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As our scheduled Panoramic Sights of St Petersburg shore excursion was at 1:45 to 5:30 in the afternoon, we stayed on board in the morning. A cruise passenger does not need to obtain a visa to enter St Petersburg if that passenger is booked on a P & O shore excursion. If you want to have a private tour, you will need to have a visa.
We were taken to the Admiralty, the ...
Hermitage
... dan word je dra afgevoerd door een peloton sovjets.. Deze optie hebben we niet geprobeerd..:-)
Na de Nederlandse kunst zijn we naar verdieping 3 gegaan voor de Franse en Italiaanse meesters. jammer voor Renoir, Picasso enzo maar we waren moe. Moe van 1000 kleden, 100 zalen, 2000 schilderijen en een veelvoud aan objecten voor op en in kasten..
We laten de beschrijving van deze dag hierbij, geniet van de foto's
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Only in Russia!
... like the time when while returning to the station after this very dinner, he remarked to anyone within ear shot that he was thankful his wallet wasn't stolen because it had over 4,000 rubles in it.
Nevertheless it was good to have dinner out, albeit with a sampling of the younger generation, if for no other reason that it gave us some useful hints as to who best to avoid for the remainder of the trip.
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The end of the line...
... to bring a smile to my face. It’s a celebration, a jewel in the Russian crown. I nearly didn’t come here, I nearly chose Berlin instead but a bee kept buzzing in my ear, insisting that I not miss this amazing place. I’m glad I listened, to say I finished on a high is an understatement. It had been an amazing 3 months. Everything I had hoped for. It has opened my eyes and my mind and the best thing is that this is hopefully just the beginning… Stay tuned.
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Disorganized notes from St. Petersburg ...
... spoke and played a very active role in the dénouement. - I felt very Russian this morning with the little snacks that Natalia prepared for me for my train ride to Helsinki: a cheese sandwich, some little round gingerbread cookies filled with jam and a hard-boiled egg ... but I am still clearly fooling nobody :) And with that -- I'm now in Helsinki! But will save that update for a point when I've got more than 4 Finnish hours under my belt ...