Our Elevator
Buddy Bears. One for each Nation in the United Nations
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And one more buddy bear.
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| Tyler and Ireland's Buddy Bear. |
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| The Hermitage: AKA the Winter Palace |
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| The Grand Staircase |
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| The small throne room |
Dance anyone?
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| Where is everyone? |
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| Tops of the columns |
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| The large throne room |
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| Craig and Tyler in the throne room |
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| The room housing the Peacock Clock |
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| Craig and Tyler in the mirror of the malachite room |
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| Amazing Ceilings |
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| A sitting room |
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| Amazing Ceilings |
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| Amazing walls and ceilings |
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| Have I mentioned the amazing ceilings? |
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| Tyler on the Grand Stair Case |
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| Da Vinci's Madonna and Child |
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| Amazing doors. |
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| Amazing Halls |
The Hermitage was the Winter Palace. Among other things, the
Tsars and their families bought up art all over Europe. It is difficult for the
art to keep up with the splendor of the building. The last few pictures are
from a Russian Cultural program that we went to at Nicholovsky Palace. There
were two tired boys at the end of this day.
1 comment:
we also live in one of those Northern cities - the sun sets around 10, but it stays light until 11ish here. Of course the winter is a very different story.
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