Ann Presti

"We were just so impressed with how we were treated, how welcomed we were in this amazing country."

I just do not know where to start, everything was absolutely wonderful. Whenever we came of the plane, there were someone there waiting for us, (we had been worried about this).

The ship was wonderful, clean, excellent food, great service and just a very nice crew ...The tour guides were very knowledgeable and made everything so interesting.

Russia was a beautiful country and we were just so impressed that we have still not stopped talking about it to our friends. The palaces, the churches, the Russian people - I  wish them all the success in the world - they deserve it! We took Metro few times and whenever we would enter train car, people would stand up to give us a seat (Peter had a cane and everyone was so respectful of this). On the last day of the cruise, I and Peter got brave and took Metro without a guide. We were not sure where to go, but there was always someone nearby to help us. The most impressive part is that these strangers who did not speak the word of English wanted to help us and used gestures to help us find the way. We were just so impressed with how we were treated, how welcomed we were in this amazing country. Thank you so to Natalia who helped us to plan this trip and sorry if we called so much before the trip. We really appreciated everything!

Ann Presti, Canada
MS Chernishevsky 2010