Picture of the Day: The Chronicles of Russia

St. Petersburg, Russia -- May, 2011

A quick jump ahead to the next day. After a night train to St. Petersburg and a full day of sightseeing in and around the city, we decided to take a canal ride. Now, we saw a lot of tour boats meandering through the river and canals all day, and were envisioning one of these --

 

 Instead, we were led onto the boat above, complete with cloth napkins and slightly overpriced food. Unfortunately, the tour was only in Russian (though, I think they at least had English menus), but it was a nice relaxing way to see a bit of the city while refueling. ok, to be honest, they didn't really show us much pretty in terms of the city -- they took us through some kind of ugly parts so we could go to the mouth of the river and see the low sun shining on the Baltic. We got a kick out of the views, though, and had a decent meal in the meantime....however, by the end...