Len in the gardens at Peterhof
Val and Len with one of the many fountains
Val in the gardens .
Tuesday 22nd July 2014
St Petersburg
Day 8.
Today we leave St Petersburg not a early start on the bus 1015 for a tour of the Hermitage
The Hermitage Museum
Ever since Catherine the Great must Russian leaders were assiduous collectors.
The museum collection gained rapid growth after the communist revolution
when they confiscated works of art from the nobility.
After lunch it was a 30 minute drive to Peterhof on the Gulf of Finland with its Grand
Cascade and gardens witch was Peter the Great idea for a summer residence during the soviet
it was know as Petrodvorets.
where did Len get the furry face from? you are still looking good Val, but Leonard ???
ReplyDeletePOM and Barbara