We left by bus for Peterhof, and it was a lovely drive. We passed a huge “broken ring” memorial to the million people who died in the siege of Leningrad during WWII. Then few went past amazing dachas to the palace grounds.
It was so nice to walk through golden autumn woods. We toured Mon Plaisir, a smaller castle on the grounds – beautiful and elegant .
Then we came back to the ship by hydrofoil. We just had time for a quick lunch before rushing back into the city centre for a canal cruise. This city is called the “Venice of the North” and the views from the canals and rivers are spectacular. Many palaces and other beautiful buildings, bridges, parks and so on.
After a very rushed dinner at the ship we were back on the busses to go to a very entertaining Cossack show. My goodness but those people danced and sang! In our Russian classes we learned how to sing the Russian Song “Katrinka”, and low and behold the finale song in the show was Katrinka and we were to sing along. What a coincidence. Ha! But fun!
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