Final full day in Russia

So, the end is approaching. Today was our final full day in Russia. St Petersburg didn’t show its best face with heavy rains in the morning. However we very firmly determined to go to Peterhof, a huge castle and park complex created by Peter the Great. No bad weather would stop us.
Said and done, we boarded the speed boat which takes you there in approximately 30 minutes. It was definitely the right decision to go their despite the weather.


This place is absurd. The amount of fountains, springs, castles etc is absolutely astonishing. The weather was actually not that bad and thanks to the weather the place was not as crowded as usual. We spent some hours strolling around in the parks.
After lunch the sun actually broke through. When going back we discovered that the canals in the town where closed due to a military parade so we had to go back by bus and metro.


Once back in town we had some late lunch and then continued on with some free time for the team to go shopping. We realized that this was actually the only time we have had since the trip started to go to some shops. Crazy.

The 28th of May is the anniversary of St Petersburg so the evening was full with open air concerts and a very vivid street life. We sat down on the terrace of a restaurant, had some beers and debriefed ourselves of this amazing trip. The sun was on, the beer was cold, the streets crowded and life was all in all pretty good. A very worthy final day of a great month was coming to its end.

Best Regards,

Anders