We visited the beautiful city of Helsinki and toured the sites with
our new Scottish friends, Annemarie, Bernadette, Joel, and Jerry.
There were many great historical sites there but one of the highlights
was visiting the public craft market. Brenda bought a few souvenirs
and we dined on salmon and reindeer sausage.
The next two days we were in St. Petersburg Russia. Our first day took
us to Katherine's castle in Pushkin and to the summer palace in
Peterhof. Both amazing castles were destroyed by the Nazis in WW2.
However, they are completely renovated to their original splendor and
are truly something to behold. In Peterhof there are more than 300
gravity fed fountains on the grounds that exceed the beauty of the
ones at Bellagio.
Yesterday, we took a brief tour of the Hermitage museum (not nearly
enough time) and later in the day we took in a tour of the city.
Nearly each day there are hundreds of weddings going on. The
government is looking to grow the population. We beard that there is
an incentive of $500 for the first child and $10,000 for the second!
We also heard that there is a ratio of 3 to 4 women for every man.
Many of the young women are very beautiful and really dress up with
micro mini skirts and high heels to snare their prey.
It's early in the morning. We just docked in Tallinn, Estonia and are
soon off to visit this Hanseatic city.
--
Steve Gebler
Encinitas, California
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