Having done her homework, Cousin Cathie<\/span> picked this cruise because it was going to be in St. Pete for three days. Most cruises that stop there, she said, only stay for a day and a Never having seen St. Petersburg, we were fascinated, especially after hearing of its people (she loved them), its sights and even its opulence. St. Petersburg has been called as the most western city in Russia and not just because of its geographical location.<\/p>\n So here is one more example of how another person’s experience in cruising can influence your interests in going somewhere. And when we do get to this Russian port, we’ll toast Cousin Cathie<\/span> as our Catherine The Great.<\/p>\n Today at portsandbows.co<\/span><\/a>m: <\/strong><\/em><\/span>Enlightening fine print in cruise contracts<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Star Princess<\/a> ’Tis the season to be connecting with friends and family, right? In the course of doing just that, we were chatting with Cousin Cathie, who lives in Houston and who likes to spend time on cruise ships. She’s a big fan of Royal Caribbean and this year, she spent two weeks on one of the… Continue reading St. Petersburg: On The Bucket List<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,25,31,15],"tags":[1840,912,72,51,35,528,1267,26,27,957,33,1458,1841,178],"class_list":["post-22810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-deals","category-people","category-ports","category-stories","tag-copenhagen","tag-cruise-bargains","tag-cruise-deals","tag-cruise-ports","tag-cruises","tag-hawaii","tag-northern-europe-cruises","tag-phil-reimer","tag-ports-and-bows","tag-princess-cruises","tag-royal-caribbean","tag-serenade-of-the-seas","tag-st-petersburg","tag-star-princess","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22810","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22810"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22810\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"St.](\"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/St.-Petersburg-Hermitage.jpg\")
<\/a>half…two at the most. Her studies indicated she’d need three days to see what she wanted to see: the Hermitage (above), Catherine The Great’s Palace, Peter’s Harbor, and her agenda even included a river cruise.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/DailyDeal-2-e1334202169354.jpg\" "\\"DailyDeal-2\\"")
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\n\t15 nights<\/span>
\n\tFebruary 27, 2015<\/span>
\n\tSan Francisco<\/a> (return): <\/span>Ensenada<\/a>, <\/span>Honolulu<\/a>, <\/span>Hilo<\/a>, <\/span>Lahaina<\/a>, <\/span>Nawilili<\/a>
\n\tInside: $1,299<\/span>
\n\tCost per day: $86<\/strong>
\n\twww.princess.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"