I was right--6:00 am was way too early, but we had to meet at 8:00 for another tour, so up and at 'em!! After a quick bite, we met up with our group for a tour of the city with a guide named Catherine. She had a Russian accent but was able to be understood about 95% of the time. :)) We stopped off at the Spilled Blood church and it was raining at this point. Not hard but enough to hurry us along. I wanted to get a group photo but the darned selfie stick wouldn't ...

We arrived very early into the port of St. Petersburg this morning. Rich overheard someone saying they had to meet at 5:45 am for a trip to Moscow! Our tour didn't meet until 8:30 am, so we had it easy. Comparatively speaking, that is. We boarded a bus and took off for a tour of the city and our first stop was at the Hermitage Museum. It was originally built as a winter palace for the Royal Family, but Catherine the Great loved to collect things and finally dedi...