Palace Gardens

St Petersburg

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July 8th 2017
Today we sail into St Petersburg, Yea! You can only leave the ship if you have a visa or are taking a tour with a government approved tour guide or company. Since the visa costs as much as a tour, we will take a two day tour. Our tour was supposed to start at 6:45 and it is 7:41 and customs has not cleared our ship. Hurry up and wait will be the order of the day, welcome to Russia. Our first st ... 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