topping - managed to swing 4 days in st petes! anyone with advice on russia in fall??

The weather will be like that in New York in December, which is not that bad.

Hi Ivy,

When during Thanksgiving week are you in St Petersburg? I'll be there 11/24-11/28 leaving the 28th on the overnight train to Moscow. It's still not real to me yet!!

You might want to be a bit careful planning your itinerary as it will be the last week, many museums might have an extra closing day for cleaning.

I'll be doing Peter's Walking Tour (http://www.peterswalk.com), the Russian Museum, Hermitage, Peter and Paul Fortress, Church on Spilled Blood, and Issac's Cathedral. To name a few! I don't have my dates sussed out yet, but those are the main things I want to do so far. I'll also be doing the day trip out to Tsarskoe Selo (Pushkin) to tour both the Catherine and the Alexander Palaces.

I am definitely planning to see a performance at the Mariinsky Theatre.