The last stop on our Easter Baltic Cruise was St. Petersburg, Russia! Using the tour group,
Open Your Russia, we were able to enter the country visa-free for 72 hours. It was an amazing experience to see so many of the places I had read about in history class.
Russia is a beautiful country, and I am so happy that I was able to visit, even it was for just a short period. That being said, I always felt a tad uneasy with the current political climate. The American embassy in St. Petersburg was closed only 20 hours before our arrival in the country. I was constantly afraid of all the 'what ifs'. My sister did not feel the same way, so I guess I was just being a worry wart - which I have a terrible habit of being. Here are some of my pictures from the trip - some are mine and some were taken by a new friend met on the trip.
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| Church of the Spilled Blood |
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| The Hermitage or Winter Palace |
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| St. Issac's Cathedral |
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The Summer Palace - from here Tsar Nicholas II and his family
were taken by the Bolsheviks |
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| Once Upon a December |
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| What an awesome group! And big thank you to our tour guide Larissa! |
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