St Petersburg, Day 1

After a very warm welcome with a home made Russian pancake breakfast, we made our way down to a supermarket to explore the local groceries. A few sweets richer we were ready to embark on our tour.
Joined by relatives to keep us company and be our tour guides we explored St Petersburg's city centre and learned about the history of the Zsars.
Here are a few highlights from Geo's camera (if there will be unmissable shots I'll add them later, as I didn't bring the adaptor for the camera I'm using):

We got so lucky with the weather, it was amazing!

Visited Titans to make a wish

Fortress and the first building built in the city. We were impressed by the whole width of the river Neva still being frozen.

Church on Spilled blood unfortunately under restoration but still magnificent.

We also had some amazing food including Pelmeni and Vareniki, the best doughnuts in St Petersburg (which are so much better than normal doughnuts) and a home cooked meal with soup, potatoes and meatballs. Now to catch up with sleep and get some rest as more exploring to do tomorrow!

-KK