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The
morning started when we looked
out of the porthole
and saw the Port of St. Petersburg -
HUGE, busy and exciting -
with the prospect of our day ahead... |
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and very early we
set off from the Saga Ruby
on board our
coach .....into the City of St. Petersburg |
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and
very soon we
had stopped off in a square
where we
were
able to take lots of photographs
(this happened
throughout the day
and was very
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Large, impressive (THE PLACE of course!)
and a little frightening ...
but exciting -
we were HERE !
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Almost
immediately, in this square, we came upon little stalls
selling souvenirs of all kinds
including
Russian dolls, bells, boxes, ..
LOVELY !
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as we travelled around
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there were magnificent, huge and
ornate buildings
everywhere you looked ...
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and in due course we arrived at the
waterfront |
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here is
Sue with
The Hermitage behind her
just
across the water
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and just along the waterfront we were
able to see the world famous Cruiser 'Aurora' |
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Here is Aurora - (to read all
about this ship click the pic above)
Sue - with Cruiser that began the Russian Revolution
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 and
paid it a salute ! |
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After we
boarded our coach again we then spent some more time
travelling around this
spectacular City - as you can see below ... |
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As you can see in this last thumbnail
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we then came to the |
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Spilled Blood Cathedral ...
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This Cathedral
is opposite a beautiful park,
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with a long crescent of
railings
and gateways set with
"Victorian" tiles |
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Nearby to the Cathedral were more
sightseeing places, and
to the left
this bigger market -
very expensive
but full of great things
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We had plenty of time
to
wander around
and see everything... |
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and Dusty found this memorial plaque
which is really interesting - it is a tribute to WWII |
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Finally, we boarded our coach
again for the journey back to the Saga Ruby ... |
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to
rest up ready for
our evening visit to
THE BALLET
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a little Russian sparrow
saying "farewell"
to us... |
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click one of these flags for a
country we visited ...
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©
'HIGHLIGHTS'
2006