It’s all about the view.

Just next door to our hotel is St Isaac’s Cathedral, and while it took a while for us to finally stop by, the weather gods deemed it fit to provide us with the best day so far on our trip – the sun started blazing and it finally felt like summer. Our climb up the colonnaded walkway on the church cupola was happily rewarded by an enviable view of the city as it was meant to shine. Another item ticked off the list.