Day 11 (cont.) Leaving St. Petersburg

The St. Petersburg skyline receding in the distance.

Islands in the Gulf of Finland still have remnants of the Soviet rule and Cold War.

I don't know if he's saluting or thinking to himself "Damn! That's a big-ass ship!"

A hydrofoil shuttle.

The cathedral on the island is the most prominent landmark.

Another cruise ship comes in as we leave.

A Russian submarine passed us in the Gulf of Finland.