Holiday 2014 St petersburg to Moscow

 

Len and Ira at Mandrogi Island

 

 

Wednesday 23rd July 2014

Day 9

Left Saint Petersburg 1730 a relaxing night on the water after dinner there was a brief lesson. on

Russian history.

A late start to the day went thru the Upper Svir Lock the stopped at Mandrogi Is visted the Vodka

museum got a couple of bottles and had lunch.

 

Holiday 2014 Staint Petersburg

 

Len in the gardens at Peterhof

                                             Val  and Len with one of the many fountains
                                                  

Val in the gardens .

Tuesday 22nd July 2014

St Petersburg

Day 8.

Today we leave St Petersburg not a early start on the bus 1015 for a tour of the Hermitage

 

The Hermitage Museum

 

Ever since Catherine the Great must Russian leaders were assiduous collectors.

 

The museum collection gained rapid growth after the communist revolution

 

when they confiscated works of art from the nobility.

 

After lunch it was a 30 minute drive to Peterhof on the Gulf of Finland with its Grand

 

Cascade and gardens witch was Peter the Great idea for a summer residence during the soviet

 

it was know as Petrodvorets. 

  Monday 21st July 2014

Holiday 2014 Saint Petersburg

Day 7

St Petersburg is a city with a lot to see we left the boat at 0800 first stop was Catherine's Cathedral

 

Then a short drive to the Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood  built in 1801          

 

 

   

Len in front of the Church of Savior on Spilled Blood built by Tsar Alexander

 

In the afternoon we went to Catherine's Palace summer residence of the imperial heirs

 

Len inside Catherine Palace

 

The in the evening we went to the Bagatitsa Folklore show 

 

Love

 

Len and Val

 

 

 

Holiday 2014 Dubai - St Petersburg

Sunday 20 July @014

Day 6.

Today was spent flying from Dubai U.A.E. to St Petersburg Russia we landed on time and got to the

boat around 1630 and we were briefed about tomorrow events after tea it was down to the local

supermarket to get some water and beer and turn in for the night.

Holiday 2014 Dubai

Saturday 19 July 2014

Day 5.

Not much planned it was over to the mall got a couple of things from the supermarket then got ready

for the desert safari witch was four wheel driving over the sand dunes in the Arabian desert and

finished with a B.B.Q. banquet and back to our hotel by 2300.

                                        
                                                      Four wheeling over the sand dunes

Holiday 2014 Dubai

Friday 18th July 2014

Day 4

Quite a busy day after breakfast we were on the bus by 1000 first it was of to the Burj Al Arab then

to the Dubai creek and crossed it on a old barge then to the Satwa Souq  (Silk Market) ten walked

around the old town Dera Spice Souq  Dera Gold Souq (spice and gold markets) then stopped at

Jumeirah Mosque the biggest in Dubai then onto the Burj Khalifa and went up to the 124th floor.

Back to the hotel for a shower and get ready for tea some went for a meal on Dubai Creek and

others like Val and I went for the marina boat ride and meal we got back to the hotel at 2300.

                              
                                          In front of one water front apartment's at the palms Dubai
 

                                                                  The Burj Al Arab Dubai.

                                         
                                           Val on the 124th floor of the Burj Khalifa Dubai.

Holiday 2014 Dubai

Thursday 17 July 2014

Day 3

Today was a quite day just a walk to the mall it nice as a cool change had come overnight it is only

39 degrees got a couple of things than back to the hotel and to meet the rest at 1800.

After tea we went to the Ramadan night market a wast of time but you don't know if you don't go.



A view of Dubai from the front of the driverless Metro train.