{"id":13451,"date":"2019-12-03T15:30:50","date_gmt":"2019-12-03T23:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/?p=13451"},"modified":"2020-01-24T16:17:41","modified_gmt":"2020-01-25T00:17:41","slug":"easy-pace-russia-cruising-waterways-of-st-petersburg-dispatch-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/easy-pace-russia-cruising-waterways-of-st-petersburg-dispatch-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Easy Pace Russia: Cruising the Waterways of St. Petersburg (Dispatch #8)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13444\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Waterways-2.jpg\" alt=\"waterway at St. Petersburg\" width=\"850\" height=\"478\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Waterways-2.jpg 850w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Waterways-2-600x337.jpg 600w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Waterways-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Waterways-2-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Water is as much a part of her soul as the stone and brickwork that breathed life into her atop marshlands along the Baltic Sea 300+ years ago. With 45 rivers, tributaries and channels crisscrossing her city limits, not to mention 40 man-made canals and 342 bridges, <a href=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/easy-pace-russia-prologue\/\">St. Petersburg<\/a> has rightly earned the moniker \u201cVenice of the North.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mother Nature continues to bless us with another splendid day in the city that Tsar Peter the Great built, as this photojournalist, invited by Insight Vacations to experience its <i>Easy Pace Russia<\/i> journey, boards the Baltika, a sightseeing boat, with my travel mates \u2014 22 paying customs \u2014 and shoves off on this optional one-hour cruise from a dock along the banks of the Moika.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13445\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Waterways-3.jpg\" alt=\"the Moika River passing under a short bridge\" width=\"850\" height=\"478\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Waterways-3.jpg 850w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Waterways-3-600x337.jpg 600w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Waterways-3-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Waterways-3-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Passing under bridges, some less than 3m tall (DUCK!), we make our way past the Winter Palace, home to the <a href=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/easy-pace-russia-hermitage-museum-dispatch-6\/\">State Hermitage Museum<\/a>, and into the Neva, the city\u2019s largest river that empties out into the Baltic, and take in the hustle and bustle of all the water traffic and camera-ready panoramic views.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13446\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Waterways-4.jpg\" alt=\"Winter Palace and the Baltic Sea, St. Petersburg\" width=\"850\" height=\"307\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Waterways-4.jpg 850w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Waterways-4-600x217.jpg 600w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Waterways-4-300x108.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Waterways-4-768x277.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Like <a href=\"http:\/\/travelingboy.com\/archive-travel-tom-venice_gondola.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">La Serenissima<\/a>, situated across 118 islands out in the Venetian Lagoon, St. Petersburg, bathed in the White Nights \u2014 those unique, luminous northern mid-summer eves when the high latitudes radiate an overnight glow \u2014 encompasses 101 isles, sans crooning gondoliers in striped shirts and straw hats, but she\u2019s equally intoxicating in her own special way.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13443\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Waterways-1.jpg\" alt=\"Peter and Paul Fortress viewed from the sightseeing boat Baltika\" width=\"850\" height=\"478\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Waterways-1.jpg 850w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Waterways-1-600x337.jpg 600w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Waterways-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Waterways-1-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Outdoor seating under a clear blue sky makes this the ideal photoshoot. Add to that glasses of champagne and I\u2019m all in on cruising the canals and rivers of St. Petersburg, one of Europe\u2019s most beautiful cities, made even more spectacular at water level.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13447\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Waterways-5-8.jpg\" alt=\"the Troistkiy Most (Trinity Bridge), Peter and Paul Fortress, the sail training ship Mir and boat passengers at the Fontanka\" width=\"850\" height=\"872\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Waterways-5-8.jpg 850w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Waterways-5-8-600x616.jpg 600w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Waterways-5-8-292x300.jpg 292w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Waterways-5-8-768x788.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Down past the ornate, art nouveau Troistkiy Most (Trinity Bridge), St. Petersburg\u2019s second longest bridge at 582m, we glide. The Neva rests easy today, like a cobalt-blue sheet of glass, as it reflects perfectly <a href=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/peter-and-paul-fortress-easy-pace-russia-dispatch-3\/\"><b>Peter and Paul Fortress<\/b><\/a> out in the distance. Just past the Mir, a three-masted, full-rigged, sail training ship, our pilot slows the craft down as we cautiously tuck in underneath the three-arched Parchenchy (Laundry) Bridge and enter the Fontanka.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13448\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Waterways-9-14.jpg\" alt=\"passing by the Summer Gardens and the Nevsky Prospect\" width=\"850\" height=\"1069\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Waterways-9-14.jpg 850w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Waterways-9-14-600x755.jpg 600w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Waterways-9-14-239x300.jpg 239w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Waterways-9-14-768x966.jpg 768w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Waterways-9-14-814x1024.jpg 814w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>From here it\u2019s clear sailing as we pass by Letniy Sad (Summer Gardens) and squeeze underneath St. Petersburg\u2019s high street, <a href=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/easy-pace-russia-navigating-nevsky-prospekt-dispatch-2\/\"><b>Nevsky Prospect<\/b><\/a>, via the Anichkov Bridge and its four, horse tamer statues. We then make a U-turn at the opulent, palatial digs of the Stroganoff family \u2014 from whom the classic saut\u00e9ed beef in a sour-cream sauce dish got its name \u2014 and then head back up the Fontanka.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13449\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Waterways-15-18.jpg\" alt=\"passing by the Church of the Resurrection of Christ and Italianate mansions and baroque and neoclassical palaces\" width=\"850\" height=\"999\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Waterways-15-18.jpg 850w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Waterways-15-18-600x705.jpg 600w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Waterways-15-18-255x300.jpg 255w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Waterways-15-18-768x903.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Nearing the end of our cruise, we veer left back onto the Moika, passing by the iconic, five-domed <b>Church of the <a href=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/easy-pace-russia-spilt-blood-red-caviar-and-peterhof-dispatch-4\/\">Resurrection of Christ<\/a><\/b>, a.k.a. Church of Our Savior on the Spilled Blood, and then slowly make our way to our starting point just behind the Winter Place, gliding alongside more Italianate mansions and baroque and neoclassical palaces. A friendly wave to the crew of the Baltika \u2014 <em>SPASIBO!<\/em> \u2014 and we disembark.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13450\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Waterways-19.jpg\" alt=\"menu at a restaurant along the Moika\" width=\"850\" height=\"478\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Waterways-19.jpg 850w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Waterways-19-600x337.jpg 600w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Waterways-19-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Waterways-19-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Lunch, on my own ruble, is just a few steps away as I stroll along the cobble of Moika Embankment until I spot the bright-red, wooden bicycle fronting No. 16: Yat, a Russian fare-only, country-cottage-style restaurant down in the basement of an elegant, okra-colored building.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13441\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Waterways-20-24.jpg\" alt=\"writer's lunch at No. 16: Yat\" width=\"850\" height=\"739\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Waterways-20-24.jpg 850w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Waterways-20-24-600x522.jpg 600w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Waterways-20-24-300x261.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Waterways-20-24-768x668.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I score a table straight away, select a bottle of chilled French ros\u00e9 d\u2019Anjou, scan the menu and order the following: a beetroot and cottage cheese salad, an assortment of homemade pickles, a plate of pancakes with both red and pike caviar and a tempting slice of Yat\u2019s homemade cheese cake. I finish my midday repast with a couple of shots of interesting flavored house vodkas \u2014 cranberry and horseradish. <em>Na zdorovye!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13054\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Nevsky-1.jpg\" alt=\"Saint Petersburg travel guide books\" width=\"850\" height=\"478\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Nevsky-1.jpg 850w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Nevsky-1-600x337.jpg 600w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Nevsky-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Nevsky-1-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insightvacations.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Go here for complete information on Insight\u2019s six itineraries to Russia, as well as more than 100 other premium and luxury-escorted journeys around Europe<\/a>, or call toll free (888) 680-1241, or contact your travel agent.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13442\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Swan-10.jpg\" alt=\"Swan Lake at the Hermitage Theatre\" width=\"850\" height=\"401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Swan-10.jpg 850w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Swan-10-600x283.jpg 600w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Swan-10-300x142.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Swan-10-768x362.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>They say it\u2019s unthinkable to come all the way to Mother Russia and not experience a Russian ballet troupe. Well, if you\u2019ll join me at sunset we\u2019ll find a couple of seats inside the intimate Hermitage Theatre for a performance of Tchaikovsky\u2019s very first ballet, <i>Swan Lake<\/i>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Under an unbelievably blue sky, the Palladian Traveler captures the beauty of St. Petersburg at water level as he cruises down the rivers, canals and tributaries of this city built from scratch by the visionary Tsar Peter the Great.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":13443,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[2829,524,1340,2830,2831,2832,2711,1576],"class_list":["post-13451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-travel","tag-baltic-sea","tag-canals","tag-cruise","tag-moika","tag-neva","tag-rivers","tag-st-petersburg","tag-waterways"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Easy Pace Russia: Waterways of St. Petersburg - Traveling Boy<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Palladian Traveler cruises down the waterways of St. Petersburg and captures the beauty of a city built from scratch by Tsar Peter the Great.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/easy-pace-russia-cruising-waterways-of-st-petersburg-dispatch-8\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Easy Pace Russia: Waterways of St. Petersburg - Traveling Boy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Palladian Traveler cruises down the waterways of St. Petersburg and captures the beauty of a city built from scratch by Tsar Peter the Great.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/easy-pace-russia-cruising-waterways-of-st-petersburg-dispatch-8\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Traveling Archive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-12-03T23:30:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-01-25T00:17:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Waterways-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"850\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"478\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Tom Weber\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Tom Weber\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/easy-pace-russia-cruising-waterways-of-st-petersburg-dispatch-8\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/easy-pace-russia-cruising-waterways-of-st-petersburg-dispatch-8\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Tom Weber\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/#\/schema\/person\/b58044112486975813b75e5a1123604f\"},\"headline\":\"Easy Pace Russia: Cruising the Waterways of St. Petersburg (Dispatch #8)\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-12-03T23:30:50+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-01-25T00:17:41+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/easy-pace-russia-cruising-waterways-of-st-petersburg-dispatch-8\/\"},\"wordCount\":698,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/easy-pace-russia-cruising-waterways-of-st-petersburg-dispatch-8\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Waterways-1.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Baltic Sea\",\"canals\",\"cruise\",\"Moika\",\"Neva\",\"rivers\",\"St. Petersburg\",\"waterways\"],\"articleSection\":[\"World Travel\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/easy-pace-russia-cruising-waterways-of-st-petersburg-dispatch-8\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/easy-pace-russia-cruising-waterways-of-st-petersburg-dispatch-8\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/easy-pace-russia-cruising-waterways-of-st-petersburg-dispatch-8\/\",\"name\":\"Easy Pace Russia: Waterways of St. Petersburg - Traveling Boy\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/easy-pace-russia-cruising-waterways-of-st-petersburg-dispatch-8\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/easy-pace-russia-cruising-waterways-of-st-petersburg-dispatch-8\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Waterways-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-12-03T23:30:50+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-01-25T00:17:41+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/#\/schema\/person\/b58044112486975813b75e5a1123604f\"},\"description\":\"The Palladian Traveler cruises down the waterways of St. Petersburg and captures the beauty of a city built from scratch by Tsar Peter the Great.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/easy-pace-russia-cruising-waterways-of-st-petersburg-dispatch-8\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/easy-pace-russia-cruising-waterways-of-st-petersburg-dispatch-8\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/easy-pace-russia-cruising-waterways-of-st-petersburg-dispatch-8\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Waterways-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Waterways-1.jpg\",\"width\":850,\"height\":478,\"caption\":\"Peter and Paul Fortress viewed from the sightseeing boat Baltika\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/easy-pace-russia-cruising-waterways-of-st-petersburg-dispatch-8\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Easy Pace Russia: Cruising the Waterways of St. Petersburg (Dispatch #8)\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/\",\"name\":\"Traveling Archive\",\"description\":\"Traveling Adventures\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/#\/schema\/person\/b58044112486975813b75e5a1123604f\",\"name\":\"Tom Weber\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e426fa19a3e2376eec1d04366a1f9789ef080de7f03589e945864bd94d525267?s=96&d=retro&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e426fa19a3e2376eec1d04366a1f9789ef080de7f03589e945864bd94d525267?s=96&d=retro&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Tom Weber\"},\"description\":\"A veteran print and broadcast journalist, Tom has traveled to 49 countries and counting. He has a great eye behind the camera and is a graphic and entertaining storyteller. We\u2019re happy to have The Palladian Traveler in the Traveling Boy fold, and look forward to Tom\u2019s cleverly crafted and beautifully photographed dispatches filed from his creative hideaway atop a hill just outside Ostuni in the sun-drenched Puglia region of southeastern Italy.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/author\/tom\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Easy Pace Russia: Waterways of St. Petersburg - Traveling Boy","description":"The Palladian Traveler cruises down the waterways of St. Petersburg and captures the beauty of a city built from scratch by Tsar Peter the Great.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/easy-pace-russia-cruising-waterways-of-st-petersburg-dispatch-8\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Easy Pace Russia: Waterways of St. Petersburg - Traveling Boy","og_description":"The Palladian Traveler cruises down the waterways of St. Petersburg and captures the beauty of a city built from scratch by Tsar Peter the Great.","og_url":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/easy-pace-russia-cruising-waterways-of-st-petersburg-dispatch-8\/","og_site_name":"Traveling Archive","article_published_time":"2019-12-03T23:30:50+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-01-25T00:17:41+00:00","og_image":[{"width":850,"height":478,"url":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Waterways-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Tom Weber","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Tom Weber","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/easy-pace-russia-cruising-waterways-of-st-petersburg-dispatch-8\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/easy-pace-russia-cruising-waterways-of-st-petersburg-dispatch-8\/"},"author":{"name":"Tom Weber","@id":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/#\/schema\/person\/b58044112486975813b75e5a1123604f"},"headline":"Easy Pace Russia: Cruising the Waterways of St. Petersburg (Dispatch #8)","datePublished":"2019-12-03T23:30:50+00:00","dateModified":"2020-01-25T00:17:41+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/easy-pace-russia-cruising-waterways-of-st-petersburg-dispatch-8\/"},"wordCount":698,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/easy-pace-russia-cruising-waterways-of-st-petersburg-dispatch-8\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Waterways-1.jpg","keywords":["Baltic Sea","canals","cruise","Moika","Neva","rivers","St. Petersburg","waterways"],"articleSection":["World Travel"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/easy-pace-russia-cruising-waterways-of-st-petersburg-dispatch-8\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/easy-pace-russia-cruising-waterways-of-st-petersburg-dispatch-8\/","url":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/easy-pace-russia-cruising-waterways-of-st-petersburg-dispatch-8\/","name":"Easy Pace Russia: Waterways of St. Petersburg - Traveling Boy","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/easy-pace-russia-cruising-waterways-of-st-petersburg-dispatch-8\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/easy-pace-russia-cruising-waterways-of-st-petersburg-dispatch-8\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Waterways-1.jpg","datePublished":"2019-12-03T23:30:50+00:00","dateModified":"2020-01-25T00:17:41+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/#\/schema\/person\/b58044112486975813b75e5a1123604f"},"description":"The Palladian Traveler cruises down the waterways of St. Petersburg and captures the beauty of a city built from scratch by Tsar Peter the Great.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/easy-pace-russia-cruising-waterways-of-st-petersburg-dispatch-8\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/easy-pace-russia-cruising-waterways-of-st-petersburg-dispatch-8\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/easy-pace-russia-cruising-waterways-of-st-petersburg-dispatch-8\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Waterways-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Waterways-1.jpg","width":850,"height":478,"caption":"Peter and Paul Fortress viewed from the sightseeing boat Baltika"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/easy-pace-russia-cruising-waterways-of-st-petersburg-dispatch-8\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Easy Pace Russia: Cruising the Waterways of St. Petersburg (Dispatch #8)"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/#website","url":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/","name":"Traveling Archive","description":"Traveling Adventures","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/#\/schema\/person\/b58044112486975813b75e5a1123604f","name":"Tom Weber","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e426fa19a3e2376eec1d04366a1f9789ef080de7f03589e945864bd94d525267?s=96&d=retro&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e426fa19a3e2376eec1d04366a1f9789ef080de7f03589e945864bd94d525267?s=96&d=retro&r=g","caption":"Tom Weber"},"description":"A veteran print and broadcast journalist, Tom has traveled to 49 countries and counting. He has a great eye behind the camera and is a graphic and entertaining storyteller. We\u2019re happy to have The Palladian Traveler in the Traveling Boy fold, and look forward to Tom\u2019s cleverly crafted and beautifully photographed dispatches filed from his creative hideaway atop a hill just outside Ostuni in the sun-drenched Puglia region of southeastern Italy.","url":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/author\/tom\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13451","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13451"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13451\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13456,"href":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13451\/revisions\/13456"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}