Very cluttered harbor where we docked in St. Petersburg

Hundreds of NCL passengers waited to pass Russian Immigration for 1-2 hours

View of skyline from our balcony - stayed in St. Petersburg for 2 days

One of the many orthodox churches along our bus route to The Hermitage

Congested traffic on Nevski Prospekt was horrendous!  Note the electric car wires everywhere on the broad boulevard !

Cathedral of Our Savior on Spilled Blood where Tsar Alexander II was fatally wounded by revolutionary terrorist on March 1, 1881

The Church of St. Catherine is oldest Roman Catholic church in Russia (1762)

Archway to one of Euope's most beautiful cities, St. Petersburg

Egyptian Gates, entrance to Tsar's Village in Pushkin

Is this the Russian equivalent of "The Thinker"??  Lenin, Stalin??

Large, wide downspouts on the colorless concrete buildings

One of the Neva River canals in magnificent city

Colorful sailboats on Neva River in front of Spit of Vailievsky Island

Equestrian status of Nicholas I in St. Isaac's Square

 Monument to Peter the Great, known as The Bronze Horseman

St. Isaac's Cathedral in one of largest squares in St. Petersburg

Our photo of St. Isaac's Cathedral - taking in the rain!

Statue of peace in front of Park Inn, where we dined inbetween tours

Don converses with Canadian couple after our delicious lunch

Humerous paintings on sides of many of the Russian tour busses

Caught a view of the zoo from our bus