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April 4 - 7, 2008

The Winter Palace and Hermitage

The Olympic torch was in St Petersburg when we were there.  Palace Square was closed in the morning and there were lots of police. Later in the afternoon the square was full of people and music. 

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St. Isaac's Cathedral

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Church on Spilled Blood

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Peterhof

Peterhof was amazing!  We were here in early April so the fountains were just being uncovered after the winter.  It is too bad the fountains were not on, but the park was beautiful.  I have added a link so you can see what Peterhof is really like. 

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Peter and Paul Fortress and walking around city

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PeterandPaul/574Riley_and_the_Winter_Palace.JPG PeterandPaul/565The_Rostral_Columns.JPG PeterandPaul/562he_Rostral_Columns.JPG PeterandPaul/553he_Rostral_Columns_and_the_Naval_Museum.JPG
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