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 Hotel
26 April 2007
A few pictures from my hotel window
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The State Hermitage Museum
27 April 2007
One of the largest, oldest, most important, and most famous art museums of human histor and culture in the world. Made uo of six buildings, including the Winter Palace (official residence of the Russian Tsars), the New Hermitage, adn teh Hermitage Theater. Houses 2 of the 10 known DaVinci paintings. We only had time to see at most 1 or 2 paintings in the rooms that we visited. Official Site
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 Downtown
27 April 2007
City tour through the amazing city
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 Folklore Show with Dinner
27 April 2007
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 Pavlovsk Palace
28 April 2007
Summer residence of the Russian Tsars about 30km from St. Petersburg. It is now an art museum. Most of the art was removed during WWII. The Nazis occupied the Palace, burnt, and destroyed it. It was later restored by the Russians. Official Site
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 The State Russian Museum
28 April 2007
Official Site
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 Circus
28 April 2007
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 Vyborg
29 April 2007
Town that used to belong to Finland. We stopped here to visit the market on the way back home.
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