Hello again. So the tour officially started on Monday where we met our Honcho and the rest of the tour group. There are 10 of us in total and we've gotten on with everyone so well already. We went to the Hermitage Museum, which is absolutely amazing! It is huge (supposedly would take 11 years to walk through every corridor) and the buildings are spectacular. It's like that throughout St. Petersburg. You walk round a corner and suddenly there's a huge domed Cathedral right in front of you. Unfortunately we didn't get to go inside the Church of Spilled Blood as it was closed, but looking at the building itself was an experience of its own.
Today we went to the Fort and saw the Peter and Paul Cathedral. The Cathedral had the city's tallest spire. We also went to the Vodka Museum and tried some traditional Vodka and Russian snacks. They taste a lot better than you'd imagine! Tonight we are having another meal together and getting the overnight train to Moscow.
St. Petersburg has been great, but we have been told by our Honcho not to judge Russia by St. Petersburg alone. So I'm looking forward to Russia and hope to have as much fun there as I have had here. Though I have heard it's more expensive! I hope I don't run out of moneys before I get to China!!
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3 comments:
Hi Ian, sounds great, keep in touch. No news from home apart from we have Jacs home for another 2 weeks, she is off to Greece on 11th April.. dad
It sounds fantastic. Glad your having a good time Mr P Hugs
Debs
wow shame you missed the church of blood, perhaps you should have spent the next 11 years in StP wandering the corridors of the museum! Glad you met a nice group. No news from my end, have fun trainspotting in Russia... Love K
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