(Spoken like Darth Vader): "... As you wish."
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| (Former St. Petersburg HQ of the Communist Party. Now city offices.) |
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| (Very Soviet-looking monument.) |
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| (Gates at Katherine's Palace.) |
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| (Katherine's Palace #1. It's too big for a little iPhone lens.) |
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| (Katherine's Palace #2.) |
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| (Interesting ceiling. Lots of architectural details painted on, making the room look even bigger.) |
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| (Detail. A kind of trompe l'oeil.) |
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| (The gardens.) |
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| (Sorry, had to do it. Fun to see it written in cyrillic!) |
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| (St. Isaac's Cathedral.) |
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| (St. Isaac's, interior.) |
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| (Note the dove in the hole up in the dome. Waaaaay up there.) |
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| (Most of the artwork inside is mosaic. Fabulous.) |
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| (One precious hour on the streets. Nevsky Prospekt.) |
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| (My fabulous travelin' girl contemplates a world of shopping.) |
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| (Beautiful, high-end arcade off Nevsky Prospekt.) |
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| (Church of the Spilled Blood. Hey, I'm not in charge of xian naming conventions.) |
Next stop: Helsinki.
2 comments:
We wanted to go to St. Pete but didn't want to mess with the visa. The palace looks amazing!
It's very Versailles. Royals trying to outdo each other. But what a vast expenditure for a (at the time) poor country.
Glad we saw these places, tho. Who knows if we'll ever be back?
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