St. Petersburg - Day 4

I wanted to publish this post before we went on another trip, but looks like I could only do it after we're back. Sigh, so many backlogs to clear... So before more gets piled up, I better not delay our update on Day 4 in St. Petersburg.

Here's how the ancient elevator at our apartment looked like - it could only fit 2 to 3 people, and came with a safety gate! If the gate was not closed properly, the lift wouldn't budge.

But it didn't look that bad from the outside, don't you think so? We're staying at the 5th floor.

We managed to capture a family photo right in front of the place where we stayed - it's hard to imagine such an old building would have a nice place to stay inside :)

Our destination for that day was The Peter and Paul's Fortress. Along the way, we passed by some nice spots.

At the metro station...

More walking to do after that...

SY taking a rest...

Oops, SJ's sleeping already! Can you see the people sun-bathing down there

A closer view...

 Reached our destination finally - Introducing The Peter and Paul Fortress

Tired from the walk...

 Information Tickets Counter

At the other side of the fortress - SJ's awake!

The girls were sitting on the statue's laps

Carried by Chiu Chiu and Gong Gong

The girls had a little picnic of home-cooked porridge on the grass for lunch before we went into the building

Inside The Peter and Paul Cathedral

These photos were from my brother's camera

These were from my sister's

And this was from hubby's (I didn't select those architectural shots as it was already covered by the two above). I sat there most of the time, too tired from the walking

Another family shot outside The Peter and Paul Cathedral

At the souvenir shop, with the 'souvenir' man

After that, we went to the space museum. Russian has created many astronauts to date...

And here were the dogs that had participated in their space program as well

Next, we posed with the rockets...

Posing with the rocket

Super mommy?

Another family shot

Now with the astronaut

SY and SJ didn't have enough of the astronauts, and wanted more shots with everyone

Some of the things we saw at the space museum

After that, we went to watch a Russian folklore show, "Feel yourself Russian".

It's a very entertaining performance, with some elements of humour. I'll let the pictures do the talking.

The master of ceremony

Some of the performances...

At a closer look...

The temporary artists "at work" while the main artists were having a break...

Look at how grand the theatre was (it's a palace!), we were served great food and wine during the break. One adult ticket cost us USD45.36 (my sister managed to get a 19% discount for us, and kids enter free).

After the show... look at how bright it was still, this photo was taken at 9.15pm.

 Here's how the theatre looks like from the outside - can you spot us sitting down there?

Finally, the night view of St. Petersburg - this was taken at 1.41am

 That's all for Day 4 of St. Petersburg. I hope I can update on our last day there very soon...