St Petersburg III

Summer Gardens and Summer Palace

Main corridor of the Summer Gardens. The most manicured and tourist friendly site in St Petersburg.

Sculptures in the garden. They were buried during the war to protect them and ensure they were not looted.

300 year old Russian bling.

Me in my sweet tourist jacket.

Peter the Great would meet diplomats and meditate in this little gazebo.

An old Russian.

Amazing "Call of the Wild" sculpture.

Summer Palace from the land.

Old school Russian opulence.

St. Petersburg Pt II

Cold iron Communist style propaganda statue.

Decorative mosque.

Dude hustling Russian tourists with a couple of monkeys.

Grand entrance to Peter and Paul Fort. The original settlement of St. Petersburg.

Peter and Paul Cathedral at the heart of the Fort.

Old Russian military prowess.

View from the top of the wall on Peter and Paul.

Part of the old wall from the Fort.

Looking back into the Fort over the Cathedral from the wall.

Looking over the Neva on the city of St Pete.

The Fort and the Cathedral.

A broad view of the Neva with some bright blue sky. The weather shifted 2-3 times in a day from rainy to sunny.

Russian peeps hanging by the river.

Spilled Blood Church

Russian tags.

Another statue and another palace.

Sick armor statue on the palace fence.

Close up of the palace to which I don't know the name.

Boat cruise. Drinking Tuborg's from Copenhagen and cruising the rivers of St Petersburg.

All Russian language tour guide didn't help with the context but did get to see some cool sites. Including my bro's initials on this building.

View of the 1700's Summer Palace from the river.

Floating on the Neva.

Sun slightly dips in the sky. Visiting on the end of 24 hour light summer. This picture was taken around 10:30 at night.

Old Russian military ship.

St Petersburg, Russia! July 14-18

Much more European style than Moscow. Massive city.

Venice of the north.

Cathedral on Nevsky Prospekt. Main drag.

View of the Church of Our Savior on Spilled Blood from the canal. Alexander II was assassinated at this spot in the 1800's and the church was built on the site around 1900.

Russian grass roots campaign.

Near Palace Square.

Palace Square.

Winter Palace

Neva River.

Peter and Paul Fort and Cathedral.

View from Trinity Bridge.

Art Nouveau lighting on the bridge. ...More to come!!