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Day 15

Arriving St. Petersburg, Russia

No photos allowed inside of the airport

 

St. Isaac's Cathedral next to our hotel, Four Seasons Lion Palace

 

 

Dinner followed by a sweet drink in Four Seasons

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Day 16

Kazan Basilica, Resurrection Church & Mariinsky Concert Hall

Kazan Cathedral

 

 

 

The Church of Resurrection of Christ

 

 

 

Jim's wallet was taken in the next few seconds

 

Beautiful church inside and out

 

Meeting with the Russian police

 

Russian State Museum

 

 

Mariinsky Concert Hall Plaza

 

Ravel Piano Concerto in G

 

Dvorak's "New World" Symphony

 

Concert over

 

St. Petersburg sky at 10:00pm

 

A quick visit at the "W" Hotel

 

The mid-night view of the St. Isaac's and Four Seasons

 

Surprise! Free champagne from Four Seasons!

 

 

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Day 17

Hermitage Museum & Peter and Paul Fortress, 7/12/16

Hermitage gate

 

 

Look at that sky!

 

Where is the entrance?

Soaking wet!

 

The Throne

 

The Italian Room

 

Under the table art

 

Jim loves the museum!

 

 

A table top made with different stones

 

Musical blades as art

 

Statue wing

 

Palace library

 

 

The end of Hermitage visit

 

Cloudy again

 

 

On the way to Peter and Paul Fortress

 

The Draw Bridge schedule sign

 

Entrance to the Peter and Paul Fortress

 

A community opera performance for standing room only

 

 

Aah! Chin Chin Restaurant

 

Beautiful cloudy sky at 10:30pm

 

Hermitage Museum at night

 

 

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Day 18

Peterhof Palace & Swan Lake, 7/13/16

Passengers on hydrofoil to Peterhof

 

 

 


Panoramic view of Peterhof Palace and fountains

 

A very popular place

 

 

Court yard in front of the palace

 

Side yard and water fountains

 

 

The "Little Castle"

 

Lunch is served

 

 

Small rose garden

 

Good-bye, Peterhof!

 

 

 

Look at that sky!

 

Fish soup comes with a shot of vodka

 

Swan Lake

 

 

 

 

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Day 19

Going home, 7/14/16

Time to go home

 

The last restaurant bill

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