Our second day in St Petersburg dawned overcast, later turning to rain,
but this didn't spoil our excursion to the amazing palace and gardens of Peterhof,
situated about 30 kms west of the city, on the Gulf of Finland.

On the journey there and back, we were quite impressed with the state of the roads,
much improved since our last visit in 1997, although the traffic congestion was still significant.

Since 1997, there has been a lot of development along this route, not all of it inspiring.

Please excuse the quality of the recording in this video, but there was some stirring music!

Mariinsky Theatre

Back on board, this smaller ship had pulled up alongside us and appeared to be removing our waste... nice!

Some of our fellow passengers went to the ballet that evening.
We decided to drink Bruce's birthday champagne instead!