I've been dreaming about visiting Russia ever since reading Anna Karenina about 7 years ago; however, that dream never included -30 celsius weather. The dream has now been accomplished.
I stepped inside St. Isaac's Cathedral, which actually was painted grey during WWII to avoid attention from enemy aircraft, and spent hours in The State Hermitage Museum with a collection just as impressive as the Louvre.
As a general rule, I typically like to go "rogue" while traveling, but we kept to the standard tourist path for safety reasons. Regardless, it was beautiful, and I subsequently downloaded about 10 Russian novels, which I know I'll never finish.
Check out some photos below. And, yes, it was just as cold as it looks :)
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