Thursday 19th June - St Petersburg Had breakfast & went for a walk on the other side of the Nevsky Prospekt, the main street. We walked up towards the Neva River & found a lovely gourmet deli with mechanical, puppet like figures from the 19th century in the window. Unfortunately it was closed but it reminded us of Fortnum & Mason's in London. From there we moved on to Peter the Great’s Castle, which is undergoing repairs & then returned to ...

Monday 16th June Managed a very early breakfast before our ride to the bus station to catch the 9am bus to St Petersburg. The ride went well but we were at the border with Russia for about an hour whilst we had our visas checked & the bus inspected for contraband. The countryside was pretty flat again but we saw the Baltic & arrived early in St Petersburg at 2.30pm local time having lost an hour to the new time zone. A young guy picked us up & drove ...