Last weekend some of us went to Город Пушкина (City of Pushkin) to see Catherine the Great's Palace. Not only did she live there, but it was also a favorite summer residence for other royalty as well.
It is located about 45 minutes south of the city- a really pretty town (Pushkin did something or other there, obviously- he could have sneezed there and they would have built a statue in honor of it).
Anyway, the palace is beautiful-- it has been under construction for quite some time because ZE GERMANS bombed the crap out of it back in World War II. After ZE GERMANS retreated post-Siege of Leningrad, the archivists were able to take some of the original contents from the palace and clean them up/restore them.
Now it is all pretty much restored (Including the famous Amber Room--see below).
It's a huge tourist spot in the summer- not so much now when it's raining/snowing/sleeting/whatever-ing... but, it was still nice and fun to look at.
Enough of my babbling, here are some pics!
Look who was there! Peter AND Catherine the Great! I was shocked. And I got to meet them for only 100 rubles.
Snack room... if you get the munchies.
Catherine the Great had a SWEET panasonic.
.....and some huge hips
Hope all is well back home!
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