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The Church of Our

The Church of Our Saviour on Spilled Blood, St. Petersburg visit the fascinating Cosmonaut Museum, the Jewish Museum, the Moscow State Circus and the Tretyakov Gallery. What’s more, our guide, Sasha, came with us on our two-hour journey past more huge apartment blocks to the modern privately owned airport and smoothed our way through what seemed like utter chaos. Overall, our Russian river cruise was a relaxing and hugely stimulating experience. One of our most striking memories might seem odd: the cleanliness we saw everywhere. No empty packaging, cigarette butts or chewing gum littered the streets, and our guides found it hard to comprehend that people in other countries will casually drop their trash. Now when we see uncollected street trash at home we say, “It definitely wouldn’t be like that in Moscow.” Oh, and it’s still illegal to have a dirty car in Russia. GETTING THERE: Viking offers its 13-day Waterways of the Tsars itinerary in 2017. Go online: Watch a video of Waterways of the Tsars at vikingcruises.com 112 VIKINGCRUISES.COM | EXPLORE MORE 2017

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