Day 9 - Saturday: St Petersburg

We seem to have had a dream run with the weather. It started about 19 degrees this morning, getting up to 25, with sun all day. We took a boat tour through some canals and on the river. The city has been built to impress. We are off to the ballet tonight in the theatre built by Catherine the Great, part of the Hermitage.

Store on Nevsky Prospect

A canal between Nevsky Prospect and Church on Spilled Blood

Church on Spilled Blood. We'll go inside on a later day.

The last palace built before the revolution

The residence of the Stroganoff family, of the famous dish.

The summer palace of Peter the Great. He was fairly modest in his needs. His daughter, Elizabeth, though, built the largest palace in St Petersburg.