Today, we visited the Hermitage, which is without question known as one of the finest museums in the world. Since our tour only started around noon, we had a leisurely morning aboard Getaway. Emerson was especially pleased to play mini golf with the course all to ourselves: En route to the museum, we witnessed the […]
Category Archive for 'Russia'
We’re back in Russia. Like the rest of northern Europe, we last visited St. Petersburg for a single day six years ago when Emerson was only a little more than a year old. Due to Russian visa requirements, it’s generally easiest to do a shore execursion arranged by the cruise line. So, we did a […]
Cruise Day #6 – St. Petersburg, Russia
Posted in Russia, Vision of the Seas on Jul 15th, 2011
Note: this post was also delayed due to Internet connectivity problems Today, we had an early wake-up call (6:45) as our shore excursion departed by 8:45 and frankly it takes us (with Emerson) a while to get changed, groomed, and fed in the morning. Unfortunately, Emerson was also fairly restless last night (we’re not sure […]
Going to the dogs in Moscow…
Posted in Russia, Virtual Travel on Jan 24th, 2010
For my “virtual travel” of the week, I enjoyed an interesting article on the stray dog population in Moscow (yet another city and country we have yet to visit). It reminded me of the vast number of canines that we saw all over Athens: I wonder which city has more strays: Moscow or Athens? I […]