St Petersburg and the Hermitage

Blessed with another sunny day in St. Petersburg, we boarded the tour minibus at 7:45am and headed to the river for a boat tour. The canals we saw were lined with beautiful palaces and often crossed by ornate bridges. The boat let us off at Catherine the Great’s Hermitage, which houses one of the world’s greatest collections of art; DiVinci, Rembrandt, Michelangelo, Caravaggio, Raphael and Botticelli to name a few. The …

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Imperial Sites in St Petersburg, Russia

Russia! It took awhile to exit the ship because of the incredibly strict border security. We had pre-booked our two day St. Petersburg tour in Canada and met our guides at the port. There were fifteen people in our group. Maria, our guide, and Alexi, our driver, were delighted because it was a bright sunny day. Maria informed us that usually they get about fifty sunny days a year …

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