Just a quick note while Danielle is checking us out of the Nord Hostel here in St. Petersburg. First, the hostel is a large improvement over what we had in Moscow (I would not recommend Sweet Moscow Hostel to any other traveler), friendly staff, a free breakfast (as much as you can eat), and hot showers. However it could be cleaner, the bathrooms were very clean the day we arrived, but now they leave something to be desired. We are looking forward to a night on the Red Arrow train back to Moscow tonight as it is very nice, and a great nights sleep.
So whats planned for today? Well we are leaving our bags in a locker at the hostel and heading down to the river to catch a hydrofoil out of the city to Peterhof (see:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peterhof), where we plan to spend most of the day. Later this afternoon we may visit the university and then back on the train to Moscow.
Tomorrow we plan to spend the day exploring the Kremlin, and the fly to Budapest.
