Our last day in StP - saved the Hermitage for the end. Coincidentally, today is the first Thursday of the month = free entry to the museum. And let me tell you, we weren't the only ones to know it! There seemed to be a huge line of people waiting but 30 minutes before the … Continue reading Day 12: The Hermitage

Full steam ahead! We're having a "sea day" today! First, a hydrofoil trip into the Gulf of Finland to Peterhof to see its magnificent fountains. Started by Peter The Great in 1725 as his version of Versailles, the palace and gardens had been added on to by successive tsars until it became the confection it … Continue reading Day 11: Two If By Sea