
Our bus pulled up to a wide area across from the Mariinsky Palace. I had no idea what to expect here; I had never heard of it. Where…
By this time, I’m sure most in our group were hungry. Our lunch stop was at Troika restaurant. Apparently, Troika is one of the best and finest restaurants…