Friday, 29 July 2011

Last full day in St. Petersburg

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Monday 25th July 2011 Various optional tours (chargeable) were offered on the Monday. I'd elected for the Catherine Palace in Push...

An Evening at the Ballet

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Sunday 24th July 2011 The Auditorium of the Hermitage Theatre, just before the performance. Sunday had already been quite busy (Peterhof ...

Saint Petersburg Metro

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Sunday 24th July 2011 Route Map of the Saint Petersburg Metro. ( Larger image ). After the morning organised visit to the Peterhof...
Tuesday, 26 July 2011

More St. Petersburg

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Sunday 24th July 2011 The day started dull, became very wet and then, in the afternoon, became warm and sunny. After my usual 7.0 a...
Saturday, 23 July 2011

St. Petersburg

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Saturday 23rd July 2011 'Vodohod' berths for cruise ships and hyrofoils on the north bank of the River Neva at Utkina Zavod, St. ...

Sivirstroy

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Friday 22nd July 2011 When I got up, the ship had already left Lake Onega and was sailing downstream on the Svir River. Near Podporozhye...

Kizhi Island

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Thursday 21st July 2011 Lake Onega is the second largest lake in Europe and its shape is said to resemble a clawed lobster. The lake con...
Friday, 22 July 2011

The Volga – Baltic Canal

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Thursday 21st July 2011 On Thursday morning, I woke around 5.0 a.m. as we were entering the second lock on the Volga – Baltic Canal (Loc...

Goritsy, Russian Republic

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Wednesday 20th July 2011 The Sheksna Lock being filled to raise our ship. We left the Rybinsk Reservoir and entered the winding Lower...
Thursday, 21 July 2011

Rybinsk Reservoir, Russia

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Tuesday 19th July 2011 We left Yaroslavl around 2.0 p.m. Our trip to Yaroslavl had been a ‘side trip’ so we had make our way upstream on...
Wednesday, 20 July 2011

Yaroslavl, Russia

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Tuesday 19th July 2011 Around 7.0 a.m. we arrived at Yaroslavl and berthed at a modern terminal with one other river cruiser already moo...

Uglich, Russia

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Monday 18th July 2011 With no hint of the rain we’d had in Moscow, Monday was sunny and warmed up to 30 degrees Celsius. Approaching Ugl...
Tuesday, 19 July 2011

Navigating the Moscow Canal

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Sunday 17th July 2011 Around 2.30 p.m. we started our journey of over 1300 km. to Saint Petersburg, during which numerous locks would lo...
Monday, 18 July 2011

Inside the Kremlin

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Sunday 17th July 2011 On Sunday morning, the weather was dull and it was starting to rain. By the time our coaches had taken us to centr...

Moscow by Night

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Saturday 16th July 2011 A little after 9.30 p.m. we set off by coach for the optional ‘Moscow by Night’ tour. It was just starting to ge...
Sunday, 17 July 2011

Moscow City Tour

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Saturday 16th July 2011 I got up at 6.00 a.m. and went for a buffet breakfast at about 6.50 a.m. I was surprised that the Opera Restaura...