Cruising in the Baltic : part 2

RUSSIA
St Petersburg was beautiful,  it's opulent buildings on a city built by Peter the Great in the 1700s.
Modeled on Venice,  it's many canals now turned into roads but still definitely water based.
The mighty river Neva passing through it and on whose bank,  the ship that signaled the revolution in 1917,  the Aurora, is in permanent show.
The many bridges that now crisscross the numerous waterways make the city transferable however nothing beats a boat ride...
Awe inspiring buildings of all styles,  the shiny golden domes..  Stunning.

Managed to buy a Russian hat and a few other souvenirs,  including a book about the city that is very interesting and full of wonderful photographs.

The church on the spilt blood was awesome too but the thing that marred it was a mugging on some American tourist in our coach. 

Next was Tallin,  Estonia. 
This was the best city we visited..  It's old town is an inspiration and the people were friendly and helpful. 
The sites were capped by the park that was formerly Peter the great's summer palace.  Beautiful..
We had the best ever pavlova there.  I'd recommend Tallin and we plan to visit again for more time there.
The problem with cruises,  you have very little time in places that are nice and deserve a longer visit...  The chew family obviously thought the same...  They missed the ship!!
They would be looked after by the local agents and then have to fund their stay,  flights extra...  Oops

After this would be two days at sea until the next and final city,  Amsterdam.

Amsterdam was a lovely city but we did not visit the red light district or take drugs.  Instead we had a lovely civilised tour of this wonderful city and it's sights, sampled the food and drink... 

Next day,  Dover and home. 
After 12 days of being spoilt,  back to reality and normality.

Cruising,  I'd do It again,  however nothing beats coming home.