Russia was my favorite country by far and I really enjoyed my three days...could have used one more.

We took the ships concierge choice tour for day 1-Expereince Daily Living in St. Pete and I actually enjoyed it.

We boarded our motorcoach and were brought to a St. Pete's subway station. (Had a detour, b/c someone had to go to the washroom so we were left outside of the subway station until they returned....only gripe.) and were given tokens for the subway. We were told which stop to get off and rode the subway....kinda smelly but interesting and worth the adventure. Hold onto your pocketbooks and wallets here.) Next we visited a local market where locals buy fresh veggie's and meats. We also taken to another store on Nevsky prospect.
Last but not least we were taken to a local store where we could buy gifts and I purchased some gifts and souviners.

Last but not least....we were taken to the Russian Vodka museum where we learned vodka history and sampled vodkas.....great little side venture.

We were taken back to the ship and when we returned to our room we had a note thanking us for trying this excursion and had a gift (doll w/ airplane bottle of vodka in the doll). I gave mine away as it was a cute little gift.

Day 2 we went to Moscow -- totally different post.

Day 3 - We took the ships tour - Treasures of the Hermitage and Vadim was our guide. He was very knowledgeable and I would highly recommend him. The was a great way to see just some of the state rooms, pieces of art by DiVinci but my favorite was the French small wing with Monet, Renoir, Cezanne, etc.

To by honest, we were beat with all of the walking so we could have never done a longer tour than 4 hours.

Sorry the posts are so long.....but we had such a great time.

Beth is sick so she can't post and asked me to fill you guys in....espically Denise and gopack.

Jenn