Wednesday, July 21, 2010

St Petersburg, Russia

She had arranged for a tour apart from the cruise. I'm glad she did as we were the only party in what ended up being a private tour for us. It was already very warm in the morning. Our tour guide said it was very unusual.





One of the more famous hotels that was supposed to highlight the Cold War.


Everybody had living quarters and on the outside it looked good. But it was only a facade.



More photos taken as we toured the city.


 The archway just outside the subway station.


Heading down the subway.  We stopped at a number of subway stations.  Each had its own decor and each was wonderful.  Old but definitely the most magnificient architecturally of any subway I've seen.  It must have been grand when it was built.


This is late afternoon. I forget where. I'll have to do some research.


The city is huge. There was so much to see and so much history to learn.

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