2:29 am. Almost sunrise.
Fontanka River
Peterhof
On flag duty.
The Grand Cascade.
Completely restored after the second world war, to show the people how decadent the Tsars were.
Russia vs Sweden.
Trick benches.
Formally used to house monkeys.
Gulf of Finland.
Looking up the Marine Canal. Formally used to take boats up to the palace.
Trip back to St. Petersburg on a hydrofoil.
St. Isaac’s Cathedral.
The Hermitage.
St. Isaac’s Cathedral.
Astoria Hotel. (Hitler was going to celebrate his capture of Leningrad there.)
Church on Spilled Blood. (Marks the place where Tsar Alexander II was assassinated.)
The images represent Jesus at various ages.
Jesus as an alien?
The spot where the assassination took place.
You can just see the cobble stones.
Kanal Griboedova.
Boat trip.
Our hotel.
City Hall.
Under St. Isaac’s Square.
At the railway station.
Our train.
Our room for the night.
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