Day 11. StPetersberg
Forgot to mention the Hermitage Museum has some 30 million people a year go through it and most of those would be in the tourist season of 5 months. Today ( Thursday )we went to Catherine Palace.Well, talk about OPULANCE - you just wouldn't believe it. There is just so much gold and fancy decoration and statues etc etc. And then there is the Amber Room with walls decorated in amber of three different colors - just awesome.After the tour through the palace we went in to the gardens where 550gardeners are employed (used to be 1,000) and saw the lovely lakes and bath houses and structured gardens.It's all hard to believe.The palace was built 1744 and 1746 and is considered a Baroque masterpiece.We faced the horrendous traffic snarls on the way back but got back for a late lunch. After we went for a walk locally we walked around a large market type shed where they were selling lots of clothes and shoes and jeans galore.Tonight we are going to a Russian Folk Show at the Nikolayevsky Palace for a foot tapping time. We had the choice of the Folk Show or a Ballet Performance but choose the folk show.Not sure if we can leave on Sat as Lufthansa is on strike. We travel on Air Berlin and we do not know if they are an off shoot like Jet Star are for Qantas.
Wow, so many old buildings and they sound so opulent. Do they look drab on the outside? Kerri and I went to Joshua's science fair today. It was awesome. He and his friend did a great job on both the experiment, the presentation and his talk on what they did with his conclusion. You can certainly see the changes from Grade 5 to 6 to 7. The presentation gets so much better. Amazing what they teach in I.T. these days.
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