Today we sleep in until 6am and, after breakfast and passing through immigration once again, we are outside the gate waiting for Olga, Vladimir and our tour bus to arrive. Right on time, they pull in and we board. Our audio receivers that we used yesterday are back on our seats along with the usual bottle of water. The earphone devices are great as it lets us hear Olga as she describes each of our sites as we walk around. There's a microphone on board the bus...

Up this morning at 5:30am. It's going to be a nice day, sunny and in the low 70s. Mom is not excited about going into Russia. Actually, she's been dreading it for months. We will be with a guide the entire time as required by Russian immigration and our our guide team is rated #1 on Trip Advisor. So Mom prepares to go, under protest, into St Petersburg. St Petersburg is the second largest city in Russia. It was established by Peter the Great in 1703. ...