Russia 2017 - Day 9
The Writing Hub • 27 September 2017
(Wednesday 13, September)
Wednesday was an early start as our excursion to the city tour of Saint Petersburg started at 8:00, we saw the highlights of St Petersburg and stopped off to take photos a couple of times. We then went to Peter and Paul Fortress which housed the relics of those who found and build St Petersburg. There was also a memorial to the last Tsar and his family. Next we made our way to Hotel Moscow for lunch which was interesting as we had to push and fight over the food as it was a do it yourself buffet, which was very nice in fact.
After lunch we headed for the Hermitage museum, the building itself was far more spectacular than the artifacts that were there. The tour was very interesting and would of liked to have stayed a little bit longer in the Egyptian gallery but we had a lot more to see. From the Hermitage we headed to the boat for an early dinner. That night we went to see a folk show, it was really good and was very colorful; we did not expect the show to be so amazing and spectacular, but it was better than traveling around the city by coach all night. After the folk show it was time to go back to our cabins for bed as we had to be up and early for our second day in St Petersburg.
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