Canal Cruise

Aug 25 – St Petersburg Russia – Part I

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August 27th 2013
Welcome to St Petersburg. Finland was a new country for us, but Russia also is a new country for us too. Where to start the story? Last night is a good place. Just before sailing from Helsinki they made 2 announcements asking a married couple to contact customer services. This typically means someone did not return and it was time to pull in the gangway. Hopefully this couple came running ... read more

Europe » Russia » Northwest » Saint Petersburg

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Founded in the 12th century, the Principality of Muscovy, was able to emerge from over 200 years of Mongol domination (13th-15th centuries) and to gradually conquer and absorb surrounding principalities. In the early 17th century, a new Romanov Dynas... ... read more