St Petersburg, Day 4

Chill but Surprisingly Busy Day

Arrival @ St. Petersburg

As Ksen wrote previously, we arrived at St. Petersburg @ 7am ish.

Compared to Moscow it was much colder at St. Petersburg which was a shame cause I only had a wind breaker.... yay me. 

None the less, we carried ourselves out of the station and made it back.  

We had to reorganize for the "thrilling" day that we had set for ourselves.

Cheerleading(?) Competetion

You read correctly.

We did in fact watch cheerleading on this Russian trip. 

It was a moment that made me realize I'm really unhealthy and can't flip. (sad face)

Catherine's Palace

From the event hall the competition was held, we took an uber to Catherine's Palace.

We got food from a cafe/restaurant near by. Twas classic let's say XD

We were too hungry to get any pictures so use your wildest imagination as to what they looked like.

It was quite late in the afternoon after the competition but we were lucky enough to have reached the palace  with enough time to go through the exhibit but in a non rushed manner. 

We were warned that usually the line to get a ticket takes nearly an hour but there was a single group infront of us when we went, so yay us. 

Have I mentioned we've been extremely lucky with the weather during this trip?

Any who, we found out that the whole palace was destroyed during WWII, but the government has been constantly restoring the palace to its former glory. 

Apparently to rebuild one side of a door way in the palace, it costs approximately 5 million rubles. 

Although photos were prohibited, the most interesting room has to be the Amber room.

Although it was a  recreation as the original is a mystery to this day, it was quite impressive.

After that it was just going back and resting for future days of the trip to come. 

- GK