Russia May 30th- June 12th

Day1 May 30th to the 31st-  Boston to Munich to St. Petersburg-  7 hours difference in time.Temperature 42 degree raining and foggy.

Russia has 11 time zones and i think they have just changed to 9 time zones. Russian stretches across both Europe Eastern Europe and northern Asia. It border the Arctic Ocean between Europe and the North Pacific Ocean.  The country covers one seventh of the total land of our planet and neighbors 14 countries- twice the size of US- population 143 million- capital Moscow- money ruble .018 to $1. The main religion is Russian Orthodox

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Russia was attacked by the Germans but not overtaken  In St Petersburg  the city was never occupied but the Nazi did occupy the Catherine's palace which was on the out skirts.

The people were not giving up the city and during this siege of Leningrad (now St Petersburg) from September 1941 to Jan. 1944, it was the most tragic period of history of the city. More than 632,000 people were dead and some nearly 3 million including 40,000 children endured incredible suffering- 900 days. Bread being rationed 4.4 oz a day per person.

We are traveling on the Neva River which is 75 feet deep and 14 miles long and starting in the city of St Petersburg.

So I have given you a bit of history, now for the pictures and our journey.

                                                        We just cleared customs

                                              Nothing like the drill to start us off!

                                          A little map of where we are traveling through

                                                      Our first views from our ship.

                                    So tomorrow we are off to touring St Petersburg

Ciao :)