May 30 - Day 2 in St Petersburg                                                                                        

Went sightseeing.  As we had gone through customs last night and showed a paper we had filled out about getting off the boat and returning we did not have to give them a paper again as we were in their system.  We just handed them our passport, they checked it and let us go on through.  We then boarded a bus for a tour of Scenic St Petersburg.  We had only 10 on this tour so it was really nice.  We usually have at least 40.  Many had taken a 2 day tour.  Our guide, Michael, was really good and looked out for all of us very well.

He was glad for another beautiful day as he says there are only 60 a year.  The other 300 are rain, storms, snow, cold, not very pleasant.

Will tell more about this tour when I can post pictures.

At 4:30 some of the performers from the night before came to the ship and put on a program for us. 
It was early as they had to be off the boat before we pulled out about 7PM.

At 7:30 there was a program put on by Andy Buenger who plays at least 7 different instruments.  He could really entertain us.  No picture taking was allowed.

About 7:15 the engines were started.  The announcer stated that when the "earthquake" was over we would get the show started.  By 7:30 we were pulling away from the dock heading for Helsinki, Finland and the quaking had settled down.

An interesting note is that at deck 6 you can really feel the ship wiggle.  On deck 11, where our room is located, one can feel a little movement but not much.  Enough to rock me to sleep. The sea has been very calm all trip.