Seeing Swan Lake at the Mariinsky Theater in St Petersburg, Russia was such an amazing experience, especially since we had the Tsar’s box directly over the stage, we sat so close that you could see the sheen on the ballerina’s necks. Amazing choreography in a setting that stunned, it put me back in time to the Imperial days of Russia. The theater was built in 1860 and was the starting point for many of today’s best loved ballets by such as Tchaikovsky and Mussorgsky. The place sparkled and the show amazing, a must even if ballet leaves you cold, you will not regret it!