Today we took a trip on the Metro to the Peter and Paul Fortress on Zayachy island. The St. Petersburg Metro is one of the deepest in the world, so the escalator ride down was a long one.
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| Deep into the Metro |
It was another really cold day today, so we tried to keep our time outdoors short by going into the different museums in the fortress. We had a pass that got us into the public museums. There are also some Niagara falls-style private museums like a wax museum and museum of torture, but we didn't go in those.
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| Hare statue on Zayachy (hare) Island |
The Cathedral is where the Romanov czars are buried. It was interesting to learn a bit of history of the czars, especially Nicolas II and his family who were shot by the Bolsheviks in 1917.
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| Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul |
There was some sort of ice festival going on on the island as well. There was a big tent set up with what sounded like karaoke going on inside, but we didn't go investigate.
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| Ice bench, no risk of it melting today! |
We had a bit of a hard time finding all the museums, especially with all the signs in Russian. It's amazing how difficult it is to remember and recognize word that you can't pronounce. Luckily, we stumbled upon the rocket museum in what we thought was the history of St Petersburg museum.
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| Rocket museum |
On the way home, we took refuge from the cold in a Burger King by the Metro. No veggie burgers here, but they do serve beers and a strange sort of cheese ketchup. Jasper enjoyed a crown and we warmed up our toes before heading back to the hostel.
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| A little "Burger Czar" |
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| Beer break at Burger King |
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