Category: Travel

Our farewell dinner is complete so now it’s time to pack. Early transfer to the airport tomorrow morning at 5 am but I still think there is time for a final subway ride somewhere….. Just thinking maybe this will be our next tour…… This group is currently staying at...

A couple of places we wanted to visit were closed due to restoration so I don’t have a lot of pictures today, but we did go back to Red Square for some daylight photos.  The subway again…. Couldn’t go into this Cathederal, the equivalent of St Peters in Rome...

Here are some more pictures from today.   Yes we tackled the subway on our own today. So easy even though we don’t know Russian. The changing of the guard and the memorial for the unknown soldiers of many cities throughout Russia.  We were actually there at the time...

Here are some photos from today… the Kremlin. We also went to the Armory but weren’t allowed to take pictures.  The old carriages, dresses from the day, and the gold gems and crowns were amazing. Of course we got to see the Faberge eggs, again no pictures were allowed.....

Yes, we went subway hopping to see some adornments.  The subway stations are beautiful. Here are some pictures.  Then we came above ground this is what we saw…. ​ Red square Red square Red square Tomorrow we go to the Kremlin and then back to Red Square during the...

Beautiful poppies in St Petersburg; always reminds me of veterans.  We made it!  The train ride was smoothe, we didnt get pick-pocketed and after traffic, made it to the hotel!   Here are some videos Marriott Grand Moscow traffic Moscow traffic...

Beautiful place….  and again, the floors were amazing. At the Hermitage the floors had 6 layers of lacquer; here at Catherine’s palace zero lacquer.  As such, we all had to wear booties and basically swept the floors as we walked through it.  While language was not a problem in...

We spent a few hours at the Hermitage museum. We saw some Rembrandts, some DaVincis and more. The place was crazy busy. Here are some photos/videos. Most people would think two hours wasn’t enough and it wasn’t if you wanted to see everything. However, it was plenty long enough...

So we went on a canal cruise….. only one problem, it was a Russian speaking tour! So yet again, here are some pictures that I’m clueless as to what they are…. but we still enjoyed it. Just beautiful; reminds us of other European cities, like Venice....

Here’s a few pictures from St Petersburg. I’m clueless as to what any of these places are as all descriptions were in Russian. Hopefully I’ll find out tomorrow during our tour.  We just went for a 5 mile walk and this is what we found. It was raining most...