My dears! The sun "set" at 9:30 pm and was back up at 3:30am this morning! It was bright daylight at 5am so I poked my head out…… brrrrrr at 50 degrees but clear skies and sunny. We should be OK for touring today. We have Shore Excursions for 2 days. Cannot get off the boat without tour ticket and passport. Will go through passport control leaving and entering the ship every day. Will stick very close to tour guide. When I went for coffee two ladies were talking: "My mother said don’t go there … Stalin is horrible." The speaker said she grew up during the Cold War, but her mother vividly remembers Stalin and WWII… It is eerie entering the home of those who don’t like us. I can feel Debbie shaking her head… nope Debbie wouldn’t go here. We will stick very close to tour guide. I’m still remembering yesterday and as friend Andy said: "WOW we got it all back." Who ever thought we would be picked so easily? It was right out of Oliver Twist! Chuck’s wallet with driver’s license and credit cards is in the safe with my wallet, and Chuck is wearing his credit card on a bag around his neck today… It’s hard for him to give up that big back pocket bulge! OK that’s it for now. I delivered a book back to the library and I’m headed upstairs for more coffee. We are entering the port at St Petersburg now. God bless you.
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