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By trailingtrekker | Published May 26, 2016 at 4608 × 3456 in Bucket List #17 : St. Petersburg, Russia – part 1

couples like these roam among the tourists trying to get money for a photo, I did a quick happy snappy of one of my guests

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cuteness….

Earlier than Sparrows Fart

Morning greetings

Didn’t take long for an interesting cloud bank to make it’s appearance

Top of the Rock with MSC Opera in the background

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early morning at the Straits of Gibraltar

early morning at the Straits of Gibraltar

Stunning art at all stops, this one had chandeliers and crystal pillars

With it’s stunning domed roof

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A slightly different style…

Stunning artwork everywhere

The gold rooms, 3 rooms one of the other covered in gold

Original Delft tiles serve as exterior of numerous fireplaces used to heat the palace

on the ceiling in the entry way

Keeping us entertained while we waited in line

Stunning exterior

Welcoming Committee

Welcoming Commitee

Made of solid Malachite

Horses apparently from one of the wars

Made of solid Lapis lazulis

Sculpture by Michelangelo

The Grand Hallway, an identical copy of the one in the Vatican Museum

Her “Hanging Gardens”

Catherine the Great

Stunning stained glass

Some of the officers were quite good looking

The generals who fought Napolean

One of the many Grand Halls

One of the throne rooms

Even the light fixtures are works of art

The Grand Entry

Beautiful costumes

canal

all mosaics

inside the main spire

if you didn’t know better you would think they were paintings

mosaics everywhere

Church of Spilled Blood

First view of Spilled Blood Church

Remains of the Romanovs the last Royal Family of Russia

Peter the Great and his family

Inside the Cathedral in the Peter and Paul Fortress

couples like these roam among the tourists trying to get money for a photo, I did a quick happy snappy of one of my guests

Peter and Paul Fortress

The Winter Palace aka the Hermitage

St. Petersburg

Church of Spilled Blood, St. Petersburg Russua

MSC Opera – home sweet home for the next 7mths

Star Wars…. I think

calming soap and shampoo – just what I need

so happy to see a comfy bed

All together !!!

little chilly

mmmm yummy