Today's been a long day, but we saw a lot of things. I hope to add some pictures to our blog as we go along, but it might take a while to sort through them and get some good ones selected.
We started off, after another big buffet breakfast again, with a walk to the Hermitage, just a few blocks away from our hotel. However, once we got to the Hermitage, it was a lot of crowds and a lot of walking. The 5 buildings contain an incredible amount of art from all over the (mostly) Western world...except for Russia. Those works have been moved to the Russian Museum. We saw so many things, including a couple of paintings by da Vinci. I won't pretend to even describe the volume, the variety, and the grandeur of the Hermitage. We were there for a little over three hours with Masha giving us nearly constant commentary over our wireless headsets, and I'm guessing that we didn't even get into a third of the rooms. Here are just a few examples of the things we saw. I'll let the pictures do the talking.
We walked to lunch on Nevsky Prospekt, one of the busiest streets in the area. We had Russian pastry for lunch, which was delicious. More walking mostly up and down Nevsky Prospekt, seeing many interesting things, including Russian department stores, specialty shops, more Russian Orthodox cathedrals, a fruit and vegetable market, and more. We ended with a trip on the public transportation, including the subway and a trolley back to the hotel.
After a long day, we ended up eating at Subway (in Russian), with a strange Pizza Hut experience where our whole group ended up walking out, and other excitement from the Metro and trolley that I'll write more about later.
We started off, after another big buffet breakfast again, with a walk to the Hermitage, just a few blocks away from our hotel. However, once we got to the Hermitage, it was a lot of crowds and a lot of walking. The 5 buildings contain an incredible amount of art from all over the (mostly) Western world...except for Russia. Those works have been moved to the Russian Museum. We saw so many things, including a couple of paintings by da Vinci. I won't pretend to even describe the volume, the variety, and the grandeur of the Hermitage. We were there for a little over three hours with Masha giving us nearly constant commentary over our wireless headsets, and I'm guessing that we didn't even get into a third of the rooms. Here are just a few examples of the things we saw. I'll let the pictures do the talking.
We walked to lunch on Nevsky Prospekt, one of the busiest streets in the area. We had Russian pastry for lunch, which was delicious. More walking mostly up and down Nevsky Prospekt, seeing many interesting things, including Russian department stores, specialty shops, more Russian Orthodox cathedrals, a fruit and vegetable market, and more. We ended with a trip on the public transportation, including the subway and a trolley back to the hotel.
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