St. Petersburg, Russia; July 24-28

Hi, Michael here!  On the first day in Russia we saw Daddy! He met us at the ship and we all went on a canal tour of St Petersburg. We had to go through immigration and get our passport stamped. We learned how to say hello (good day) “dobry den” and thank you “spa see bah”

We stayed at the “W” hotel. It was really nice. On my bed was a teddy with a t-shirt that

said I love SPB and a bowl of gummy bears! There was a roof deck where we are pizza and we could see lots of the city.

On day 2 we went to the Hermitage. It's a big palace and museum that was designed for one person in the winter only.  That's a lot of room for one person.  When meme and mommy went to the ballet, Daddy and I had a boys night and went swimming at the hotel

Hermitage with Daddy, Meme & Pop

Hermitage courtyard fountain

Hermitage Theatre Ballet, Swan Lake

The next day we went to the summer palace. We traveled there by hydrofoil (a boat that floats above the water). That night we went to a playground and I learned to drive a segway.  We went out for Russian food for dinner. I tried smoked sturgeon, cucumber salad, pelmini (dumplings) and brown bread and black salt. They were all delicious.

Riding the Hydrofoil

Peterhof Fountains & Gardens

Learning to ride a segway

tasting Russian food (and drink!)

Playground in St. Petersburg

The fourth day we went to an amusement park and rode rides! We got there by metro. The station had marble walls and statues.

Racetrack

bumper boats

The last day we climbed up and down nearly 576 steps to the top of St Issacs cathedral. It wasn't that hard and the view from the top was nice.

I bought a nesting doll with 10 dolls inside. The last one is so small that they couldn't even paint it! And a matryoshka doll box. I also got a Russian Navy hat, since one day we were there was Navy day.

Navy day

Next we are going to Sweden!