Day 6 Embarkation day on the “Tiki Don” as we started our cruise on the Volga River and continued through canals, lakes and other rivers on the Volga-Baltic waterway to St. Petersburg. Every day featured some kind of Discovery in addition to port talks and the scenic beauty we were cruising past.
Day 7 Today we learned about Russian handicrafts and had a few lessons in the Russian language before we arrived at Uglich (curve of the river) which boasts the striking Church of St. Dimitry on the Blood with its red walls and blue domes. Further on our walking tour we sat on benches in the monumental Cathedral of Transfiguration to hear an acapella group pf monks sing several hymns.
