A view of the Winter Palace from Liteyny Bridge when it was -15 C out

A view of St. Petersburg from the Colonnade

The frozen Neva River from the Liteyny Bridge in St. Petersburg

A view of the Winter Palace from the Peter and Paul Fortress

when it started to get really cold

Inside the Peter and Paul Fortress in St. Petersburg

One of St. Petersburg's many frozen canals

The entrance to the Hermitage Winter Palace in St. Petersburg

The Church of the Spilled Blood branching from the Nevsky Prospect