For breakfast today, went back to the crepe place from the first day and had a cherry crepe.  Pretty good.  After breakfast, we took the subway to the Peter and Paul fortress. It’s a big castle like thing (or, “fortress”), on the river with various little beaches outside the walls.  We wandered around a bit, looked at the cathedral, but didn’t go up on the wall because you had to pay.

After we got bored, we went and got some ice cream and ate it sitting in a nearby park, then walked to the artillery museum.  There were a large number of tanks and missiles sitting in front of it, which were fairly interesting to look at (and free to look at).  We didn’t bother going inside.

Continuing with museums, we walked Knustkamera museum, and checked out the “abnormal biology” exhibit. It was full of jars of deformed fetuses, siamese twins, crazy animals, etc..  Another highlight were all of the local sailors that were also checking out the museum.

After the museum we took the subway to a stop near the circus, and went to a georgian restaurant where I had mutton for dinner (pretty good).  After dinner, we went to the circus.  It consisted of an equal mixture of comedy acts (clowns chasing each other around, etc..) and acts more in the vein of cirque du soleil (acrobatics high up in the air, etc..).  All in all, pretty good.

One cool thing about St Petersburg in the summer is that because it is so far north, it doesn’t really get dark out until around 11.  This can make it a bit confusing, since you’ll finish dinner or the circus or whatever, and it won’t really feel as late as it is.