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Baltic Cruise - St. Petersburg to Oslo
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St. Petersburg

The very impressive Church of Our Savior on the Spilled Blood was built on the spot where Alexander II was assassinated in 1881.

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St. Petersburg

We had lunch at a 5-star hotel that included caviar, Russian sparkling wine and vodka. The entertainment was traditional Russian singers.

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St. Petersburg

St. Issac`s Cathedral. We toured inside on one of our excursions.

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St. Petersburg

The Winter Palace, one of the buildings of the Hermitage, from across the River Neva. The Hermitage was an excellent art and cultural museum.

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St. Petersburg

Some of the art on display in the Hermitage.

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St. Petersburg

There were also some pretty impressive rooms in the Hermitage!

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Tallinn

The Lower Town is still surrounded by much of its original wall that protected the city in medieval times.

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Tallinn

Quiet, cobblestoned back alleys. Well, quiet for now, it's only 10:00 am. By noon, it`ll be wall to wall tourists!

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Tallinn

The market was along the old city wall.

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Tallinn

The Alexander Nevsky Cathedral from near the city wall.

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Tallinn

Garlic bread and Estonian beer in the town square. Behind Debbie on the left, a military band was playing.

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Oslo

The busy harbour. The large brown building is the city hall.

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Oslo

The Nobel Peace Center, in what used to be an old railway station.

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Oslo

The Royal Palace.

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Oslo

Vigeland Park, featuring 192 sculptures of 600 full size figures of people at all stages of life. It was obviously very popular with the locals too.

Our Cruise on the Baltic Sea

June 2006

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