St. Petersburg. Today was our longest tour day besides Berlin. We
were up at 5:30 AM for our 7:30 departure for the Pushkin/Peterhof
tour. Had a quick breakfast at the Seaside Grill before leaving.
Met our guide Yuri and headed out to the town of Pushkin where
Catherine’s Palace is located. It was about an hour from the ship
and we got a lot of local history and palace history from Yuri during
the drive. The palace itself and the rooms we saw were magnificent.
The famous Amber Room was fantastic. The palace was mostly destroyed
during WWII but is being restored to its natural beauty. Yuri showed
us the difference between the original building/items and the
restored “plastic” items. We then toured the gardens but they
were not real impressive compared to the palace rooms. Next we drove
to Peterhof for a nice lunch (vodka, wine, caviar, etc.) prior to the
3 hour tour of Peter the Great’s Palace and Gardens. The fountains
are all gravity fed and in our opinion the gardens are nicer than the
ones at Versaille. This palace and gardens were built to rival
Versaille. The rooms in the palace were small compared to Pushkin but
were still extraordinary. Got back to the ship about 5 for our 6
PM departure. We hit the spa and pool, had our usual 2 hour dinner
then saw a great comedian, Adrian Walsh.
St. Petersburg
Sunday, May 25, 2008
Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation
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