Underway

We are underway.....we left St. Petersburg on the Neva River.  The Neva took us to Lake Ladoga, which is the largest lake in Europe. Lake Ladoga has a surface area of 6,800 square miles.  In contrast, Lake Superior has a surface area of 31,700 square miles. We crossed the lake during the night......(the blue dot is us)

We are now on the Svir River and just experienced the first lock of our journey...

It is still a bit disconcerting to look out the window and see a wall 😜

We will have a few more locks, as the map indicates (this just the first half)