Saint Petersburg, Russia 2007

Boarding Sibelius Train for St Petersburg	Onboard Sibelius Train	Entering No Man's Land (for 2 miles)	In Russia	Russian Countryside
Rural Russia	Viipuri (formerly part of Finland)	Passport Control Disembarks at Viipuri	Train Station in Rural Russia	Train Station St Petersburg, Russia
Staging the Luggage	Soldiers in St Petersburg	First Summer Palace of Peter the Great	Peter & Paul Fortress	St John's Gate (Peter & Paul Fortress)
Saints Peter & Paul Cathedral (1700's)	Inside the Peter & Paul Cathedral	Only Colored Marble Tombs are Alexander II & His Wife	Pulpit in Peter & Paul Cathedral	Iconostasis (1729) in Peter & Paul Cathedral
Tomb of Peter the Great	Peter the Great Monument (1782)	Nicholas I Statue (1856-9) in St Isaac's Square	St Isaac's Cathedral (1818 - 1858)	Columns of St Isaac's Cathedral
Inside St Isaac's	St Isaac's Central Dome (note Dove in Center)	Another Perspective of St Isaac's Central Dome	Arch in St Isaac's	Chapel of St Catherine
Main Iconostasis in St Isaac's	Doors in St Isaac's Patterned after Battistero di San Giovanni in Florence	Hotel Lobby in St Petersburg	View from Hotel Room (St Isaac's Dome above Working Class Neighborhood)	View from 9th Floor Dining Room of Hotel
Dusk Settles Over St Isaac's	St Nicholas Cathedral (1770)	St Nicholas Bell Tower	Crossing Canal with St Nicholas Church (not Cathedral) in the Distance	Pair of Sphinxes from Egypt (13th Century BC)
Neva River, Rostral Lighthouse (1805-10), & Peter-Paul Fortress	Neva River, & Spire of St Peter-Paul Cathedral	Neva River, Winter Palace, & The Hermitage	Cruiser Aurora Fired Shot That Signaled Beginning of 1917 Revolution (Lenin)	Church on the Spilled Blood (1883-1907)
Domes of Church on the Spilled Blood (aka Church of the Resurrection)	Inside Church on the Spilled Blood - Almost Entirely Mosaics	Main Iconostasis - Church on the Spilled Blood	Sermon on the Mount Mosaic - Church on the Spilled Blood	Resurrection of Christ Mosaic - Church on the Spilled Blood
Side View of Church on the Spilled Blood	Anichkov Bridge (1715)	Kazan Cathedral (1801-11)	Saint Petersburg Mosque (1913)	The Mikhailovsky Castle (1784 -1800)
Fountain in Neva River	Palace Square - General Staff Building (1819-1829)	Winter Palace (1754-62) & Hermitage Museum	Winter Palace Interior	Carved from Single Block of Marble
Throne in Winter Palace	Inlaid Floor in Winter Palace	Winter Palace	Tapestry in Winter Palace	Mosaic on Ceiling of Winter Palace
Golden Drawing Room - Winter Palace	Ceiling in Golden Drawing Room	18th Century Peacock Clock in Hermitage Museum	Dame (Rembrandt Collection in Hermitage)	Holy Family (Rembrandt)
The Adoration with Saints Francis & Jerome (Ridolfo Ghirlandaio 1483-1561)	Madonna & Child (Andrea della Robbia 1435-1525)	The Benois Madonna (Leonardo di Vinci 1478)	The Madonna Litta (Leonardo di Vinci 1490)	Madonna & Child (Raphael 1504)
The Holy Family with Beardless Joseph (Raphael 1506)	Love Scene (Giulio Romano 1499-1546)	Small Skylight Room - New Hermitage 1842-51	Hallway in Hermitage	Knights in Armor
Ceiling Mural in Hermitage	Bill & Bacchus (Pieter Paul Rubens 1577-1640)	Mont Sainte Victoire (Paul Cezanne 1896)	Departure for the Market (Constant Troyon 1859)	Vue de Collioure (Henri Matisse 1905)
Roofs and Cathedral in Rouen (Othon Friesz 1908)	Place de la Trinite in Paris (Albert Marquet 1911)	Inlaid Floor in Winter Palace	View of St Peter & Paul Spire from Hydrofoil	Spit of Vasilievsky Island with Rostral Lighthouses & Old Stock Exchange (1805-1816)
Floating Fitness Center	Building on Neva River	Boatworks on Neva River	Apartments West of St Petersburg	Apartment Complex on the Gulf of Finland
Approaching Peterhof - Favorite Residence of Peter I	Susan with Hydrofoil at Peterhof Dock	Peterhof Grand Palace	Peterhof Great Palace & Grand Cascade	Closeup of Samson Tearing Open Jaws of Lion (1801)
Left Side (Perseus with Head of Medusa Top Left)	West Chapel at Peterhof (One of Matching Pair)	West Chapel at Peterhof	Neptune Statue & Antonina (St Petersburg Guide) at Seafront Terrace	View of Gulf of Finland from Seafront Terrace
The Montplaisir Palace (1714-1723) at Peterhof	Side Garden in the Montplaisir Complex	Rear Garden at Montplaisir Complex	Garden Fountain behind Montplaisir	Peterhof Bath House
Gazebo at Peterhof	Peter the Great	Trick Fountain	Susan Only Got a Little Wet	Roman Fountains (1738-39)
Garden & Roman Fountain	Chessboard Hill (Dragon Cascade 1737-39)	The Orangery (Conservatory 1722-26)	The Orangery Fountain (Triton & Sea Monster)	The Neptune Fountain (Upper Gardens)
Coat of Arms Wing at Peterhof	Details of Cupola on Coat of Arms Wing	Fountain of the Square Pools (Upper Garden)	Vegetable Garden with Flowers for Aesthetics	Sts Peter & Paul Cathedral (1895-1904) in Town of Peterhof
Detail on Sts Peter & Paul Cathedral in Peterhof	Monument to War of 1812 Funnels Traffic	Narva Triumphal Arch (1834)	Interesting Black Onion Dome	Not All of Saint Petersburg is Gold-plated
Lunch Entertainment (Caravay with Litova Anna)	View of St Isaac's from the 'Kissing Bridge'	Attending Russian Folk Show at Nikolaevsky Palace (1853-61)	Inside Nikolaevsky Palace	On the Stairs at Nikolaevsky Palace
Folk Show at Nikolaevsky Palace	View from Front Row Seats	Russian Dance	New Costumes	Russian Folk Show
Russian Folk Show	Vodka & Champagne at Intermission	Za Vas	Susan & June Take Title of Show ('Feel Yourself Russian') Literally	Gotta Get Myself Some of Those Boots
Double Bass Balalaika	Russian Folk Show	Russian Folk Show	Russian Folk Show	Russian Folk Show
Russian Folk Show	Russian Folk Show	Russian Folk Show	Russian Folk Show	Very Funny Russian (but I guess you had to be there)
Russian Folk Show	Russian Folk Show	Russian Folk Show	Russian Folk Show	Gramaphone at Backstage Restaurant of Mariinsky Theater
Vodka Glasses are Piling Up in Front of Karen (and she doesn't drink)	Dessert at Backstage Restaurant	Lorraine & Tami at Backstage Restaurant	Who Said Graham and I Are Too Old to Take Up Ballet	Moscow Triumphal Gates (1834-38) on Highway to Moscow
Lenin Statue in Moskovskaya Square	Victory Square	Arriving at Pushkin - Egyptian Gate	Fence Outside Catherine Palace (1752-56)	Entering Grounds of Catherine Palace
Catherine Palace Main Entrance	Protective Shoe Booties Required	Grand Hall - Catherine Palace	Ceiling Fresco	View of Hall of Staterooms Called Golden Enfilade
Picture Hall	Roll Top Desk	Babushka 'Watchers' In Every Room of Every Museum	Green Dining Room	Amber Room
Amber Room Painting	Catherine Palace after WWII	Catherine Palace after Restoration	Personal Apartment of Catherine - Agate Rooms	Cameron Gallery (1781-86) and Gardens
Main Entrance to Cameron Gallery	Column of Siberia (1785) Overlooking the Great Pond	'The Admiralty' on the Great Pond	Waiting for Lunch at 'The Admiralty'	Lunch at 'The Admiralty' Restaurant
On the Way to the Airport	New Subdivision Going Up Near Saint Petersburg Airport	Pulkovo Domestic Airport	Farewell to Blue Bus 222	Boarding Pulko Airlines Flight for Moscow