196. Morning weekday adventure. Wanting a cultural experience but not technically being invited, we headed out into the snowstorm to find the place where we could watch our first Russian wedding ceremony. All Russians must have a civil ceremony where a representative of ZAGS will marry them and stamp their passport (official way of establishing marriage with the government, which must proceed any church or temple wedding). Well we were too late and we couldn't sneak into any others (believe me, Audra and I tried). Due to the heavy snowstorm, we thought it would be fun to see the outlook from St. Isaac's Cathedral tower. We lasted on that tower for maybe 4 minutes. It was pretty, but we enjoy feeling our toes, fingers and faces more, so we saught warm shelter in a Russian Orthodox cathedral soon after.
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