Pretty sleepy tonight, so I'll make this one quick.
Went to Peter and Paul Fortress today, which was built when St. Petersburg was founded in the early 18th century. It's an island, and on the island was a beautiful cathedral, a prison, a mint for Russian currency, and a museum. The cathedral was amazing. Inside, all the Russian Emperors were buried, from Peter I to Nicholas II. The magnitude of the history I was seeing was hard to grasp, because there was no security or really any regulations much at all. It was beautiful though. I posted all the photos to Facebook.
We also toured a prison, which was pretty prison-like.
The weather was pretty weird today, starting with rain, then glorious sub, then ridiculous wind. We walked about a mile to the fortress through a cute park that had scale miniatures of all the famous buildings in St. Petersburg.
We had pizza for lunch, and it was delicious.
Pretty much, I'm just in heaven here because there is so much history to see. Anatoli is forcing us to space it out, but I really just want to sprint from museum to cathedral to palace all over the city.
Tomorrow we're heading to the Russian Military Museum and another museum that I'm not sure what its theme is. I'm sure it will be worth going to though. :)
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