An amazing city with an amazing history. The architecture, the canals, the opulence of the castles, the museums so full of art treasures; I don't know where to start to describe it. What an experience. One of the highlights was the garden fountains in Peterhopt – I can hardly wait to show you the video. Words cannot describe it.
We were in port for 36 hours and we were off the boat for about 29 of those hours. We also got to see the Tchaikovsky Ballet company perform Swan Lake which I thoroughly enjoyed, and even Gus stayed awake.
There has been lots of restoration of their historical buildings and most of the history the guides talk about is pre-revolution. She did tell us there is a large storage yard for all the Stalin and Lenin statues that used to dominate the city.
Today we are in Helsinki. We're still recovering from SPB, so I hope we can drag ourselves off the ship to see it.
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