Day 2 was another early rise immigration was much better today. We drive around again and stopped at a church with services happening. There are no seats in Russian churches. To experience God you apparently have to suffer as he did. People walk around and kiss paintings (Yuck! It seems very unhygienic to me). We stopped at a local market. Nothing very different here except the washroom I used was a hole in the floor. Luckily my legs are still sturdy. The He...

St Petersburg is Russia’s window on the West and is supposedly one of the worlds most beautiful metropolis’s. For 2 centuries St Petersburg was the capital of Russia. It is now the second largest city in Russia and has an undeniably eventful history. From witnessing the February and October Revolutions of 1917 to its fierce defence and siege during WW II, she has become one of Russia’s intellectual and cultural hubs. It is called the Venice of the North bec...