[ Aug.2017 ] On the third day in Saint Petersburg in Russia, we joined the optional tour to Catherine Palace in Pushkin in the suburbs of the city. The local guide on the day was…

[ Aug.2017 ] Seeing a ballet performance at the Hermitage Theatre in Saint Petersburg was an event included in our cruise tour in Russia. This theatre is one of the five buildings of the Hermitage…

[ Aug.2017 ] We went to the Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg in Russia, at last. The reason I said ‘at last’ is that when I visited this city first time, I could not go…

[ Aug.2017 ] Our very busy sightseeing tour in Saint Petersburg in Russia continued. We saw a couple of red pillars called Rostral Columns on Vasilyescsky Island. I read our guide book now and found…

[ Aug.2017 ] In the pictures of Saint Petersburg in Russia, you often see the photo of the Church of the Savior on Blood. That was where we visited after Smolny Cathedral. The look of…

[ Aug.2017 ] The first thing we did on our cruise holiday from Saint Petersburg to Moscow was a sightseeing tour in Saint Petersburg. We stayed in the moored ship and went to the centre…