Weird eh, but the first real milestone is over I guess, no maybe the second as the first was making sure that everyone knew I was going on holiday then going and arriving!! We are now on a plane back to Moscow after spending our last evening and morning in St-Petersburg.
Last night we went out for a canal cruise around some of the sights of St-Petersburg - saw a lot of the things that we had walked miles and miles to see from a different angle then went to a restaurant for dinner. Just a normal type restaurant this time, strange as it may seem called the Tower Pub - lovely meal and wandered back to the apartment about 12:30. Gill went off to bed and Cam and I went around the corner to a little bar and had a drink and a bit of time together which was great.
I guess though that I am getting old as I headed off to bed at about 1:30 whilst Cam went off to explore the night life of the town. Mind you at that time of the day the sun is just starting to come up so really what else would you expect.
Saturday morning, pack up time and time to see just the last few sights, that’s right more walking – we went to see The Church of Christ on Spilled Blood this time a little differently from last time as last time we could only see it from the outside this time from inside. What an incredible piece of artwork - the restoration both after the war and other events that have damaged the building in a number of different ways is just unbelievable. The Mosaics are fascinating with the detail that they have in them, unreal what our ancestors created. Following on from the church we then went walking generally till we found a place to eat an early lunch before heading back to the apartment for a 1:15 pick up to the airport.
Now that’s an experience in itself you queue to get into the building and have your cases scanned, as well as go through a metal detector. You then queue for your tickets – you then queue to be physically frisked before going to the plane gate and believe me it is some frisk – really a lot more like a grope. You then get your ticket checked again as you leave the terminal to board a bus to your plane and yep you guessed right once you arrive at the plane you then get the ticket checked again and the stub removed. What did they think was going to happen one ponders, did they think that you were going to go through a massive transition between the terminal and the plane??
Anyway am now on the way to Moscow again to spend our last day with Cam. We will be kind of sad to say goodbye tomorrow. We sure have been treated like royalty and am not too sure just how long it will be before we see him again. Never mind that’s life I guess, so that’s all from me for now.
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