November 2004

I did not use the interpreters much but Nina Fedorova was very pleasant. Both Margarita and Tatiana were pleasant and very helpful. Both seemed genuinely concerned about our well being safety and happiness.In a cultural Mecca like St. Petersburg it would have been nice for the hotel to have been closer to the cultural center giving us more opportunities to efficiently see more of the city. This would have also made excursions more efficient in that less time to be spent in travel to from locations. The tour guide Natasha was very pleasant and knowledgeable but there is so much to see that the tours could have been longer.