Steamboat Pilot & Today

St. Petersburg, with its pastel-colored buildings, is Russia’s second-largest city with more than 5 million inhabitants and an important port on the Baltic Sea. Joanne Erickson, of Colorado Group Realty, saw much of the city on a brisk spring day by traveling along the Neva River, which empties into the Gulf of Finland. Courtesy photo

Joanne Erickson, of Colorado Group Realty, developed contacts with Realtors from Argentina and Tanzania during an international conference in St. Petersburg, Russia, this spring. Courtesy photo

St. Petersburg, with its pastel-colored buildings, is Russia’s second-largest city with more than 5 million inhabitants and an important port on the Baltic Sea. Joanne Erickson, of Colorado Group Realty, saw much of the city on a brisk spring day by traveling along the Neva River, which empties into the Gulf of Finland. Courtesy photo

St. Petersburg, with its pastel-colored buildings, is Russia’s second-largest city with more than 5 million inhabitants and an important port on the Baltic Sea. Joanne Erickson, of Colorado Group Realty, saw much of the city on a brisk spring day by traveling along the Neva River, which empties into the Gulf of Finland. Courtesy photo

St. Petersburg is Russia’s second-largest city with more than 5 million inhabitants and an important port on the Baltic Sea. Joanne Erickson, of Colorado Group Realty, saw much of the city on a brisk spring day by traveling along the Neva River, which empties into the Gulf of Finland. Courtesy photo