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ST. PETERSBURG |
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 Ship channel in St. Petersburg |
 At the dock.. an optimist |
 Big tug for big ships! |
 Reception committee at immigration |
 Along the waterway |
 Near our ship... a submarine |
 Our ship at the dock |
 In transit through the city |
 In front of the palace |
 The palace of Peter the Great |
 The full palace |
 At the entrnce... gold everywhere |
 And more gold |
 Typical ceiling painting |
 Impressive paintings |
 and more... |
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 Reception room |
 Dueling cameras |
 Fine dining |
 Lounging room |
 Reception area |
 Typical doorway decoration |
 Sitting room |
 Another sitting room |
 Peter the Great and wife |
 Credenza... unusual furniture everywhere |
 Peter's Study |
 The grand fountains and waterway |
 Is there ever too much? |
 View to the left |
 Waterway to the sea |
 Looking up at the palace |
 The central fountain |
 Walking through the grounds |
 One of our favorite fountains |
 The gardens go on and on |
 and more |
 Water-foil taxi departing |
 Map of the grounds |
 Metropolitan St. Petersburg |
 Cathedral |
 Church school |
 Peter the Great - with small head |
 Inside cathedral |
 Pageant in process |
 Gift shop |
 With great paintings |
 And boxes |
 And unusuall art |
 and more |
 Nesting eggs |
 Cathedral ceiling |
 And another cathedral... |
 The ceiling... |
 Stained glass with scaffolding |
 Catherine's Palace |
 Palace entrance |
 Catherine's dress |
 Palace gardens in the rain |
 The Hermitage Art Museum |
 Amazing hallway |
 Golden Peacock clock |
 Rembrandt room - 50+ masterpieces |
 One of 12,000 paintings |
 And there are 400,000 drawings |
 More St. Petersburg |
 And more... |
 But a lot of garbage around town |
 Another catedral |
 Along the way |
 Reboarding at the end of the day |
 Russians |
 More Russians |
 More Russians |
 St. Petersburg sunset |
 Long View of St. Petersburg |
 Another perspective |
 Sharp Contrasts |
 Gold domes dominate |
 Turning the ship in mid channel |
 Cupolas and Sculpture |
 Port activity |
 On our way... |
 Hammer and Sickle flags |
 At work... |
 Farewell |
 Lonely walk |
 Another liner... |
 or two... |
 and away... |
 to the sea |
