Some fun stuff and the White Nights

After our tours one day in St. Petersburg, Marcy and I decided not to reboard the ship.  Instead we went wandering around.  Here are some of the things we found:

Vodka Sampling

One of the first things you'll notice in just about any souvenir shop is that they don't hesitate to let you try the vodka.

In fact, it often comes in several different flavors.

So you make like Pokemon, "Gotta try them all."

The next five pictures are all from the inside of St. Isaac's Cathedral.

My favorite thing in this place is the painting on one of the ceilings of the dry bones prophecy in Ezekiel 37.

This prophecy tells of the restoration of the nation of Israel and was fulfilled in 1948.

A nation resurfacing after over 2,000 years? No other nation has done this.  God knew what he was talking about.

Ezekiel 37

Christ has defeated death.

Walking along Nevsky Prospekt.

Running into familiar faces.

This is the moment we realized that learning Cyrillic wasn't going to be too hard.

Cабвэй = Subway

Интернет = Internet
Кафе = Cafe

On our way back to the ship, we come across a park full of bears lifting up their arms.  It turns out this was a worldwide UN event.  Every nation has a bear.  Marcy and I find our USA bear and do our best to fit in.

Photo op with Peter and Catherine

St. Isaac's Cathedral

Russian Salad

Stroganoff - invented by Mr. Stroganoff...for real.

You too can read Cyrillic.

We found it!

After a long three days, we finally leave St. Petersburg.  Over the next three months, we will have gone to St. Petersburg a grand total of eight times, spending three days there each time.

It's safe to say that as pretty as it is, we've had our fill of Russia, and we're ready to put it behind us for a very long time.

However, one thing that I am truly sad to be running short of:  The Beautiful White Nights.

Summer Midnight on the Baltic

Summer Midnight on the Baltic