Looking back at these posts that I wrote during the trip, it is so clear just how exhausted I was. I napped A LOT on the trip. Perhaps part of the reason was because the week before we didn't get much sleep because of our trip to Chicago and the fact that our flight got canceled on the way back (thereby robbing us of sleep). Of course the 8 hour time change probably didn't help either. It was very sad to lose one hour a night for a while there as our ship cruised east.
Then, all this coupled with the fact that we had to wake up early for our sightseeing and then walked all over various cities, meant that by the time we got back and had a minute to ourselves, I wanted to SLEEP. So, I apologize that I don't actually tell much about the cities we saw in my blog posts. But, I'm guessing Wikipedia would do a better job of that anyway.
Let's continue!
July 23-24, 2008
St. Petersburg! Definitely the most anticipated stop on our cruise. As we are sailing out of the Gulf of Finland after two days in St. Petersburg I am just exhausted. But, St. Petersburg has completely lived up to its expectations. Absolutely gorgeous.
We were told that on average there are 40 days of sunshine in Russia. Fortunately for us, we had two of them.
Our first day we toured the city, saw the Peter and Paul Fortress, the Church of the Savior on the Spilled Blood, and visited The Hermitage Museum.
The Peter and Paul Fortress.
A sculpture at the Hermitage Museum.
Cigarette butts and the reflection of the Church of the Savior of the Spilled Blood.
On our second day in St. Petersburg, we saw Catherine’s Palace (Catherine the Second, that is) and Peterhof Castle. The gardens of the latter win out over Versailles. For sure.
The castle wasn’t bad either.
Tomorrow…Talinn, Estonia.
2 comments:
Nice pictures.
Wikipedia does not have a heart.
I never knew about your feelings for Wikipedia!
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