Leningradskii train station

Our train to St. Petersburg

Uncle Tioma in our compartment

The conductor's compartment (Tioma on the lookout)

Herring and beer in the restaurant car

One of only 3 people in the whole car

Some things in Russia will never change

How did snow get inside the compartment

These cupholders have been around for decades

Moscovskii train station

After hours of searching, we find our hotel

View from the hotel room on Nevsky

Popular Russian business

Standing on the Palace Square

Snow cleaners in front of the Isakievskii cathedral

The Admiralty

Alexander Column

The Headquarters building

Entrance to the Hermitage

Side of the Hermitage

Of course, it had to be closed Mondays

The cold Neva

Peter and Paul Cathedral on the other side

Rostral columns around the Birzha

Dvortsovii most

The Admiralty entrance

Memorial to Gogol

Isakievskii Cathedral

Entrance to Isakievskii

Inside Isakieevskii

Isaac's ceiling

Isaac's main altar

Powerful columns

Icon of Mary

On the roof of Isakievskii