We wanted to do something different. All of our friends are going to Europe ie Italy, Greece Germany.
We wanted to learn more about how the average Russian people live, eat & work. The guides were Russian and their English was excellent. One of them described her family life as a child growing up in Russia.
The meals were excellent and we got to taste many Russian meals. One day they set up stations which had various Russian dishes. The names of each dish was typed and labeled beside each dish.
We have nothing to compare it to as this was our first cruise.