Wearing Ourselves Out in Beautiful St Petersburg Russia

Lindsay and I are known for cramming a lot of travel into a little amount of time. We would much rather take months to explore destinations then weeks/days but sometimes our schedule, jobs, etc make this impossible. Because of this we often find ourselves exhausted at the end of each day of travel. I remember in particular one day in St Petersburg Russia we basically wore ourselves out to the point where we feel asleep on the lawns of cathedral. It was a beautiful early summer day in St Petersburg and we had just arrived via an early morning train from Moscow. There was so much to see and so little time (we only had a few days) so we immediately hit the streets to explore. We mapped out a route that would take us past all the big sights and we started by climbing the large tower of St Isaac’s Cathedral for a view over the city. We then made our way to Palace Square to take in some of the most beautiful architecture in all of Europe. We continued on to the Church of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ and in-between all of this we stopped at numerous canal intersections to simply people watch. By the time we made it to the beautiful and majestic Kazan Cathedral we were exhausted. We noticed that the grassy grounds in front of the cathedral were a favorite relaxation spot of the locals and we decided to sit with them for awhile. We found a nice spot on the grass to lay down just for a second…about an hour later I woke up and realized that we had literally passed out and fallen 100% asleep on this cathedral lawn. We were so exhausted that to people walking by we probably looked like we had passed out. In fact, at the time my business associate was traveling in St Petersburg Russia and we were joking that he probably walked by and saw us and thought “was that just Marc and his wife passed out on the cathedral grounds.” After waking up we decided to head back to the hotel room to “recharge.” When we arrived we laid down for a quick “power nap” but didn’t wake up for about 2 hours! At first I was extremely upset as I felt we had lost an entire evening of exploring. However, we quickly learned that at this time of year the sun does not set in St Petersburg until about midnight so we had plenty of time to explore. So of course we hit the streets again and were out exploring until about 2:00 AM. Travel can be exhausting and on that particular day in St Petersburg it really caught up to Lindsay and I.