Thanks, Igor. My wife and I did a river cruise in Russia in 1998. We had three days in Moscow, then a week on the rivers, canals and reservoirs, and finally 3 days in St Petersburg, Since it was a group tour, we did didn't have enough time to see everything we wanted to see. We did make it to Peterhof, and to the Catherine Palace in Pushkin, as well as to the Hermitage and the gold room. We saw the diamond room (Almazny Fond), in Moscow, not the one in Petersburg.In both cases, our tour guide was quite annoyed when we insisted on being able to visit (for an extra fee) the gold and diamond collections.
I think we saw enough of Moscow and the Russian hinterland, but there was a lot more we wanted to see in St Pete. We would also like to see Finland, which is why we are considering a Baltic cruise. My wife has a tendency towards motion sickness, and that's why I wangted to hear from anyone who has been on one of the Baltic cruises. We did the ferry from Copenhagen to Oslo years ago, and it was a very rough crossing. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sat, Aug 1, 2015 at 1:15 PM, Igor PDML-StR <pdml...@komkon.org> wrote: > Dan, > I don't have any idea about cruises, but I'd suggest that you should allow > at the very least 3-4 days in St.-P. > (You won't be bored if you can spend more, say, 1-2 weeks. It's like in > Paris.) > Plan at least a day in Petergof (Peterhof), the summer residence of tzars. > Plan to visit Hermitage (closed on Monday, I believe). You may enjoy a > special (separate) part of it: the gold (and diamond) room. I don't know how > hard it would be to get in there ( there used to be a long lines in the > morning, at the opening to buy a ticket for it). > .... the list is long... > > In any case, I'd recommend summer, as it can get nasty in the fall and > winter. Also, Petergof is only fully open in summer, when you can get there > from the city by a fast boat, which is a nice trip by itself, if weather > cooperates. > > > Igor > > > > Daniel J. Matyola Sat, 01 Aug 2015 06:02:10 -0700 wrote: > > We are thinking of a Baltic cruise to St Petersburg. Has anyone on > the list taken such a journey? Any recommendations? > > Years back, we took a ferry from Copenhagen to Oslo, and the crossing > weas very rough. How rough are the seas likely to be on a cruise ship > in the Baltic? What is the best time of year to do something like > that? > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
