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St. Petersburg Day 2: The Hermitage, Church on the Spilled Blood & St. Isaac’s Cathedral

March 29, 2016Russia
St. Petersburg Day 2: The Hermitage, Church on the Spilled Blood & St. Isaac’s Cathedral

It would probably take a decade to see every work of art in St. Petersburg’s State Hermitage Museum. The collection is enormous – over three million items from throughout the world – and spans history from Ancient Egypt through the early 20th century. But it’s not just what’s inside the Hermitage that is so intriguing. The … Read More

St. Petersburg Day 1: Pastel Palaces, Fabulous Fountains & The River Neva

March 28, 2016Russia
St. Petersburg Day 1: Pastel Palaces, Fabulous Fountains & The River Neva

It was the colors of St. Petersburg that surprised me the most. Palaces painted in beautiful shades of apricot, mint green and azure blue. Roofs the color of celadon. Cathedral domes bejeweled in sapphire and emerald. It was a pastel world designed to bring brightness to a land of long winters, and it was a … Read More

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