We arrived at the famed Aurora cruiser for the final stop of our tour. The Aurora saw some combat during the Russo-Japanese War and in the Battle of…
A short trip across a couple of bridges and we soon arrived at Sts. Peter and Paul Fortress, or just Peter and Paul Fortress. The fortress was founded…
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…