It was our last day in St. Petersburg and we decided to go out of town to see the summer palace at Peterhof.It is situated about 25km from the city centre on the Baltic coast.We decided to take the tourist route - hydrofoil from the centre of the city.Went to catch the trolley bus to the pier and after waiting 30 minutes and not seeing one, decided there was a problem.Too timid to riskthe bus, we walked to the Metro and found the problem.The square outside the st...

After we had settled into our hotel, we went off for some orientation.We walked to the Metro (found it eventually - it was a church that had been converted). The escalators were long - takes over 2 minutes to go down them.After checking out the Hermitage, we decided to walk down main street to see where all the sites were.It was an interesting walk - the city is full of tourists but much more affluent than I expected.We stopped at a cathedral. Inside there were l...